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Fossil fuel groups ‘destroying’ climate talks: NGOs
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Fossil fuel groups ‘destroying’ climate talks: NGOs

Oil and gas groups were accused Saturday of seeking to influence climate talks in Madrid by paying millions in sponsorship…
UN launches $29 bn emergency funding appeal
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UN launches $29 bn emergency funding appeal

The UN launched a humanitarian appeal for nearly $29 billion on Wednesday as climate change and increasingly protracted conflicts put…
2010s hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again
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2010s hottest decade in history, UN says as emissions rise again

This decade is set to be the hottest in history, the United Nations said Tuesday in an annual assessment outlining…
Choose hope or climate surrender, says UN chief
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Choose hope or climate surrender, says UN chief

Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilization itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres told…
Zero-hour on climate, but UN talks in another time zone
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Zero-hour on climate, but UN talks in another time zone

Global talks tasked with neutralizing the threat of global warming get underway in Madrid Monday, but their narrow focus on…
UN tries to cut numbers at EU-funded migrant center in Libya
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UN tries to cut numbers at EU-funded migrant center in Libya

CAIRO (AP) — The UN refugee agency plans to cut the number of migrants staying at an overcrowded transit center…
UN chief warns of ‘point of no return’ on climate change
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UN chief warns of ‘point of no return’ on climate change

MADRID (AP) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly…
Tens of thousands rally in Europe, Asia before UN climate summit
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Tens of thousands rally in Europe, Asia before UN climate summit

Tens of thousands of protesters, primarily in Europe and Asia, hit the streets on Friday to make a fresh call…
‘Serious’ rights violations during Chile protests: Human Rights Watch
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‘Serious’ rights violations during Chile protests: Human Rights Watch

Chile’s national police committed “serious human rights violations” as weeks of violent demonstrations across the South American country claimed 25…
Slash emissions now or miss chance to avert climate disaster: UN
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Slash emissions now or miss chance to avert climate disaster: UN

The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions,…
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