By AFPClimate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2.But other powerful heat-trapping emissions -- of methane -- are also likely to be in the crosshairs of negotiators at the crucial COP28 meeting in Dubai next week...

President William Ruto says change aims to boost trade and allow goods, services, people, and ideas to move freely across the continent.As part of a push to promote trade and travel inside the continent, other African people will no longer need a vis...

One day Dimche Ackov had enough of the stress and pollution of urban life and chucked in his job and headed out into the North Macedonia countryside for a fresh start.Nearly 10 years later, Ackov has channelled his burnout into a fully-fledged missio...

With the production of plastic on the rise worldwide and creating ever more pollution, the UN environment chief warned that humanity cannot just recycle its way out of the mess, and she called for a total rethink about the way we use plastics."There...

In an optimistic message, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber called upon the world to stand by each other and cooperate against climate change, as human beings “are not powerless.”...

The US state of California sued five of the world's largest oil companies on Friday, alleging the firms caused billions of dollars in damages and misled the public by minimizing the risks from fossil fuels, The New York Times reported.It follows nume...

In a controversial bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a US climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming.While supporters applauded Patrick T. Brown for flagging what he call...

While the Greek government has been quick to blame global warming for the summer's devastating wildfires, some experts argue that poor planning is at least as much to blame.The European Commission has said that the blaze in the Dadia national park, w...

Joanna Schlosser found refuge from advancing wildfires at a winery where she works, but is now dealing with a tourism downturn and other wide-ranging fallout on the business -- and Canada's economy.An inferno jumped Okanagan Lake and was barreling do...

The drought-hit Panama Canal will maintain restrictions on the passage of ships for one year, a measure that has already led to a marine traffic jam as boats line up to enter the waterway linking two oceans.The canal is facing a shortage of rainwater...

A new global biodiversity fund aimed at ramping up critical nature restoration and renewal -- objectives set out at a UN summit last year -- was ratified Thursday by the international community.At a gathering in Vancouver, Canada and Britain announce...