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The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) and China’s second-largest wind turbine manufacturer are close to a deal to develop a new plant in the Kingdom to help boost renewable power production by building a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia as part of the country’s efforts to localize supply chains. ...more |
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Bolster bus services, build cycle paths, impose frequent flyer levies and reopen old railway lines to decarbonise the UK transport system, environment experts are urging, as the Labour party begins to lay out its plans. ...more |
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![Trillion-dollar group urges government action to stop nature loss Trillion-dollar group urges government action to stop nature loss](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_0e965e49-5acd-4b40-a72b-85ab9e4813e6_.jpeg) |
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More than 100 companies, including Unilever (ULVR.L), L'Occitane (0973.HK) and Iberdrola (IBE.MC), have called on governments to enact tougher policies to reach a U.N. goal on halting nature loss by the end of the decade.
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The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet. ...more |
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![Secret 'sky island' rainforest saved by new discoveries Secret 'sky island' rainforest saved by new discoveries](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_0e1c6b9e-4927-4aa1-9f6e-87e87e0c4afc_.jpeg) |
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Perched on a remote mountain top and surrounded by lowlands, Mabu is what's known as a "sky island" and is the largest rainforest in southern Africa. BBC environment correspondent Jonah Fisher went to Mabu with a team of scientists who have discovered dozens of new species there, helping to convince Mozambique to protect it. ...more |
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![Clearing Gaza of almost 40m tonnes of war rubble will take years, says UN Clearing Gaza of almost 40m tonnes of war rubble will take years, says UN](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_91e230f3-60e0-4b96-9063-686616a7a46d_.jpeg) |
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A fleet of more than one hundred lorries would take 15 years to clear Gaza of almost 40m tonnes of rubble in an operation costing between $500m (£394m) and $600m, a UN assessment has found.
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![South Africa's Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax South Africa's Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_ac7dfc7d-d156-417a-8f57-82af03213fbd_.jpeg) |
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa warned other developing nations on Monday that future carbon taxes proposed by rich countries would damage their economies unless they act swiftly to ditch fossil fuels in favour of green energy. ...more |
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![Nations gather to negotiate deep sea mining code as opposition mounts Nations gather to negotiate deep sea mining code as opposition mounts](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8c9d0deb-383d-4469-85a4-ec849e3d8843_.jpeg) |
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The United Nations' International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the economic and environmental risks. ...more |
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![Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms Modern hurricanes are rewriting the rules of extreme storms](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_754bed4b-92c1-4090-b13b-41d8dbe66c08_.jpeg) |
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The behaviour of the world's most powerful storms is evolving. To adapt to more destructive hurricanes, we need to know how they're changing. ...more |
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![Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glory Lost area of Welsh rainforest to be returned to ancient glory](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_67b647a0-abfc-4826-839e-ce66a7df32d0_.jpeg) |
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A lost piece of Celtic rainforest in the far south-west of Wales is to be restored to its ancient glory, weaving around standing stones and an abandoned, tumbling-down farmhouse with a waterwheel. ...more |
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