Environment
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Cetacean exhibits same behaviour towards vessel in North Sea that has been seen in Iberian orca population
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Sarah Finch’s challenge to plans to allow oil well hinges on wider environmental impact of fossil fuels
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She leads a team of 100 at a non-profit with operations across Africa and says climate has been seen through a male perspective for too long
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Kristalina Georgieva calls for ‘debt for climate swaps’ and more finance for poor countries
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Thinktank suggests projects could deliver one-fifth of savings needed from farming, but agriculture experts cast doubt on idea
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Patients exposed to dirty air spent four days longer in hospital, the same impact as if they had been a decade older
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Spotlight
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There is hope on the Tiwi Islands after a landmark court case forced company to consult traditional owners
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Agreements to reduce developing countries’ debt burden in exchange for spending on nature will be on the agenda at a finance summit in Paris this week
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International fund set up at Cop27 is intended to provide compensation to countries worst hit by climate breakdown
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Today’s IPCC report has given a ‘final warning’ to avert global catastrophe. We call on all world leaders to urgently transition to renewables, write politicians Ralph Regenvanu and Seve Paeniu
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Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where local land stewards lose out, say Indigenous leaders
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US climate envoy says there needs to be work on details of ‘loss and damage’ fund in 2023
Opinion
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Fossil fuel company ‘aims to thrive through the energy transition by building a low-cost, lower-carbon, profitable, resilient and diversified portfolio’
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Rishi Sunak, Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and other international leaders address development needs
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Governments need to represent us, not fossil-fuel profiteers. We need plans to phase out fossil fuel production and emissions
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It is now clear that Russian forces have no real strategy, only brutal tactics to wipe out a people and a culture, says Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Mykhed
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Author of landmark UK review into the economic value of nature joins UN environment chief in calls for ‘action, not just words’ on biodiversity goals
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A retired police detective and a band of volunteers are all that’s stopping the Asian hornet, a voracious predator of flying insects, from spreading across the island to mainland Britain
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Pett Level on England’s south coast was once full of oak, elm and ash trees. Today, it offers clues as to how climate breakdown can affect landscapes
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The crew of the missing sub departed St John’s – a city that’s no stranger to ocean peril – to explore the wreck of the Titanic
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Red flags are going up on beaches from Scarborough to Whitstable as pollution levels soar and businesses are forced to close due to sewage discharges
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Multimedia
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Protesters clashed with police in the Maurienne Valley, south east France on Saturday, as they demonstrated against a tunnel being built through the base of the Alpine range that separates France and Italy. The protesters were attempting to reach a site where drilling has already begun on what will be the world's longest tunnel, but were blocked by police.
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Pollution and extraction of water are having a huge impact on local communities. High rates of cancer and respiratory problems are the norm, while marshes dry out and fish die in the rivers
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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including hot monkeys, baby flamingos and a hitchhiking cygnet
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The contest highlights often fleeting moments of beauty while bringing attention to ecosystems in need of protection
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Two male platypuses have been caught on camera fighting for territory in Tasmania, Australia
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The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest, but repeated natural disasters and environmental changes to the region have created a highly vulnerable population increasingly at risk of participating in or becoming victims of child trafficking.
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