‘I panic when I hear rain’: New York’s deadly basement apartments face growing flooding risk
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
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Aquatic life under threat as pollution and warmer waters wreak havoc
A swan wades through sewage as it exits the River Thames in Datchet, Berkshire, last year. Photograph: Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock
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‘Everywhere jam-packed’: mayor of Santorini warns of overtourism crisis
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
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Dear ministers, I am a climate crisis campaigner: nationalise me right now
Photograph: Guardian Design/Tolga Akmen/EPA
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SOUTH SUDAN: Torit’s water system is rehabilitated, increasing coverage to over 80%
The town of Torit, in the state of Eastern Equatoria in Southern Sudan, now has a more efficient drinking water supply system.
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Vast ‘doughnut’ discovered in molten metal of Earth’s core
Earth with its magnetosphere, which is critical to the survival of life on the planet. Scientists have discovered a ring-like region in its outer core. Illustration: Mopic/Alamy
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Colony of invasive red dwarf honeybee found for first time in Europe
Previous reports show the red dwarf honeybee has slowly expanded its territory from Asia to the Middle East and north-east Africa. Photograph: Anant Kasetsinsombut/Alamy
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‘Like doomsday’: why have salmon deserted Norway’s rivers – and will they ever return?
A male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the Okla River. This spring salmon, particularly medium and larger-sized fish did not return to many of Norway’s rivers. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Lundgren/naturepl.com
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Without new gas, the Australian warns, an ‘energy crisis’ is nigh – but is the scary rhetoric justified?
The Victorian government has said it needs new sources of gas as production in the Bass Strait is slowing. Photograph: Design Pics/Alamy The gas industry has been unleashing a firehose of rhetoric over concerns Australia could suffer a shortage of gas.
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US leads wealthy countries spending billions of public money on unproven ‘climate solutions’
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
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Giant 'living tractors' are bringing nature back to post-industrial wastelands
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.
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How is climate change affecting hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones?
Japan has been hit by Typhoon Shanshan, one of its strongest such storms in decades
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Climate activists set up camp in Windsor park
Extinction Rebellion activists have set up camp in Windsor's Home Park. Tents, stages and speakers were set up on Friday morning ready for a weekend of peaceful action.
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Thailand wages war against 'alien' tilapia fish
It has been described as the "most invasive species" to ever hit Thailand - one which risks enormous damage to the environment, according to officials. Attempts to control it have seen crowds wading out into lakes, and genetic modification.
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Climate Finance: Why Africa must demand climate reparations at COP29
Members of civil societies and non-governmental organisations protest at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on December 8, 2023 to demand climate justice. FRANCIS MUREITHI |NATION
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A New Chapter for Yumbe: How UNCDF's Clean Water Project Changed Everything
UNCDF has been at the forefront of a comprehensive 5-year programme funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented in partnership with the Government of Uganda.
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State of the US Clean Energy Transition: Recent Progress, and What Comes Next
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Heatwave across US west breaks records for highest temperatures
Farm workers take a break and drink water in the shade of a tent during a heat wave in Camarillo, California, on 3 July 2024. Photograph: Étienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images
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Hottest summer on record could lead to warmest year ever measured
People cool off at a mist fountain in Prague, Czech Republic, on Wednesday. Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA
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University funding from fossil fuels slowing switch to green energy – report
BP funneled more than $2m to Princeton’s Carbon Mitigation Initiative between 2012 and 2017, new research has found. Composite: Bloomberg via Getty Images, the Guardian
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