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Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze

Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater riskLeaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decisio…

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‘I feel dizzy but I can’t stop’: global heating is already making kiln workers’ lives unbearable. And it will only get worse

Researchers mapped brick kilns across India and used climate models to forecast the levels of heat stress workers face between now and 2050Photographs by Ishan Tankhar“I work with fire. But this has been the hottest ever, even for me,” says Harilal Raj…

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Top UN court to begin hearings on landmark climate change case

ICJ to hear submissions from more than 100 groups in Pacific-led campaign to provide an advisory opinion on states’ obligations for climate harmThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to begin hearings in a landmark climate change case on Monda…

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Guardians of the Gibbons: animal-human harmony hangs in the balance

For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…

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Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction?

For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…

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Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe

Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world isEurope floods – latest updatesPicturesque towns across central Europe are inundated by dirty flood water after heavy weekend rains turned tranquil s…

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