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• Can a global treaty clean up the plastics mess? (2024/11/25 08:40)

  The final round of negotiations taking place in South Korea for a worldwide plastics treaty will look to rapidly cut surging plastic pollution. But oil and gas interests could scupper a deal.
• What COP29 funding deal reveals about global climate action (2024/11/23 22:48)

  Countries agreed to "at least" $300 billion in climate funding at the COP29 UN climate summit. The deal came after two weeks of tense negotiations that highlighted sharp divides between rich and poorer nations.
• COP29: World agrees to $300bn deal for developing countries (2024/11/23 22:44)

  The final deal, agreed in Azerbaijan, will see developed countries pay $300 billion a year by 2035 to help poorer countries mitigate the impact of climate change.
• COP29: Climate-vulnerable nations walk out of overtime talks (2024/11/23 14:02)

  Negotiators from small island and least-developed nations have staged a walkout at consultations in Azerbaijan, pushing the UN climate negotiations to the brink of collapse.
• How slowing Amazon's deforestation improved Brazil's health (2024/11/23 06:28)

  Policy changes in Brazil that have disincentivized deforestation of the Amazon for agriculture are credited with reducing hospitalizations and wildfire deaths by the thousands.
• Latest COP29 draft text called a "slap in the face" for developing countries (2024/11/22 12:16)

  On the last day of the climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, a second draft agreement puts a number to crucial climate finance goal for the first time.
• Gus the penguin sets sail in the Southern Ocean (2024/11/22 08:59)

  The emperor penguin made headlines after landing on Australia's coast, an the hope is he will now return to Antarctica.
• What is 'peak oil' and when will we reach it? (2024/11/22 07:01)

  The term "peak oil" used to mean the point when global production would top out, before entirely running out. But as the world begins a shift to renewables, will the end of oil production come sooner than we think?