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Meteorologists targeted in climate misinfo surge
May 13, 2023 (AFP)
Users on Twitter and other social media falsely accused Spain's weather agency of engineering a drought, Australia's of doctoring its thermometers and France's ...
Greenpeace, islanders launch legal action against Dutch
May 11, 2023 (AFP)
The seven residents of the tiny Dutch territory and Greenpeace served The Hague with a formal legal warning, which is the final step before taking them to court...
Spain to spend 2.2 bn euros to tackle drought
May 11, 2023 (AFP)
The country's water reserves are on average below 50 percent of capacity, while levels have fallen to roughly 25 percent in the two worst-hit areas -- Andalusia...
New Indonesian fund promotes Indigenous role in climate change fight
May 08, 2023 (AFP)
The Nusantara Fund -- the first direct funding mechanism for indigenous and local communities in the country -- was launched by the environmental group Walhi, t...
Insults, threats target Spain forecasters over climate 'conspiracy'
May 05, 2023 (AFP)
"Murderers", "Criminals", "You'll pay for this" and "We're watching you" are just some of the anonymous messages sent to AEMET in recent weeks on social media, ...
Historic drought sees Spaniards pray for rain
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
On Monday, parishioners in the southern city of Jaen held a procession carrying aloft a statute of Christ called "El Abuelo" to pray for rain for the first time...
Germany's climate activists find sanctuary in churches
Apr 30, 2023 (AFP)
Other members of the Letzte Generation (Last Generation) group were having a vegan brunch buffet in the pews, minutes before they were to march out through the ...
US activists smear paint on Degas enclosure; UN urges UK to backtrack on protest laws
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
The French artist's wax sculpture of 'La petite danseuse de quatorze ans' was attacked with stripes of red and black paint, the National Gallery of Art reported...
Watchdog raps Murdoch's Australian broadcaster over climate coverage
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority said Wednesday that the sister channel of Murdoch's US-based Fox News aired inaccurate statements in segments ...
Global warming made Horn of Africa drought possible: report
Apr 27, 2023 (AFP)
"Human-caused climate change has made agricultural drought in the Horn of Africa about 100 times more likely," said a summary of the report by the World Weather...
Undeterred by jail, Germany's climate activists ramp up protests
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
This week, the 26-year-old journalism student again halted traffic, this time in Berlin where fellow activists in the group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) ...
Drought threatens Panama Canal shipping traffic
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
Two artificial lakes that feed the canal in the province of Colon have been depleted by lack of rain. "This Lake Alhajuela has less water every day," Leidin Gue...
Spain appeals for EU aid for drought-hit farmers
Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)
Agriculture Minister Luis Planas said he wrote to the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, to request the aid for Spanish farmers. "I ex...
Climate activists block Berlin roads again
Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)
The Letzte Generation (Last Generation) climate group said "hundreds of protesters" have resumed their traffic halting protest, this time hitting evening rush h...
Drought-hit Spain braces for early heat wave
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
Temperatures are expected to be 15-20 degrees Celsius higher than the average in some areas, a spokesman for Spain's state weather agency AEMET tweeted. Spain's...
Climate activists glue themselves to roads, stop Berlin traffic
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
"We no longer accept that the government has no plan to stop the destruction of the basis of our existence," Carla Rochel, a spokeswoman for Last Generation, th...
Media's climate crisis coverage favours denial and avoidance: study
Apr 23, 2023 (AFP)
Most media coverage of the climate crisis focuses on broad, long-term projections and a narrow range of threats like melting glaciers and disappearing polar bea...
World Meteorological Organization warns of climate catastrophes, food insecurity
Apr 21, 2023 (UPI)
The WMO says climate change contributed to displacement in 2022, and exacerbated conditions for the 95 million displaced people throughout the world. "While gre...
UK climate protester jailed for three years; As 1000s rally over biodiversity
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
Morgan Trowland, 40, and Marcus Decker, 34, used climbing equipment to scale the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in October. The bridge was closed from 4:00 am on Oct...
Fast-warming Europe risks more summer droughts: monitor
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
Two-thirds of Europe's rivers fell below average levels and five cubic kilometres (two cubic miles) of ice disappeared from Alpine glaciers, the Copernicus Clim...
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