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First Thing: Humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30. Plus, lonely and unwell people are turning to AI chatbots for health advice

The Guardian - UK

Afternoon Update: 1.5C climate target missed; Queensland puberty blocker ban overturned; and is period blood a ‘medical miracle’?

UN secretary-general warns leaders that delaying emissions reductions brings world closer to catastrophic ‘tipping points’ in oceans, Amazon and Arctic

The Guardian - AU

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

The Guardian - UK

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What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them

A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime

The Independent UK

Brazilian Chef Rejects Prince William's Vegan Banquet: 'It's Like Asking Iron Maiden To Play Jazz'

Brazilian chef Saulo Jennings failed to get the chance to cook for Prince William's Earthshot Prize in Rio after organisers demanded a 100% vegan menu. He called the restriction 'a lack of respect' for Amazonian food traditions and sustainability.

International Business Times UK

What people at a Venice conference believe is the biggest climate change challenge in their home countries

Over the weekend I was at an environment conference on the tiny island of San Servolo, just off the coast of Venice. You are surrounded by water on all sides, stretching for miles.

The Conversation

Record-breaking CO₂ rise shows the Amazon is faltering — yet the satellite that spotted this may soon be shut down

Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) rose faster in 2024 than in any year since records began – far faster than scientists expected.

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Brazil's government green-lights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of UN climate summit

Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River

The Independent UK

Brazil Greenlights Oil Drilling In Sensitive Amazon Region

Brazil's Petrobras said Monday it has permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over the country's green ambitions as it prepares to host UN climate talks.

International Business Times

From Australia to the Amazon: How climate change is turning forests into firestorms

Last year, an area larger than India was lost to wildfires worldwide.

Euronews

Protecting Brazil and Indonesia’s tropical forests requires political will, law enforcement and public pressure

The vast tropical forest nations of Brazil and Indonesia are both home to millions of people, including Indigenous communities. They store enormous amounts of carbon to protect our climate and are home to staggering numbers of species found nowhere else in the world.

The Conversation

The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet

We’ve all seen the alarming images. Smoke belching from the thick forests of the Amazon. Spanish firefighters battling flames across farmland. Blackened celebrity homes in Los Angeles and smoked out regional towns in Australia.

The Conversation

Global Goal To End Deforestation Nowhere Near Being Met: Experts

Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.

International Business Times

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

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Brazil Hopes Amazon Summit Can Unite World For Climate Action

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.

The Independent UK

End of the world as we know it: Damning new report says Earth has reached its first climate ‘tipping point’

Milestone signals stark new reality for the planet – and raises the alarm about impending catastrophes

The Guardian - UK

Can Colombia embrace clean energy without damaging the Amazon?

At the foot of the Andes, a Canadian firm has plans for one of the country’s biggest copper mines, but many say the carbon-rich forests and clean rivers are too high a price to pay

The Independent UK

World crosses first major climate tipping point with coral reef collapse

Scientists warn coral ecosystems, on which nearly a billion people depend for food and livelihood, are tipping into irreversible decline

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The Conversation

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes.

International Business Times

Brazil Hopes COP30 In Amazon Can Unite World For Climate Action

Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis.

International Business Times

Trees, Targets And Trillions: What's On The Agenda At COP30?

This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon.

International Business Times

Who Is Setting Fire To The Amazon?

"Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon.

The Guardian - AU

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

The Independent UK

Communities where women marry multiple men exist all over the world. They often have one thing in common

IN FOCUS: From Himalayan hamlets to Amazonian tribes, the increasingly rare tradition is tied to the enduring human problems of scarcity, survival and solidarity. Namita Singh writes

Euronews

Record-breaking Amazon fires triggered as much CO₂ as an entire country last year

Fires in the Amazon Rainforest have surged to record-breaking levels, highlighting the region’s ‘growing ecological fragility'.

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