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Breakthrough for nature protection – Climate Weekly
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India’s sugarcane farmers struggle to cope with droughts and floods
In India more intense droughts and floods are destroying sugarcane crops and plunging millions of farmers and their families into debt
Destruction of Brazil’s Cerrado savanna soars for third year in a row
Brazil’s outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro has presided over four years of destruction of the Amazon rainforest and the Cerrado grasslands
Governments split on ditching nature-harming subsidies in Montreal
Negotiators at the Cop15 biodiversity summit in Montreal have until Friday to agree a “nature pact” that can get rid of harmful subsidies
UN nature pact nears its ‘Copenhagen or Paris’ moment
Cop15 biodiversity negotiations in Montreal next month will determine how the world halts and reverses nature loss
In numbers: The state of the climate ahead of Cop27
Emissions are still rising, pledges to 2030 put the world on track for 2.5C of warming but fossil fuel demand is nearing its peak
Odd couple bungle nature talks – Climate Weekly
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World leaders not invited to attend critical UN biodiversity summit
Tense relations between the Chinese presidency and host nation Canada put a “Paris Agreement for nature” further out of reach
Researchers push to make polluters put carbon back in the ground
A team from Oxford University is trying to persuade governments to impose carbon capture and storage requirements on fossil fuel producers
Five burning climate issues for the 2022 UN general assembly
Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding and soaring energy bills are shaping the UN agenda – for those leaders who show up
African leaders blast European no-shows at climate adaptation summit
Presidents of Senegal, DRC and Ghana travelled to Rotterdam to talk about adapting to climate change. Only one European leader was there to meet them
Seen from space: Extreme drought dries up rivers across the globe
In China, Lake Poyang is just a quarter of its normal size, while in Germany, the Rhine is running at 45% of its average levels for August
Pakistan struggles to rebuild after deadly flash floods
At least 550 people died as the wettest month in three decades washed away mud houses in rural Balochistan – and international aid is not forthcoming
Between a wolf and its food: as one deep sea miner flops, others eye the prize
The Metals Company is running out of money, but the regulator is still fast-tracking rules to mine the ocean while other prospectors wait in the wings
Heat and humidity gets dangerous to health sooner than most people realise
Lab tests show that the human body’s core temperature starts to rise at lower wet bulb temperatures than the theoretical safety limit
Hali Hewa episode 2: Climate science
Youba Sokona, a distinguished climate scientist from Mali, talks about his journey and what the science says about Africa’s needs
It’s time to put Indigenous Peoples first at the UN biodiversity talks
As talks on a global deal to protect nature begin in Nairobi, Kenya, countries need to create a new conservation designation for Indigenous Peoples’ land
Nature restoration and carbon removal are not the same. Here’s why it matters
Planting trees is a key pillar in the fight against climate change but it’s no substitute for permanently removing carbon dioxide from the air
German minister backs Middle East ‘peace through water’ plan
The proposals aim to harness solar power to bring drinking water to Palestinian territories but Israel’s support is needed
Former presidents of Mexico, Niger, Kiribati join commission to tackle overshoot risks
The Climate Overshoot Commission will explore controversial options to cope with global heating in excess of the 2C Paris limit