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Timber is set to become a popular alternative to traditional building materials used in tall buildings, says Rune Abrahamsen, a timber expert who is helping to construct the world's tallest wooden high-rise in Norway.

Australia

Australia pledges millions to save the Great Barrier Reef

The Australian government has promised more than 300 million euros to help save the Great Barrier Reef - in the largest single investment for reef conservation and management in the country’s history.

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Seals are new allies in climate change monitoring

Norwegian ecologists equip them with satellite transmitters to monitor underwater ocean temperatures.

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Lights go out for 11th annual Earth Hour

More than 180 countries have taken part in the annual Earth Hour, switching off lights on thousands of major buildings

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Brazil

Amazon Rainforest 'heading to point of no return'

Research suggests deforestation is leading the Amazon Rainforest to the point of no return.

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Watch: Pine Island glacier readies for another crack

Dutch professor alerts of a new crack that could create a massive iceberg at the Antarctic glacier, whose front has been retracting since 2000.

World

UAE's Minister of the Environment talks climate change

In an exclusive interview to Inspire Middle East, His Excellency Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi describes the UAE's approach to climate change

South Africa

Cape Town struggling to cope with worst drought in a century

And the South African city's tourism industry could also take a hit

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Floodwaters in Seine river peak in Paris

The swollen river has now peaked at 5.84 metres, four metres higher than its normal level.

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Macron prepares to woo Davos

Climate change and reform of the Europe expected to dominate as French President Emmanuel Macron gets ready to address delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

USA

2017 was US's costliest weather year on record

Last year was the third-warmest on record, contributing to 16 separate billion-dollar disasters, federal climatologists said.

USA

2017 costliest year yet for US natural disasters

At 16 billion dollars of damage the year of drought, floods, hurricanes and fires has meant the last 12 months are the worst on record in the USA.

USA

UN chief issues 'red alert'

The secretary general of the United Nations calls for unity in his year-end address

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Eiffel Tower lit up with vegetable oil

Paris monuments including the Eiffel Tower and the Sacre Coeur were lit up in blue and green for the end of the Paris climate summit on Tuesday (December 12).

France

'One Planet' summit - just a talking shop?

The climate summit in Paris ends but delegates leave with "glass half full or glass half empty" perceptions

France

Paris climate summit opens with Bill Gates, but not Trump

World leaders and philanthropists are in the French capital to try to give new momentum to the fight against climate change, despite the US withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord.