ENVIRONMENT

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Farming experts tout 'conscious' food systems to fix agriculture woes
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Farmers around the world are struggling with the impact of climate change, financial pressures and depleted soil -- and industry experts say bringing consumers ...
20 Tunisians dead in prison due to heatwave: rights group
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Twenty prisoners have died in detention in Tunisia due to sweltering temperatures in recent weeks, the head of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) told ...
Kenya steps up crocodile hunt as rising lakes fuel conflict
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Kenya's wildlife officers are trapping crocodiles on the shores of Lake Baringo in a bid to curb growing human-wildlife conflict as rising waters push the repti...
Germany hit by record 16,300 heat-related deaths
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Germany registered a record 16,300 heat-related deaths during Europe's severe summer heatwaves, official data showed Thursday.
France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heatwaves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said on Thursday.
El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is ...
Indonesia rescues orangutan mother and baby from wildfire haze
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities rescued a mother orangutan and her baby from wildfire smoke on the island of Borneo, officials said Thursday.
France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heatwaves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said on Thursday.
Study shows plug-in hybrids polluting far more than expected
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Plug-in hybrids have enjoyed a surge in popularity but a study published Thursday showed they are polluting far more than most buyers think, as they run on batt...
How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for the second time ever due to drought caused by the El Nino c...
Heavy rain puts a dampener on Taiwan 'extreme heat' drill
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Taiwan had planned an "extreme heat drill" for government officials and emergency workers to practise their response to 40C temperatures, but Thursday's exercis...
Uganda names its oil 'Pearl Sweet' as it prepares for first exports
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Uganda officially named its oil "Pearl Sweet" on Wednesday as its energy secretary said it expects to join the club of oil-exporting nations by the end of the y...
German farming in 'massive' crisis after drought: minister
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
German farming has been plunged into a "massive nationwide crisis" by drought this summer, the country's agriculture minister said on Wednesday, announcing fres...
Melting glaciers an 'immediate' climate risk: author of UN report
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Climate change is accelerating the loss of glaciers and increasing the risk of devastating events like the Himalaya floods, said one author of a major UN scient...
World must prepare for 'reality' of missing 1.5C goal: UN
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessm...
France sees limited economic hit from drought, heatwaves
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Drought and record heatwaves across France this summer will shave 0.1 percent off the country's economic growth this year, adding to the heavy human toll, the f...
UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshoot
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The United Nations outlined Wednesday how the world might bring global temperatures back to 1.5C once the milestone target is breached in a first-of-its-kind as...
Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm on Wednesday were churning through the Pacific Ocean where waters were being warmed by a historically...
Australia defends Pacific climate meeting despite doubts on attendance
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a top climate meeting being held in Fiji and Tuvalu next month will "elevate" the global challenge, d...
Pacific islands to face food shortages over global warming: scientists
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
The Pacific islands will face food shortages and drinking water will be impacted by rising seas, scientists said Wednesday, as a UN report found the world would...
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