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![Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_af606165-9693-45ab-a157-18bafd436125_.jpeg) |
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This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international cooperation on green issues to help heal existing tensions, according to plans being drawn up by organisers. ...more |
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![Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_af44e330-eaed-4dbd-898d-7c22d7ce333f_.jpeg) |
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Poor countries must demonstrate clearer accounting and transparency to back up their calls for trillions of dollars of climate finance, the president of global climate negotiations has said. ...more |
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![Global health heavyweights team up for climate, disease funding Global health heavyweights team up for climate, disease funding](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_8df33750-78f9-49f5-9dcd-eeaae1aac6b4_.jpeg) |
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Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, and infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. ...more |
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![How sustainable can Paris make the Olympic Games? How sustainable can Paris make the Olympic Games?](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3ff3c929-4a26-432b-8e35-f9c9751468d4_.jpeg) |
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The Paris Olympics are billed as the greenest Games yet. It’s a big claim from the organizers.
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![New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation New Zealand signs MOU with German institute on Antarctica cooperation](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_66ea9909-e49a-455a-9e10-87f5221daefc_.jpeg) |
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New Zealand said on Saturday that its Antarctic agency signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute to foster cooperation between the two polar science bodies, amid China's growing presence in Antarctica.
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![Violence against environmental journalists rises, UNESCO says Violence against environmental journalists rises, UNESCO says](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_938a9dd7-d92b-4403-a002-84eab66ac867_.png) |
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Journalists who report on environmental issues face increasing violence around the world from both state and private actors, UNESCO said on Thursday, highlighting that 44 of these journalists have been murdered between 2009 and 2023.
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![UK Government defeated in High Court over climate plans UK Government defeated in High Court over climate plans](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_fd03c5eb-9e4b-4744-b632-81808a7c3cd9_.jpeg) |
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The government has been defeated in court - for a second time - for not doing enough to meet its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. ...more |
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![Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study Gas stoves increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_bd9df8de-1316-4c44-ac75-88016f280896_.jpeg) |
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Using a gas stove increases nitrogen dioxide exposure to levels that exceed public health recommendations, a new study shows. The report, published Friday in Science Advances, found that people of color and low-income residents in the US were disproportionately affected. ...more |
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![Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_b805026c-7552-4b8b-9e1f-4e02ccda51d5_.jpeg) |
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Bumblebee nests may be overheating, killing off broods and placing one of the Earth’s critical pollinators in decline as temperatures rise, new research has found. ...more |
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![Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study Venomous snakes likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_45959e98-8c25-42b7-80d9-c4c46ddab573_.jpeg) |
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Climate breakdown is likely to lead to the large-scale migration of venomous snake species into new regions and unprepared countries, according to a study.
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