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China is expanding its UN presence, in belt and road push
UN farming chief is the latest top job to be filled from Beijing, as China promotes 'ecological civilisation' and promises to green its foreign...
Indonesian government under pressure to stamp out toxic haze
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Desertification has been described as the “the greatest environmental challenge of our time” and climate change is making it worse.
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Stinky seaweed chokes American coast due to hotter oceans and deforestation
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Bolsonaro under fire for deforestation denial, after sacking space agency chief
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Amazon carbon sink could be ‘much less’ due to lack of soil nutrients
A lack of nutrients in Amazonian soil could restrict the forest’s ability to soak up emissions and lead to climate change progressing faster than...
Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘30 years earlier’ than previously thought
Global sea level rise began to accelerate in the 1960s, 30 years earlier than suggested by previous assessments, a new study finds.
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