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FILE - Young men cool themselves off in a waterfall in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 14, 2023. July has been so hot so far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat. All the ways a hotter planet makes us sicker
There is scientific consensus that 2023 was the hottest year ever in the planet’s recorded history. It will get progressively worse as this century sweats it out in a s... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed, File) Indian Express
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EP Plenary session - 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement New EU trade rules ‘green squeeze’ the Global South
The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. | T... (photo: European Union 2024 - Source : EP / European Union 2024 - Source : EP) Asiatimes
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Black and white mosquito Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe due to climate crisis, says expert
Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across the globe, and particularly in Europe, due to climate breakdown, an expert has said. | The insects spread illnesses such as m... (photo: Creative Commons) AOL
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C-FTJV Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 Boeing sustainability chief says SAFs are unlikely to fall as low as jet fuel 
The use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) is being encouraged by governments as a replacement for kerosene type fuels, to decarbonise the industry. | Boeing’s sustai... (photo: Creative Commons / Liam Allport) Offshore Technology
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File - An air polluting Factory in China near the Yangtze River. China Focus: AI algorithm maps out detailed carbon emissions for city managers
BEIJING, April 23 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) tech to accurately map out carbon emissions in big cities. This is an at... (photo: Creative Commons / High Contrast) China.dot.org
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Rice terraces in Muong Khuong (Lao Cai, Vietnam). May 13, 2010. In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van's rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam'... (photo: Creative Commons / Bi Thy o Nguyn/https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:B%C3%B9i_Th%E1%BB%A5y_%C4%90%C3%A0o_Nguy%C3%AAn) Phys Dot Org
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Residents rest near an area exposed after floods sweep through a village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia. China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south
China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as heavy rain continues to lash the southern province of Guangdong. | Authorities raised the highest level of alarm on Tuesda... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) Al Jazeera
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Youngsters wade through a flooded street caused by heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightening and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country's southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any further casualties and damages. Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO
Asia was the region most affected by climate change, weather and water-related hazards globally last year, the United Nations weather agency has said. | In a report publi... (photo: AP / Muhammad Sajjad) Al Jazeera
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