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Sweden is on target to run entirely on renewable energy within the next 25 years, a regulatory official has said. ...more |
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Twenty-four countries and the European Union agreed on Friday to create the world's largest marine park in the Antarctic Ocean, covering a massive 1.55 million square km (600,000 square miles) of ocean. ...more |
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![Mediterranean warming fast, deserts may spread in Europe: study Mediterranean warming fast, deserts may spread in Europe: study](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_49978765-d443-434e-a5d9-23fba789177c_.jpg) |
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Global warming is on track to disrupt the Mediterranean region more than any droughts or heatwaves in the past 10,000 years, turning parts of southern Europe into desert by the end of the century, scientists said on Thursday. ...more |
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![New Zealand to double electric fleet to reduce oil bill New Zealand to double electric fleet to reduce oil bill](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7af4d9d7-c9ee-467e-91c9-11acd5027fcc_.jpg) |
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New Zealand aims to double its electric vehicle fleet every year through to 2021 to reduce high-cost oil product imports, the country's Minister of Energy and Resources told Reuters. ...more |
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The biggest man-made forest in the GCC countries is nearing completion in Qatar, some 50km from Doha, near Umm Salal Ali. ...more |
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![Wildlife populations plunge almost 60 percent since 1970: WWF Wildlife populations plunge almost 60 percent since 1970: WWF](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_227753a3-ed9c-432d-a538-5b028ddf8fa3_.jpg) |
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Worldwide populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have plunged by almost 60 percent since 1970 as human activities overwhelm the environment, the WWF conservation group said on Thursday. ...more |
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![China vows better environmental monitoring to improve health China vows better environmental monitoring to improve health](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d151055c-fafc-461b-a202-f66dc968c0e9_.jpg) |
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China aims to create a comprehensive environmental monitoring system by 2030 in its efforts to boost citizens' health and raise life expectancy, the government has said. ...more |
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![UK government boosts local air quality with £3m in funding UK government boosts local air quality with £3m in funding](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7979df60-ac86-4174-a272-bcd88d710bd3_.jpg) |
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The government has stumped up £3m to fund English local authorities’ work to monitor and improve air quality. ...more |
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![Humans create carbon emissions which spawn Australia's extreme weather – report Humans create carbon emissions which spawn Australia's extreme weather – report](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_a0c2032d-6a07-415c-9cc6-eb35a8275dfd_.jpg) |
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Carbon emissions from human activities have driven significant changes to the climate in Australia, including about 1C of warming and an increase in extreme hot days and fire weather, according to the latest State of the Climate report released by the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology. ...more |
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![Al Zeyoudi opens the UNEP FI Global Roundtable and announces Dubai Declaration Al Zeyoudi opens the UNEP FI Global Roundtable and announces Dubai Declaration](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_55fdb664-177e-47b9-879e-e9d13914904f_.jpg) |
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H.E. Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, inaugurated the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s 14th Global Roundtable event and announced the Dubai Declaration of financial institutions based in the UAE on sustainable finance. ...more |
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