‘Crucial week’: make-or-break plastic pollution treaty talks begin
Busan (South Korea) (AFP) - A final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opens on Monday, ...
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Climate finance’s ‘new era’ shows new political realities
Baku (AFP) - Rich countries' promise of $300 billion a year in climate finance brought fury at talks in Baku ...
Climate finance can be hard sell, says aide to banks and PMs
Baku (AFP) - Trillions of dollars are needed to make poorer nations more resilient to climate change, and studies have ...
Pompeii rejects ‘mass tourism’ with daily visitor limit
Pompeii (Italy) (AFP) - The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park introduced on Friday a daily limit of 20,000 visitors, the latest ...
Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops
Santiago (AFP) - Isidora Olave opens a package containing a T-shirt, a skirt and a handful of glitter stickers shipped ...
Tech’s green wave hits choppy waters
Lisbon (AFP) - Tech entrepreneurs have spent years selling the dream that we can save the planet without changing our ...
Climate cash should also go to nuclear, says UN atomic chief
Baku (AFP) - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that atomic power should also be allowed ...
Sacred cow: coal-hungry India eyes bioenergy to cut carbon
Barsana (India) (AFP) - Venerated as incarnations of Hindu deities, India's sacred cows are also being touted as agents of ...
Norway speeds ahead of EU in race for fossil-free roads
Oslo (AFP) - On the quiet streets of an Oslo suburb, electric vehicles are parked in nearly every other driveway ...
Greenland seeks to capitalise on ‘last-chance tourism’
Maniitsoq (Denmark) (AFP) - A frozen landscape with breathtaking views, Greenland wants to attract more tourists, but its remote location ...
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