Australia’s Byron Bay beach shrinks as sand disappears
BYRON BAY, Australia (AFP) — Australia's Byron Bay usually conjures images of bathers lounging on sunkissed shores, or blissed-out longboarders…
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Environment
Accounting for carbon footprint changes view of human progress: UN agency
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Dependence on fossil fuels has an impact on the assessment of human progress, according…
4 years ago
ExxonMobil pledges emissions cut as investor campaign targets board
NEW YORK, New York (AFP) — ExxonMobil announced Monday it will reduce its emissions over the next five years bowing…
4 years ago
Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness
by Alberto PEÑA PUCON, Chile (AFP) -- Thousands of people turned their heads to the sky to watch a solar…
4 years ago
Health centre water crisis increasing virus risk: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — One in four health centres worldwide lacks access to water, putting around 1.8 billion people at…
4 years ago
Storms help Australia contain UNESCO heritage island fire
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian firefighters have managed to control a bushfire that burned more than half of the UNESCO…
4 years ago
World urged to move on ‘climate emergency’ after pandemic
by Jitendra JOSHI and Patrick GALEY in Paris Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United Nations on Saturday…
4 years ago
Emissions fell record 7 percent in 2020: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Carbon emissions fell a record seven percent in 2020 as countries imposed lockdowns…
4 years ago
Trash tracking satellites help Indonesia tackle marine waste
by Lucie GODEAU Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Every year, pounding rains wash away mountains of plastic waste from…
4 years ago
Climate change biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites
by Nina LARSON Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world…
4 years ago
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