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COP 21: bringing the local to the global

Together, they represent a total of 600 million people. 700 mayors from cities around the world have gathered at the UN climate conference in Paris

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COP21: What's the future of planet Earth?

We're at the COP21 climate summit in Paris for a special edition of Space, to ask 'What will happen to our planet in the future?' Two top Earth observation and climate scientists offer their views.

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The World Bank pushes for a greener economy

With the opening of COP21 in Paris, climate change is at the heart of international debates. Euronews’ Gregoire Lory took the occasion to speak to

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Cities must make key contributions toward climate change solutions

At the climate talks in Paris, the mayors of cities around the world are meeting to brainstorm how they can reduce the carbon impact on our

France

COP 21: hoping for more than just hot air

The world leaders have gone home and it is time for the hardcore climate negotiators to get to work on the basics of a deal at the global climate

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US Congress blocks Obama's climate change plan

As US president Barack Obama gathered with world leaders in Paris to work out a global climate deal .. Republicans in the US Congress voted to block

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Australia: Climate change protest

More than 100 climate change protesters held a sit-in protest in the Australian Parliament in Canberra. Protesters denounced the government’s climate

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Torrential rains in Chennai

The Chennai region in southeastern India has been battered by heavy rain for several days. The airport of the state capital Tamil Nadu had to be

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Climate change is a danger to health says WHO

As the leaders of 150 countries meet in Paris for a key conference on climate change, the World Health Organization has warned that diseases such as

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'Green Jihad': Faith leader's call to save the planet

Their methods may be unconventional but their passion for the cause can’t be denied. On the sidelines of the COP21 talks, the Fast For The Climate

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France to invest billions in African renewable energy projects

The COP21 climate summit is now fully underway: the delegations from 195 countries represented here are meeting face to face, they’re taking

Economy

Bill Gates launches 'Breakthrough Energy Coalition' at COP21

It’s being called the billionaires’ coalition. Rubbing shoulders with the world leaders at COP21 in Paris, some high-tech gurus are adding their

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Climate deal needs legally binding periodic reviews, says Obama

US President Barack Obama has said that for nations to be accountable on greenhouse gas emissions, legally binding “periodic reviews” are needed

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COP21: family photo

151 world leaders have posed for a family photo during the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget near Paris. The

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Africa at the forefront of climate change gets its day in Paris

Today the Cop21 climate change conference in Paris presents Africa day. The continent bears the brunt of climate change without contributing to its

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Obama and Hollande sample the delights of French cuisine in Paris

President Obama sampled the delights of Parisian cuisine with French President Francois Hollande in a three-starred Michelin restaurant in Paris

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Leaders open UN climate conference with good intentions

World leaders from around 150 nations ranging from the United States to Tuvalu have opened their Climate Conference in Paris armed with high

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Putin: Turkey shot down jet to protect ISIL oil trade

Russia says NATO must share responsibility with Turkey for the shooting down of one of its fighter jets last week because it gave Ankara political

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COP21: Indigenous peoples demand legal status to protect lands

Away from the media coverage of the Climate Conference, the voices of the people on the frontline of the effects of global warming are fighting to be