Environment

Orkney’s seaweed-eating sheep offer hopes of greener farming

by Véronique DUPONT with Stuart GRAHAM in Dundee Agence France-Presse NORTH RONALDSAY (ORKNEY), United Kingdom (AFP) - On a tiny island…

No one left: climate change fuels Guatemalan migration

by Henry MORALES ARANA Agence France-Presse COMUNIDAD CERRO AZUL, Guatemala (AFP) - Lazaro Yat looked on helplessly as his 17-year-old…

EU avoiding ‘rash decisions’ on energy price rises

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg (AFP) - The impact of surging gas and electricity prices globally threatens the EU's energy market, but the bloc…

Tehran suffering worst drought in 50 years: water official

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - Iran's capital is suffering its worst drought in half a century, a water resources official said…

Into the ‘plastisphere’: Scientists comb Japan waters to study new eco threat

by Etienne BALMER and Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France-Presse SHIMODA, Japa (AFP) - A boat's crew casts a net into the…

Bahrain aims for carbon neutrality by 2060

MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) - Bahrain announced Sunday it aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, a day after neighbouring…

China aims to cut fossil energy use to below 20% by 2060

BEIJING, China (AFP) - China is targeting an ambitious clean energy goal of reducing fossil fuel use to under 20 percent…

Cheap, abundant renewable energy powers cluster of Quebec data centres

by Anne-Sophie THILL Agence France-Presse BEAUHARNOIS, Canada (AFP) - With vast amounts of cheap and renewable electricity mostly generated from…

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia targets zero carbon emissions by 2060

by Rania Sanjar Agence France-Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia will aim to achieve net…

COP26 climate deal harder than Paris: summit president

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Success at the upcoming COP26 climate summit is "definitely harder" than the 2015 Paris talks…

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