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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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Environmental protesters forcibly removed from Australian parliament

Climate change protesters have held a sit-in in the foyer of the Australian parliament

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All Nippon Airways announces big biofuel drive for passenger jets

The world’s largest Boeing 787 operator says its top priority is to cut CO2 emissions by 20 percent in 2020 – partly by introducing biofuels to

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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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Paris climate conference: Could world tensions get in the way?

Paris more than most cities knows that these are troubled times – not just for the environment. And the fear is that a context of war, terrorism and

France

Extreme poverty cannot be tackled without action on climate change, warns World Bank president

Exclusive: Jim Yong Kim tells Euronews that talking in Paris are key to resolving range of global challenges.

France

World leaders in Paris begin bid for breakthrough in climate talks

Representatives from more than 150 countries have started their ambitious attempt to bring down the earth’s rising temperatures. The climate change

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Clashes ahead of COP21

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Paris climate summit begins as leaders arrive for 12-day talks marathon

Paris is again at the centre stage of world news this week and next as the COP21 Climate Summit begins with the arrival of world leaders. All Monday

France

China gets daily reminders of the pressing need for a cleaner environment

Sunrise in Beijing, just like many other sunrises, was hidden behind a wall of smog. This is why the climate change summit is so vital, as the cost

France

World leaders arrive in Paris to talk tough on climate change at COP21 summit

World leaders have been arriving in Paris to talk tough on climate change, as the COP21 summit gets underway. The aim of the international

France

Paris summit has 50-50 chance of success - Greenpeace climate chief

A UN summit aimed at securing legally-binding global commitments to curb greenhouse gas emissions has only a fifty-fifty chance of success. So says a

France

COP21: climate change provokes protests of all shapes and sizes

Marching against climate change: around the world, thousands take to the streets ahead of the COP21 conference.

France

Ahead of COP21, climate-change activists prepare to march on London

Activists in London are preparing for Sunday’s (November 29) People’s March for Climate, Justice and Jobs. The rally in the English capital is

France

COP21: The Heat is On, Leaders Due Monday, Protests Banned

The United Nations summit to address climate change is on track to open on Monday at Le Bourget in Paris with more than 130 heads of state and

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What is the EU’s drive for a circular economy all about?

The European Commission is set to unveil long-awaited measures on Wednesday, December 2, aimed at boosting the idea of a circular economy in the

Kenya

Kenya: Pope Francis visits slum, calls for more to be done about poverty

On his final day in Kenya, Pope Francis calls on the government to do more to lift people out of poverty.

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EU goals for COP21 'very ambitious, to save the planet'

Our Spanish Brussels correspondent talked to Europe’s top energy and climate official about Europe’s defence of humanity’y future. Marta Vivas

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Climate change - will the Paris summit see a meeting of minds on how to tackle global warming?

On the Network this week Chris Burns looks at the hopes for the Paris summit on climate change. Experts are warning that unless there is joint

Brazil

The death of Rio Doce, the "sweet river", under a tide of toxic mud

With the news of late being dominated by a narrow range of security-related issues what is being called the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s