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Uzbek Muslims pray for rain amid severe drought
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (AFP) Nov 28, 2025 Uzbek Muslims held mass prayers for rain Friday as the Central Asian country suffers severe droughts associated with climate change. The prayers were held in 2,000 mosques across the Muslim country of 35 million people. "We never had such prayers before," 63-year-old faithful Abdurashid Rasulov told AFP at a prayer in the capital Tashkent. "But now, since the rain is delayed, our religious leaders instructed us to ask Allah for rain," he added. Anvar Abduazizov, 67, said: "We prayed for ... read more |
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Global coastal settlements shift inland as climate risks riseBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A global analysis of satellite nightlight data shows that more than half of the world's coastal settlements have moved inland over the past three decades as exposure to climate-related coastal hazar ... more 
Mountain climate changes outpace predictions as review highlights billions at riskLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 A global review of mountain regions over the last four decades finds accelerated shifts in temperature, rainfall, and snowfall. Researchers report that over one billion people rely on these regions ... more 
Calcite deposit from southern Nevada cave reveals 580,000 years of climate historyCorvallis OR (SPX) Nov 24, 2025 Climate history recorded in a calcite deposit in a southern Nevada cave indicates that the hot, arid southwestern United States experienced significant shifts in temperature and rainfall over the la ... more 
Erdogan hails Australia deal as Turkey to host COP31 summitJohannesburg (AFP) Nov 22, 2025 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday hailed a deal to share responsibility with Australia for next year's UN climate summit, which will take place in southern Turkey with Canberra overseeing the formal negotiations. ... more |
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Turkey seeks to host next COP as co-presidency plans falterIstanbul (AFP) Nov 16, 2025 Turkey wants to host next year's UN climate change talks and is ready to organise the event alone if there is no agreement on sharing the event, a Turkish diplomatic source told AFP Sunday. ... more 
Satellites and AI equip policymakers to assess global climate adaptation progressBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2025 A study led by the University of Galway's Ryan Institute details how satellite-based Earth observation and artificial intelligence enable objective monitoring of climate adaptation in the global agr ... more 
AI Earth System Model integrates climate and environmental simulations for enhanced forecastingBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2025 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers are developing an artificial intelligence world model that unifies global climate, weather, and environmental simulations. The WOW project aims to advan ... more 
China hopes US will 'some day' return to climate foldBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 China believes the United States eventually will return to climate talks, the head of Beijing's delegation told AFP Wednesday at the COP30 climate summit, adding the world must show that the green transition "cannot be reversed." ... more 
Ethiopia set to host UN's 2027 climate summit, 2026 undecidedBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 Uncertainty still surrounds which country will host next year's UN climate conference: Australia or Turkey. But for 2027, there's little mystery: it will almost certainly be Ethiopia, an African diplomatic powerhouse. ... more |
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Brazil tries to avoid climate bust up at COP30 summit
Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 12, 2025 COP30 hosts Brazil will seek to land a compromise on Wednesday as some nations seek to put ambitious climate action and financial obligations on the summit agenda - flashpoints that have stalled past negotiations. The United Nations summit narrowly avoided a so-called "agenda fight" at its Monday opening in Belem only because Brazil promised to hear these demands informally and broker an amenable solution. Four divisive issues are being considered: trade, transparency and reporting measures, cl ... read more 
Four Brazilians to watch at COP30Belem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 9, 2025 Influential Brazilians, from government figures to Indigenous activists, will take center stage during UN climate talks starting Monday in the Amazon. ... more |
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ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goalsParis, France (ESA) Nov 08, 2025 As the United Nations COP30 climate change conference convenes in Belem, Brazil, the world's attention will turn to the heart of the Amazon rainforest - a region that symbolises both hope and concer ... more 
Brazil's Lula urges 'defeat' of climate deniers as COP30 opensBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 The United Nations climate conference opened Monday in the Brazilian Amazon with pleas for the world to keep up the fight against global warming, even as the United States turns its back. ... more 
'Moral failure': Leaders seek to rally world at Amazon climate talksBelem, Brazil (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 Fears of a fracturing global resolve loomed over climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as world leaders acknowledged their failure to contain global warming to agreed limits. ... more 
AI-generated disinformation tactics spotted ahead of COP30Washington (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 A clip said to show massive flooding in the Amazonian city hosting the UN climate summit is just one widely-shared example of how disinformation, cheaply created by artificial intelligence and circulating on social media, is influencing perceptions of COP30. ... more
Facing climate 'overshoot', world heads into risky territoryParis (AFP) Nov 6, 2025 The spectre of humanity's failure to curb heat-trapping emissions hangs over climate negotiations in Brazil, after the UN confirmed the planet is now certain to "overshoot" 1.5C of warming and faces a tough battle to bring temperatures back down. ... more |
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