Climate change
Global ice sheets melting at 'worst-case' rates: UK scientists
The rate of loss has risen from 0.8 trillion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tonnes per year by 2017, with potentially disastrous consequences for...
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Greta Thunberg Foundation donates to Africa climate projects
The Greta Thunberg Foundation was set up in December 2019 and the donations were made possible after she was awarded the Portuguese Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity in July, which included one million euros.
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Film reveals Greta Thunberg as steely, funny and a secret dancer
The Swedish teenager allowed film-maker Nathan Grossman to follow her for a year after he met her in 2018 on the very first day of her schools' strike.
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Budget speech 2020: Agri WC wants money allocated for climate change research
The organisation said understanding and mitigating the effects of climate change would help farmers prepare for droughts and other unforeseen natural occurrences.
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'Don't forget about climate change in Sona,' Ramaphosa told
Climate change activist Ayakha Melithafa (17) asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to address and implement solutions to climate change when he addresses the nation with his fourth State of the Nation Address. She says she understands that South Africa has many issues but if there is no solution for the climate situation it will only amplify those problems.
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Clean energy transition must be sustainable for communities - Minerals Council
The Minerals Council South Africa said that a "just transition" to cleaner energy should be done without creating further hardships for South African communities.
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UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Johnson was to make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November.
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‘Does that mean that I have no value as an African activist?’ – Nakate
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate says she noticed she had been cut out the picture where she appeared alongside her four white peers.
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Greta rejects US Treasury chief's degree dig in latest climate clash
'Is she the chief economist? I’m confused ... After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us.'
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Prince Charles says climate change is humanity's greatest threat
In a speech to the World Economic Forum, the British heir-to-the-throne said it was time for everyone in a leadership role to take action 'at revolutionary levels and pace'.
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Trump rejects environmental 'prophets of doom'
The US president branded those warning of out-of-control global warming and other environmental disasters "the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortune tellers".
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Effects of climate change clearly visible, says govt
Government said that it remained committed to alleviate the impact of ongoing drought conditions.
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Marine life under threat from plummeting oxygen levels
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels -- up from only 45 in the 1960s.
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Venice braces for another devastating high tide
Authorities said they were expecting waters would rise again and peak at 160 cm - past the emergency level that sets off sirens in the streets.
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'Leave now': Australians urged to evacuate as 'catastrophic' fires loom
Bushfires burning across New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland states have already killed three people and destroyed more than 150 homes. Officials expect adverse heat and wind conditions to peak at unprecedented levels on Tuesday.
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India's top court orders halt to stubble burning as Delhi chokes
In a ruling following petitions filed by activists, the court's judges ordered an immediate halt to the practice of farmers burning crop stubble in the states surrounding the capital.
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Indian capital banishes some cars in hope of clearing the air
The city government has declared a public health emergency, and imposed an 'odd-even' system on private vehicles, at least until 15 November.
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Spain to host COP25 climate summit in December
Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in December, the UN said on Friday, after Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly anti-government protests.
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Hundreds arrested in London climate crisis protests
More than 270 climate change protesters were arrested after blocking key routes in London. The protests form part of an ongoing global movement against climate change.
