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World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

Country is one of world’s most repressive and corrupt, raising concerns over rights abuses of those deported

The world is losing vast swaths of forests to agriculture, logging, mining and fires every year — more than 20 million acres in 2024 alone, roughly the size of South Carolina.

As this year’s UN climate summit (COP30) gets underway in Belém, Brazil, the New Zealand delegation will be attending beneath a cloud of scepticism about the government’s seriousness in addressing carbon emissions.

The world’s most important climate summit – known this year as Cop30 – has begun in the Amazonian port city of Belém, Brazil. It promises to be contentious: key countries haven’t submitted new climate plans, and negotiations are held up by disputes over who should pay for climate action.

Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford Crossing

This is a highly unusual visit by a leader who until several years ago was an al-Qaeda commander.

The Sudan Doctors Network said the RSF had attempted to conceal evidence of mass killings

Decision reflects wider regional doubts about terms of US-drafted plan to disarm Hamas

More and more people are seeking refuge in overcrowded camps

The 30th UN climate summit opens in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday as nations fall short on emissions pledges and the world edges closer to dangerous warming. Fewer than half of all countries have updated their climate plans, while political rifts cloud hopes of progress on phasing out fossil fuels.