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Paris (AFP) Sept 23, 2024 - The world's oceans are close to becoming too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate, a new report said on Monday.
Jun 26, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Sept 12, 2016 - Chinese engineers have completed the structure of what is expected to become the world's highest bridge, local authorities said.
Jun 26, 2026
Prague (AFP) Sept 30, 2016 - A Czech-Polish team said Friday it had discovered the world's deepest underwater cave in the eastern Czech Republic.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2009 - Representatives of the world's 17 biggest carbon polluters kicked off a week of high-stakes talks on climate change Thursday with a discussion at the US State Department.
Jun 26, 2026
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 17, 2014 - A UN summit on climate change will see the world change course and begin to seriously tackle global warming, UN climate envoy Mary Robinson said Wednesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 9, 2020 - Global animal, bird and fish populations have plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years due to rampant over-consumption, experts said Thursday in a stark warning to save nature in order to save ourselves.
Jun 26, 2026
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2014 - World leaders at a UN summit billed as the largest-ever gathering on climate change faced calls Tuesday to take bold action to reverse global warming.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 4, 2024 - The 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.
Jun 26, 2026
New York (AFP) Sept 20, 2010 - The 17 nations responsible for 80 percent of carbon emissions blamed for global warming will seek to unblock stalled climate negotiations this week but analysts expect little progress.
Jun 26, 2026
Algiers (AFP) Sept 8, 2011 - The world needs to do more to combat desertification, which threatens close to a third of the planet's population, Algeria said Thursday at the opening of a conference here.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 17, 2021 - A failure to slash global emissions is setting the world on a catastrophic path to 2.7 degrees Celsius heating, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Friday just weeks before crunch climate talks.
Jun 26, 2026
Honolulu (AFP) Sept 4, 2016 - The world edged closer to a 2020 goal to repair vast areas of damaged natural lands and forests, officials announced Saturday at the world's largest conservation meeting.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - A summit aimed at forging an international plan to reverse catastrophic nature loss will be delayed for a second time because of the pandemic, organisers said on Wednesday in a further blow to conservation efforts.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 15, 2016 - The world should prepare for a global epidemic of microcephaly, a condition which restricts head growth in foetuses, as the Zika virus takes root in new countries, researchers said Friday.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 15, 2020 - Countries are set to miss all of the targets they set themselves a decade ago to preserve nature and save Earth's vital biodiversity, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 10, 2019 - Nations rich and poor must invest now to protect against the effects of climate change or pay an even heavier price later, a global commission warned Tuesday.
Jun 26, 2026
