Climate Change

A string of recent weather catastrophes set a somber tone Monday at the opening of the UN climate conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil — from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica to a deadly tornado in Brazil and droughts and fires across Africa.…
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As COP30 opens in Belém, Brazil, on Monday (November 10, 2025), a new international report by adelphi, a Europe-based think-and-do tank, has revealed a severe shortfall in global climate funding for health systems. The report warns that the…
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The Trump administration has opted out of sending any senior representatives to this month’s United Nations climate talks, COP30, effectively sidelining itself from one of the year’s most significant global environmental gatherings.…
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World leaders are gathering in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday in a bid to prove that the global fight against climate change is still alive, even as past pledges go unfulfilled and the United States pointedly skips the meeting. Around 50…
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Microsoft co-founder and leading climate philanthropist Bill Gates has ignited a fresh global debate on climate strategy after questioning the prevailing “doomsday” narrative around global warming and urging a rethink of how the world…
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The High-level Meeting of the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action will take place during the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30), serving as the official launchpad for putting the Dialogue’s commitments into action. The…
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The 17th-century Presépio Fort offers a great view of old and new Belém. Small wooden boats sail back and forth. The strikingly blue Ver-o-Peso fish hall seems even bluer in the morning sun. Next door to Ver-o-Peso, dozens of stands sell…
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Dozens of countries are still without confirmed accommodation just days before the COP30 climate summit opens in Brazil, prompting the host nation to offer free cruise ship cabins to help poorer delegations attend. The conference, set to…
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The United States will not send any senior officials to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a White House official told Reuters, easing concerns among world leaders that Washington might attempt to derail negotiations. Brazil is set to…
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Deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, scientists have built what they call a “time machine” — an ambitious experiment that pumps carbon dioxide into the forest canopy to recreate the atmospheric conditions predicted for the coming decades.…
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