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Building a sustainable future, in which people and nature thrive and climate change is held in check, is possible. The rewards will be vast, but getting there…
Clashes between Congolese government forces and the M23 rebel group are continuing in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They are edging closer to densely populated areas between Lake Edward…
When water buffalo make a home for themselves in abandoned spaces, they can bring with them a rich array of frogs, bats and plant life.
Each autumn, as tadpoles outgrow their tails, the…
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There are several services and assets I would like to see nationalised. But at the top of my list is neither water, nor trains, nor development land, much…
Friday afternoon at Bondi beach in Sydney, where the temperature reached 30C – the hottest August day on record since 1995. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images
Australia’s winter runs from June…
The Greek island of Santorini has more hotel beds per square metre than any other Greek tourist destination apart from Kos and Rhodes. Photograph: VW Pics/VWPics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images…
FILE - Residents of Pumula East township walk home after fetching water from a well, as temperatures soar during an El Nino-related heatwave and drought affecting a large part of the country, in…
Senegal’s decision to set up a commission to re-examine its oil and gas contracts has been greeted with calls for transparency by energy industry insiders.
The committee will review agreements and…
A pipe carries carbon dioxide captured from emissions at a generating station in Thompsons, Texas, on 16 February 2017. Photograph: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
A handful of wealthy…
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As pressure to find alternatives to climate-harming fossil fuels increase, hydrogen is emerging as a potential source to decarbonize everything from…
A man walks through his flooded basement-level apartment in Queens after Hurricane Ida, on 3 September 2021 in New York City. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Josh Alba had lived in an illegal…
Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema waves as he arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China…
South Korean climate campaigners outside the constitutional court in Seoul. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
South Korea’s constitutional court has ruled that part of the country’s…
The Young Creek wildfire in Tweedsmuir South provincial park, British Columbia, Canada, in July 2023. Photograph: BC Wildfire Service/AFP/Getty Images
Wildfires that swept Canada’s woodlands last…
Africa’s largest oil refinery is on the brink of producing significant volumes of gasoline, a landmark moment with the potential to transform the global market for the fuel.
Gen Oligui Nguema imposes travel restrictions on members of transitional government and limits holiday leave to one week.
Speculation grows that Gen Nguema may run for president in next year's…