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How do you broker UN climate talks when your own country is a big coal and gas exporter? Chris Bowen is about to find out

Ahead of Cop31, climate change minister dismisses concerns about whether Australia as a major producer can keep the world moving away from fossil fuelsListen to the podcast: Chris Bowen on how he’ll reach consensus at Cop31Sign up for climate and envir…

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What’s the point? Ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere?

Its key temperature goal has been missed but experts say the agreement is still proving a vital moral compass for progressIt was a curious way of conducting negotiations. Ahead of the 2025 climate summit, in the Amazonian port of Belém last year, the B…

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‘Everything is so out of whack’: UK trees experience spring six months early

Mild autumn temperatures causing premature flowering and raising concerns for pollinators, say expertsTrees are experiencing an “early spring” because of mild UK temperatures this autumn, with experts warning this could cause long-term harm to pollinat…

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Low pressure in US midwest brings unseasonable heat to New York and Boston

Further south this week, severe thunderstorms affected midterms voting in Florida, Oklahoma and ColoradoDespite the rapid descent into autumn in the northern hemisphere, parts of eastern North America have experienced an exceptionally late taste of sum…

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‘It’s kind of a melting pot’: how one US city transformed a highway into a leafy oasis

The BLVD is home to 250 enterprises, from banks, tattoo shops and restaurants to museums and a performing arts centrePassing through the Mojave desert on State Route 14, going by landscapes Hollywood uses to represent alien planets, a driver might not …

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