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Coins, catfish, bikes and bottles: the treasures of Paris' Canal Saint-Martin

It’s 4.5 kilometres long, holds 90,000 cubic metres of water and contains treasures ranging from gold coins to washing machines… The Canal

Italy

Italian cities ban vehicles from streets to curb pollution

Streets around the Italian city of Naples were quieter than usual on Saturday (January 2). Cars, motorbikes and scooters have been banned until

India

New Delhi: an ambitious anti-pollution plan

Cars alternating days in the world's most polluted city

Italy

Record pollution forces Milan to take cars off roads

Pollution in Italy’s industrial powerhouse Milan has got so bad the mayor is taking action, along with his counterpart in Rome and some other smaller

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California gas leak sparks protests as concerns mount

Methane gas billowing into the sky from the hills above Los Angeles has been captured by an infrared camera to record images which are invisible to

World News

Police in Peru raid and destroy illegal Amazonian gold mines

Peruvian police have destroyed dozens of illegal gold mining camps close to the Amazonian nature reserve. Peru raids illegal gold mines #video

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Traffic fumes pushing Tehran's pollution to alarmingly high levels

The past few days have been particularly bad, with the government acknowledging that the air quality is unhealthy for the city's residents

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Aung San Suu Kyi leads a cleaning up operation

The leader of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy led a roadside clean up on Sunday, in the constituency where she won a seat in the country’s

France

COP21: climate campaigners set 'red line' for leaders to strike deal

Climate campaigners laid out a red line at the COP21 venue in Paris on Saturday – to pile pressure on leaders to reach the right deal. After all of

France

COP21: climate deal draft agreed after marathon talks

Negotiators at the UN-sponsored climate summit in Paris have come up with a draft agreement that will be presented to ministers at 1030 GMT, a French

France

What would constitute a success for COP21 climate conference?

Some of them are the most powerful people on Earth, others are bursting with knowledge — envoys and delegates from 195 countries. What can they do at

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Paris: Divisions remain as delegates try to reach a climate deal before Friday

Negotiators at the Climate conference in Paris are narrowing in on a climate deal pact but there are still major divisions to be overcome before

France

Climate change deniers 'out of touch with science' says Kerry

US secretary of state John Kerry said on Wednesday that those who deny the effects of climate change are “out of touch with science.” World leaders

France

Deal or no deal? Crunch week for COP21 climate negotiations

It is crunch time at the COP 21 in Paris – will efforts to reach a climate change deal bear fruit? As the summit enters its final week, UN Secretary

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A lament for Mother Earth - indigenous peoples demand say in environment protection

A musical lament calling for the respect for Mother Earth could be heard as a group of indigenous people’s representatives staged their own

France

Draft deal reached at Paris climate conference

French Foreign minister Laurent Fabius is handed a draft climate agreement which politicians at the Paris COP21 conference will now get to work on

France

Climate summit agrees draft document on climate change

Delegates from almost 200 nations at the UN climate change summit in Paris have reached a draft agreement on how to move forward on the issue. The

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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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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