The recent ocean heatwave has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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The UK's new energy and net zero minister voted against government plans to phase out sales of petrol and diesel cars in favor of electric vehicles

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A freedom-of-information request by Carbon Brief reveals how, after the reclassification, money for humanitarian work in nations including Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia is now being double-counted as climate finance to help the UK hit its goal

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The National Farmers’ Union has asked the government for more help for farmers hit by heavy rain, which has left large areas of land flooded.

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Figures from the Association of British Insurers show that last year's weather damage insurance claims were the worst on record, with £573 million paid out

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Explainer: Here's how to spot five of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest disinformation tactics used over 20 years

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Farmers are warning that record-breaking rainfall over the last 18 months has drastically reduced the amount of food produced in the UK.

The UK will be reliant on imports for wheat in the coming year.

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that climate inaction by the Swiss government has violated human rights, in the first case of its kind at the court.

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Farmers are warning of food shortages as record rainfall threatens to bring the first season without a harvest on some farms since the end of the Second World War.

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Morocco's second largest reservoir is drying up, satellite images show.

The reservoir serves some of its major cities & has been essential for farm irrigation.

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The parent company of Thames Water has told its creditors it has defaulted on its debt.

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A “historic heatwave” is being experienced across south-east Asia, forcing thousands of schools to be closed. Experts say the heat is unprecedented for early April.

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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is facing criticism following the completion of an investigation into its handling of alleged abuses at a Liberian plantation it funded.

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Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster over the prolonged drought crisis.

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British farmers are calling for the UK government to grant them a universal basic income, saying the post-Brexit agriculture subsidy scheme has left many struggling.

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Rio Tinto may face a lawsuit in the UK over alleged pollution in Madagascar. Villagers say the company's mine has contaminated their waterways with uranium and lead.
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Analysis: New oil and gas projects since 2021 could emit 14bn tonnes of CO2

2021 was the year the IEA said “no new oil and gas fields” would be required if the world were to limit global warming to 1.5C .

Great analysis by Josh Gabbatiss

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One-third of Africa’s population of great apes are at risk from a boom in mining-related habitat destruction in the continent, a new study has found

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Antarctic sea ice ‘behaving strangely’ as Arctic reaches ‘below-average’ winter peak carbonbrief.org/antarctic-sea-…

The number of trees lost in the Brazilian Amazon fell by 39% last year due to political action, researchers have found

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