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A firefighter works to extinguish a fire of a gas pipe line damaged by a Russian rocket attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.

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Climate activists participate in a rally demanding actions to stop the climate crisis, in Seoul, South Korea, September 23, 2023.

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The Netherlands' Farmer-Citizen Movement – BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) – was born after the 2019 farmers’ protest against radically curb agriculture emissions.

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Microsoft's data centres have proliferated with the rise of AI, driving emissions up by 30 per cent.

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Italy has the best urban recycling rate in the EU while Spain has the lowest material consumption.

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A BP refinery and a Uniper coal-fired power plant are seen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

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Agrifood is a bigger contributor to climate change than many think, according to the World Bank, generating almost a third of GHG emissions.

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The impact of hydrofluorocarbons on global warming can be up to thousands of times greater than that of carbon dioxide.

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