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Biden presidency sets stage for wider global advances on climate
Guatemalan families mourn death of children as hunger spreads
Governments urged to use COVID stimulus to adapt to climate change
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Communicating climate change
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Ex-logger leads firefighters defending Indonesia's peatlands
Brazil soy firms commit to zero deforestation from 2020
France's Total quits top U.S. oil lobby over climate policies
Can money grow on trees? Estonian firm seeks finance from forests
Scientists warn climate change is harming children's diets
Environmental justice key to tackling climate change, Biden urged
Global temperatures in 2020 among highest on record -WMO
'Science Moms' seek to make climate change personal for Americans
Just 100 companies take 60% of profits made from world's oceans
Solving climate crisis will be center of Biden's job agenda: Deese
COVID-19 lockdowns had smaller impact on air quality than expected
Climate activist Greta Thunberg to feature on Swedish stamps
Climate change, over-consumption pushing world to 'ghastly future'
If I were president... Celebs state their top priorities
Africa's Great Green Wall plans growth spurt after sluggish start
China pushes technical solutions in race to meet climate goals
Researchers tackle impact of rising heat on SE Asian workers
WWF urges pandemic reset to stop forest loss for food production
U.N. climate chief looks to Biden to boost global action
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Senate shift paves way for straight-talking U.S. climate reforms
Brazil environmental fines fall 20% as deforestation soars
Coronavirus causes largest US emissions drop since WWII
Warming Arctic at frontier of climate insight and risk: experts
Climate change blamed for a third of US flood losses in 3 decades
In Senegal, lack of cold storage limits COVID vaccine options
World Bank to invest $5 bln in 11 African countries
Africa falling short of leap to clean energy as investment lags
Donors pledge $14 bln for 'Green Wall' to hold back Sahara
Drive to protect 30% of planet by 2030 grows to 50 nations
IEA warns of post-pandemic emissions rebound
Wielding machetes, sweat-soaked scientists count carbon in Amazon
UK pledges $4 bln to nature and biodiversity protection
Most Europeans plan to curb flying and eat less meat for climate
Pandemic puts Barcelona urban greening plan in the fast lane
Saudi Arabia launches zero carbon city in NEOM business zone
Prince Charles urges business to put planet and people first
Spain, paralysed by snowstorm, sends out vaccine, food convoys
Indonesia landslides kill 11, injure 18 in West Java
Global temperatures reached record highs in 2020: EU scientists
UK appoints business minister Sharma as full-time COP26 president
Pandemic delays leave many nations facing climate action catch-up
CO2 levels to breach 50% rise from pre-industrial era in 2021
Toxic air in India linked to large number of miscarriages
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Opinion

Shaz Memon Wells on Wheels

In 2021 will we realise how endangered our global water supply is?

In 2020, climate change activism was very much in vogue - but water is not always a part of the conversation
Olivia Coldrey & Renat Heuberger

Delays in finance for energy access derail global goals

Efforts to get electricity and clean cooking to the poorest people are being hampered as promised funding is not reaching the ground
Kundan Kumar Rights and Resources Initiative

Under cover of COVID, new laws in Asia threaten indigenous rights

Hit hard by the pandemic, Asia's indigenous and local communities face fresh government-led efforts to exploit their land and resources
José Gregorio Diaz Mirabal COICA (Congress of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin)

Indigenous peoples could still save the Amazon rainforest

Five years after Paris climate accord, with the Amazon at risk, we can help governments scale up solutions that can protect forests and stop pandemics

In Depth

Africa's Great Green Wall aims for fresh growth spurt after sluggish start
'You wake up well': Amazon villagers take vine tea to treat COVID
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Will 2021 be the year of living sustainably for Europe?
As reservoirs run low, Mexico City seeks durable fix for water woes

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South Africa’s battle between coal and climate
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'Science Moms' campaign seeks to make climate change personal for Americans
'Ecological Ponzi scheme' threatens to bring down humanity, scientists warn
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Senate shift paves way for straight-talking U.S. climate reforms
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