World must adapt to ‘inevitable’ climate change, warns report
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) --Nations rich and poor must invest now to protect against destructive climate change impacts…
5 years ago
Environment
In Greenland village, shorter winters cast doubts over dog sledding
https://youtu.be/Qcho6aE2O4s Able to pull a sled up to 120 kilometers per day, Greenlandic dogs have long been used by Inuit…
5 years ago
Brazil bans burning for two months to defuse Amazon crisis
by Jordi Miro, with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro Agence France Presse PORTO VELHO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's…
5 years ago
NGOs react to near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
https://youtu.be/I3IYV46TsGw NGOS say they are 'pleased' with the decision taken in Geneva by the regulator of global wildlife trade to…
5 years ago
Amazon fires a ‘tipping point’: forestry group chief
Yokohama, Japan (AFP) -- The fires tearing through the Amazon represent a "tipping point" for the health of the rainforest,…
5 years ago
Going ‘nude’: UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones
https://youtu.be/hecHHfoyvQM by Clara WRIGHT Agence France Presse London, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British supermarkets are starting to go "nude". Bowing…
5 years ago
Poo to the rescue: how fecal transplants can save starving koalas
Washington, United States (AFP) -- Scientists in Australia have discovered how to save starving koalas whose fussy eating habits make…
5 years ago
Adapting city life to climate change
https://youtu.be/0L_6fyH8KfI Videographic showing how cities can respond to heat waves. Northern hemisphere summers will deliver dangerously longer heatwaves, droughts and…
5 years ago
Tears and shouting as Australia dilutes Pacific climate warning
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- A Pacific summit has descended into tears, recriminations and shouting between pro-coal Australia and…
5 years ago
Sinking city: Indonesia’s capital on brink of disaster
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Time is running out for Jakarta. One of the fastest-sinking cities on earth, environmental experts…
5 years ago
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