By AFP/Clément MelkiPope Francis visited Papua New Guinea Saturday, where he called for vast natural resources to benefit the "entire community" -- a politically charged demand in a nation where many believe their riches are being stolen or squandere...

By AFPThe EU needs to reform its 387-billion-euro common agricultural policy to better support farmers "who need it most" and set up a special green transition fund, a report commissioned by Brussels said Wednesday.EU chief Ursula von der Leyen order...

By UN NewsGovernments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.The Fifth...

By AFP/Peter CatterallAs climate envoys from the world's top two greenhouse gas producers meet in Beijing this week, experts say China's emissions may finally be nearing their peak.US climate envoy John Podesta will be looking to solidify Beijing's c...

By AFP/Benjamin LegendreThe 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures on record, beating 2023's high and making this year likely Earth's hottest ever recorded, the EU's climate monitor said Friday.The data from the Copernicus Climate C...

By AFP/Issam AhmedA collapse in North America's bat population led to a surge in pesticide use by farmers as an alternative way to protect crops from insects -- in turn triggering a rise in infant mortalities, a study revealed Thursday.The paper, pub...

By AFPBurning plastic in dumps and open fires is as big a problem for the planet as littering, scientists said Wednesday in a detailed new assessment of how plastic enters the environment.A world-first global register of plastic pollution, published...

By AFP/Santiago Piedra SilvaA thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the Indigenous Waorani people are imploring authorities to stop drilling for the black gold that keeps spilling into their environment.Black slu...

By UN News/Daniel JohnsonUnchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture”, with millions of deaths attributed to dirty air, the UN World Meteorological Organi...

By AFP/Will VassilopoulosRecord-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoir for the first time in 30 years.The village of Kallio was submerged in the late 1970s when the Mornos dam was...

By AFPThe world saw record average temperatures in August for the second year running, according to preliminary data from the EU's Copernicus climate monitor seen by AFP on Tuesday.While the exact official average temperature for last month is not ye...

By UN NewsThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.The directive covers wastewater and solid waste management for manufacturing of antibiotics, and comes ah...