‘Sometimes I get intimidated’: first-timers at UN climate talks
Thirty young people from developing countries have won grants to attend UN climate change talks in Bonn, Germany, this year.
Funded by the German government, the Global...
UK floats ‘climate compatibility’ test for new oil and gas drilling
The UK government says new oil and gas licensing can fit with its climate commitments. Campaigners, citing the International Energy Agency, disagree
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It’s war in the Amazon, says Brazil’s top environmental law enforcer
A war has been declared in the Amazon.
That is how Luciano Evaristo, director of Brazilian environmental law enforcement agency Ibama, described the latest developments in the...
Boko Haram terrorists thriving on climate crisis: report
Chronic drought around Lake Chad is reinforcing terrorist group Boko Haram’s stronghold on the region, a report commissioned by the German government has warned.Some...
Angola’s oil dependency thwarted its exit from the group of poorest nations
Graduation from the UN group of least developed countries is usually seen as a win, but Angola deferred the move after oil exports plummeted...
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