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From Mallorca to Bhutan: Making tourism sustainable

SpainOctober 2, 2023
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October 4, 2023

Taiwan: Typhoon Koinu brings heavy rains ahead of landfall

October 3, 2023

Scores of dolphins die in Amazon amid severe drought, heat

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India: Himachal floods expose need for climate adaptation

India: Himachal floods expose need for climate adaptation

Flooding like what was seen in India's Himachal Pradesh region is expected to be exacerbated by climate change.
IndiaOctober 4, 2023
Vehicles drive on a temporarily built mud road in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, in north India

India floods fueled by climate change, rapid development

India floods fueled by climate change, rapid development

Unregulated construction and torrential rains are exacerbating natural disasters in India's Himachal Pradesh state.
IndiaOctober 4, 202302:47 min
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Jharkhand: Where livelihoods depend on coal

Jharkhand: Where livelihoods depend on coal

How are coal mining communities in Jharkhand affected by India's energy transition efforts?
IndiaOctober 4, 202307:51 min
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Battling bear attacks in Romania

Battling bear attacks in Romania

To curb brown bear attacks, the Romanian government plans to allow more of the animals to be shot.
RomaniaOctober 4, 202305:35 min
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Taking stock: Global coal phaseout

Taking stock: Global coal phaseout

Some nations are making progress with plans to phase out coal, while others are struggling to achieve their targets.
Global issuesOctober 2, 202304:26 min
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How DRE technology could help rural India

How DRE technology could help rural India

India's decentralized renewable energy sector has massive potential, but is it being tapped?
IndiaOctober 2, 202304:03 min
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Peat: Climate killer and big business

Peat is big business and great for farming. But it's also an increasing climate problem. Can it be more sustainable?
October 4, 202329:59 min
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Vietnamese rice farmer Trinh Hoang Cung pulls his catch of shrimp into his boat.

Mekong farmers find ways to adapt to changing environment

Vietnamese farmers in the Mekong Delta are alternating shrimp and rice cultivation to survive.
VietnamSeptember 30, 202302:58 min
A volunteer sanitation brigade clean the drainage canals in Alakro, a settlement in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Abidjan residents set up sanitation system

Fed up of being swamped with sewage during the rainy season, one neighborhood in the Ivorian capital has taken action.
Ivory CoastSeptember 26, 202302:10 min
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How Paris is working to cool down as the planet warms up

The French capital has come up with a masterplan to reach climate neutrality.
FranceSeptember 24, 202303:17 min
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Increased levels of carbon dioxide and other human-caused emissions being released into the atmosphere have caused global surface and ocean temperatures to rise at unprecedented speed.

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Thailand: The rice of the future

Thailand: The rice of the future

In Thailand the climate change has put age-old cultivation methods of growing rice at risk.
ThailandOctober 2, 202302:50 min
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COP28: Climate leaders meet in Madrid ahead of summit

COP28: Climate leaders meet in Madrid ahead of summit

Spain is hosting a conference with energy and climate ministers ahead of COP28, the UN climate summit, in Dubai.
SpainOctober 2, 2023
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Brazil: Dramatic drought in the Amazon

Brazil: Dramatic drought in the Amazon

The drought in Brazil's Amazon region is so severe the government is preparing a task force to provide for the people.
BrazilSeptember 30, 20239 images
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On the Green Fence

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Is the Loch Ness Monster actually real?

For centuries, adventurers have searched for Nessie in vain. Some people refuse to give up.
United KingdomSeptember 25, 202304:05 min
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Replacing plastic pens with paper and plant seeds

Made in Tamil Nadu, this paper pen is eco-friendly and contains seeds that can grow into plants when thrown away.
IndiaSeptember 18, 202303:33 min
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How home gardens are saving people money

As food prices soar, urban agriculture projects in Johannesburg are teaching locals how to grow their own fruit and veg.
South AfricaSeptember 15, 202304:48 min