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Japan targets 60% emissions cut by 2035 from 2013 levels
Japan set fresh climate targets on Tuesday, pledging to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade from 2013 levels.

Rio swelters in heatwave amid run-up to Carnival
Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street parties swung into full gear.

Rio swelters in heatwave in run-up to Carnival
Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists were baking Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street parties swung into full gear.

In warming world, skiing tries to stay snow white by going green
The snow fell on Saalbach on Friday, dusting the Austrian valley white for the World Championship men's giant slalom and briefly disguising the issues facing the sport in an increasingly warm and hostile environment.

Arid Athens turns to ancient aqueduct as climate crisis bites
Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an aqueduct built almost 2,000 years ago.

China's 2024 coal projects threaten climate goals: report
China last year began construction on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardising the country's goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published Thursday.

New Zealand rethinks opposition to deep-sea mining
New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday.

Steel at heart of new Trump trade war
US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on steel promise to further complicate a strategic industry already destabilised by Chinese overproduction and Europe's stuttering blast furnaces.

Almost all nations miss UN deadline for new climate targets
Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.

Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites
Authorities in Iran ordered schools and offices in at least 10 provinces to close on Sunday to conserve energy amid a severe cold snap and heavy snowfall, state media reported.

January smashes heat record, surprising scientists
Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler La Nina conditions to finally start quelling a long-running heat streak.

COP30 president urges most ambitious emissions targets possible
Countries must aim as high as possible when setting new goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Andre Correa do Lago, the president of the COP30 climate conference to be hosted by Brazil in November, told AFP in an interview.

Indonesia backs climate deals after envoy's Paris skepticism
Indonesia's environment ministry has backed Jakarta's participation in the landmark Paris climate deal after the country's climate envoy suggested the agreement was irrelevant given Washington's withdrawal.

Top yet contested climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark though hotly debated new analysis published by leading scientists.

Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'
Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a stark new analysis published by leading scientists.

Arctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January: US data
Both the North and South Pole regions have warmed by some three degrees Celsius compared to late 19th-century levels, much faster than the global average.

Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes
The Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of sunshine, but with global warming the French reservoir has become an attractive winter retreat.
'I'm out of here': French town waits for flood to recede
Residents of a flooded French town on Thursday waited for the water to drain away from its streets, after a nearby river did not rise out of its bed quite as high as expected.

UK prosecutors defend jail terms of environmental activists
UK prosecutors on Thursday defended the lengthy prison sentences handed down to 16 environmental activists, telling London's Court of Appeal that their actions posed a danger to the public.

'Less snow': warm January weather breaks records in Moscow
January 2025 is on track to be one of the warmest in Moscow on record, meteorologists reported on Wednesday, with two of the past days breaking all-time daily temperature highs.

Dreams of Britain warm migrants against harsh French winter
Wearing only a light jacket and woolly hat against the winter cold, 28-year-old Ali Ibrahim said conditions were dire at the improvised camp for migrants in northern France where he sleeps.

Dead Sea an 'ecological disaster', but no one can agree how to fix it
An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship beach drawing international tourists to float in the world-famous waters of the Dead Sea.
Climate change made ferocious LA wildfires more likely: study
Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought conditions and powerful Santa Ana winds, according to an analysis published Tuesday.

Power cuts and transport chaos as Storm Eowyn hits Ireland and UK
Storm Eowyn caused havoc Friday as it battered Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, killing one person and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut, officials said.

WWF blasts Sweden, Finland over logging practices
Sweden and Finland, Europe's most forested countries, are not doing enough to protect their primary and old-growth forests, falling short of EU commitments, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report Thursday.

Global green energy push likely to continue despite Trump climate retreat: UN
Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement should not slow the global momentum towards renewable energy investments that the deal created, the UN said Wednesday.

Rare snow socks New Orleans as Arctic blast chills much of US
Bitter Arctic air plunged more than half the United States into a deep freeze Tuesday, including New Orleans, where the heaviest snow in decades brought dangerous conditions to the famously festive Gulf Coast city.

Trump's climate retreat will have 'significant impact' on COP30: Brazil
Brazil warned Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement would have a major impact on COP30 talks to be held in the Amazon in November.

Brazil drought lights a fire under global coffee prices
Brazilian coffee producer Moacir Donizetti first smelled the smoke, and then watched in desperation as a blaze consumed his family coffee plantation last year.

Trump leaves Paris climate agreement, doubles down on fossil fuels
President Donald Trump on Monday announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate accord for a second time, a defiant rejection of global efforts to combat planetary warming as catastrophic weather events intensify worldwide.

2024 saw fastest-ever annual rise in CO2 levels: UK weather service
The UK weather service said Friday that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 2024 grew at the fastest annual rate on record, exceeding their own projections by some margin.

US braces for freezing weather fueled by polar vortex
Americans were bracing Thursday for frigid temperatures that forecasters said could produce life-threatening conditions, with Donald Trump's inauguration expected to be the coldest in 40 years.