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Australia is campaigning to co-host next year's UN climate summit alongside Pacific Islands neighbours

World

Australia’s opposition ditches commitment to net zero emissions

Australia’s conservative opposition said Thursday it will drop its commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 if it wins power and leads a...

AFPNovember 13, 2025

Scientists found that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels will be 1.1 percent higher in 2025 than a year ago

World

World’s fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025: study

Global fossil fuel emissions are set to hit a new high in 2025, according to research published Thursday that also warns curbing warming under...

AFPNovember 12, 2025

Brazilian Indigenous leader and environmentalist Raoni Metuktire suggested he would give the country's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva an earful over a controversial oil exploration project

Business

Brazil tribal chief ready to give Lula a ‘talking-to’

A renowned Brazilian tribal chief said Wednesday on the sidelines of UN climate talks that he would not hesitate to give the president a...

AFPNovember 12, 2025

Governor of California Gavin Newsom has taken swipes at President Donald Trump at COP30 in Brazil

World

Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor

California Governor Gavin Newsom says his Democratic party is “back on its feet” after a string of election wins — and the way to...

AFPNovember 12, 2025

In every scenario, China remains the largest market for renewable energy

World

Renewables outpace fossil fuels despite US policy shift: IEA

The Paris-based IEA presented different scenarios for the future of energy in its annual World Energy Outlook.

AFPNovember 12, 2025

Steep lodging costs in the Brazil's Belem city have panicked many would-be attendees ahead of the COP30 gathering in November

World

Brazil tries to avoid climate bust up at COP30 summit

COP30 hosts Brazil will seek to land a compromise on Wednesday as some nations seek to put ambitious climate action and financial obligations on...

AFPNovember 11, 2025

The UN says $3.24 billion is needed this year alone to adi Ethiopia, including some four million internally displaced people

World

Ethiopia set to host UN’s 2027 climate summit, 2026 undecided

Uncertainty still surrounds which country will host next year’s UN cliamte conference: Australia or Turkey. But for 2027, there’s little mystery: it will almost...

AFPNovember 11, 2025

A road under construction in Cagayan province's Tuguegarao City is surrounded by floodwaters after Typhoon Fung-wong slammed into the Philippines this week

World

Philippines digs out from Typhoon Fung-wong as death toll climbs to 18

Rescuers using backhoes and chainsaws began digging the Philippines out from the devastation of Typhoon Fung-wong on Tuesday, as floodwaters receded in hundreds of...

AFPNovember 10, 2025