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Switzerland’s climate researchers reveal the emotional side of science
Illustration: Kai Reusser / SWI swissinfo.ch Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close Share Climate change not only...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 29, 2025)
A two-member joint committee was directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on October 28, 2025, to examine a complaint filed by villagers of Chaturbhuj, tehsil Kotputli, district Kotputli–Behror, Rajasthan, against the setting up of a proposed...
Ancient Plant Found To Be Unlikely but Powerful Climate Storyteller
A team of researchers at The University of New Mexico has uncovered how a peculiar, prehistoric plant might unlock new ways to reconstruct Earth's ancient climate. Led by UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Zachary Sharp, the study...
Landlocked CU Boulder researcher finds some climate hope for world’s vital ocean corals
It’s a bit more swashbuckling than your average academic-paper photography. CU Boulder’s Jessica Hankins and her colleagues don scuba gear and handle yard-long drills to extract core samples from 200-year-old coral, before hauling their calcified...
OPINION: Somalia’s carbon market awakening - A new chapter in climate leadership
Audio By Vocalize By Farhiya M. Farah and Ayan HarareSomalia has signalled a bold shift in its climate ambition with the First National Carbon Markets Conference, held in Mogadishu on 7 October 2025. Speaking at the opening, Lt. Bashir Mohamed...
world Scientists run climate 'time machine' in Amazon as Brazil preps for COP30
MANAUS, Brazil - Deep in Brazil's Amazon, scientists have built a "time machine" pumping carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate atmospheric conditions predicted for the future to gauge how the biome adapts - an open question to be...
singapore Grace Fu named among Time's 100 most influential climate leaders of 2025
SINGAPORE - Minister for Sustainability and Environment Grace Fu has made it to the Time100 Climate 2025 list, which highlights the most influential leaders driving business climate action. Fu, who is also Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations,...
City of Imperial launches environmental justice survey to improve community health
IMPERIAL — The City of Imperial is inviting residents to take part in a survey aimed at developing its Environmental Justice (EJ) Element, a key plan designed to address pollution and enhance the city’s environmental health. The survey is open to...
Ontario renters, cyclists, environmentalists concerned about Ford omnibus bill
Renters, cyclists and environmentalists are expressing frustration with the Ontario government’s latest omnibus bill, legislation to speed up new home construction that also introduces potential changes to residential tenancy rules, bike lanes and...
African youths demand climate justice ahead of COP 30
A section of activists from African Countries take part in the 'Real Africa Climate Summit People's protest against the African Climate Summit (ACS) from Nyayo stadium to Green Park, Nairobi. September 4th, 2023. [File, Standard] African youth...
Empowering Physicians: Climate Change Advocacy Skills Workshop
In recent years, the intersection of medicine and environmental advocacy has gained significant traction, leading to initiatives that equip healthcare professionals with the skills necessary to engage in urgent discussions about climate change. A...
Russia Says Deepening Ties With China Despite Tough Global Challenges
https://sputnikglobe.com/20251031/russia-china-deepen-cooperation-despite-unfavorable-external-environment--russian-govt-1123042597.html Russia Says Deepening Ties With China Despite Tough Global Challenges Russia Says Deepening Ties With China...
Ground-breaking gene atlas could lead to healthier, climate-resistant oats
The international PanOat consortium, which includes the IBERS research institute at Aberystwyth University, has looked at how oat genes are expressed during development in different genetic backgrounds. From this, the team has created what it...
CITIZENS’ CLIMATE EDUCATION: Flight for Survival — Take Action for Birds in a Changing Climate
Birds fill our skies with color and song, and for more than a century they have inspired citizen science projects and scientific research. Yet, since the 1970s, North America’s total bird population has declined by almost a third, by nearly three...
Chinese vice premier to visit Uruguay, Brazil and attend Belem Climate Summit as President Xi's special representative
BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of the governments of Uruguay and Brazil, Ding Xuexiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and vice premier of the State...
Climate shifts have pushed the Arctic into a new era of extremes
The Arctic isn’t just warming faster than the rest of the planet. It has slipped into a new climatic state where extreme events are more frequent, broader in scope, and more intense across air, ocean, and ice. That is the stark conclusion of an...
Environmental activism
Photographs by Harry Mitchell I’m sitting in a sinister van with decidedly un-sinister people. It's 10am. We've been parked here for hours. In the silence, you can hear raindrops amplified against the metal roof. TV shows like The Wire make...
Shipping’s New Climate Rules Risk Leaving Poor Countries Behind
By: Eldine Chilembo Gless The International Maritime Organization convened this October 2025 to vote on a framework that could reshape global shipping and redefine climate justice. The IMO Net-Zero Framework, agreed upon this past April at MEPC 83...
A volatile environment could potentially disrupt Exxon’s and other Foreign Direct Investment in Guyana
Dear Editor, In light of the explosion at a local owned Guyanese (Mobil) gas station on Regent Street, and report that the Venezuelan perpetrator arrived in Guyana mere hours before carrying out the dastardly act, all major businesses (foreign in...
California Can Lead a Just Climate Transition
By Karina Smith Long-standing tensions between labor and climate movements have hamstrung the fight to phase out fossil fuels. Climate movements have historically overlooked the social and economic impacts of decarbonization while workers have...