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Climate talks to resume in China

Thousands of environment experts were set to gather in China on Monday in a bid to kick-start stalled UN

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Map shows carbon in Peru’s Amazon

A new, highly detailed map of part of Peru's Amazon shows how much climate-warming carbon is stored there, and

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4 million homeless in Pakistan

The number of people rendered homeless by the devastating floods in Pakistan has risen to more than 4 million,

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Pakistan floods hit four million – Huge evacuation under way

KARACHI (AFP) – Pakistan began evacuating half a million people from flood-risk areas in the south on Thursday as

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UN to probe doomsday glacier forecast

The United Nations' panel of climate scientists says it will probe claims its doomsday prediction for the disappearance of

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Droughts, melting ice signs of rapidly worsening climate change

WASHINGTON — Droughts from Australia to the U.S. Southwest, acidic ocean water and melting glaciers are signs that the

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World leaders vow climate action but warn tough road ahead

The leaders of China and Japan pledged Tuesday to take stronger action to fight climate change, but US President

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Climate change killing corals, costing billions

Climate change is killing valuable coral reef systems, a United Nations-backed report published on Wednesday warned. The report -- entitled

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Climate Change Warning: It’s Here, It’s Now!

World environment leaders have issued a series of climate warnings from opposite ends of the globe, after hearing from

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U.N. talks hope to improve climate data and aid poor

Delegates from 150 nations met in Geneva on Monday to try to plug gaps in climate information to help

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