Hit by wildfires and heat, Tunisia's youth join climate protests

Firsthand experience with surging climate risks are fueling an emerging youth protest movement in Tunisia

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Fewer children, fewer climate risks? Niger ponders a controversial option

In a nation with the world's highest birth rate and growing risks to food and water security from climate change, reducing births may be one way to adapt

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'It's easy to break the law': UK climate activists ready new protests

Campaigners plan two weeks of protests in London - but could face tougher restrictions

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Fearing 'climate apartheid', Cape Town teen grows green business

In South Africa, climate change impacts like drought could accentuate social inequalities, warns young activist who sells plastic-free products to help fund beach clean-ups

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TIMELINE-Greta Thunberg's rise from lone protester to Nobel favourite

The 16-year-old is tipped to become the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize


Flight shaming hits air travel as 'Greta effect' takes off

A survey shows one in five travellers is flying less as "flight shaming" makes people shun air travel for the sake of the planet

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Flyers will pay more for carbon offsets but not tax, study finds

People say they want a clear idea of where their money is going if they pay more for green travel

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UK 'farm lab' ploughs technology to help raise animals sustainably

A research project uses cutting-edge technology on a real-life farm to test ways of making agriculture more sustainable


South Asian herders fight for right to roam as pressure to settle grows

Herders around the world are under pressure from governments to settle down and stop their livestock roaming, as they contend with land conflicts and climate change

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ANALYSIS-Central America's 'poorest of the poor' hit hard by U.S. aid cuts - charities

Hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras was slashed and frozen by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in June


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'Sorry, this is an emergency': Climate protesters block streets around world

The protests are part of an international two-week campaign coordinated by Extinction Rebellion

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Hundreds of thousands voice outrage over Bolivian leader's response to forest fires

Opposition candidates and protesters have been urging Morales to declare this year's surge in wildfires a national disaster to help facilitate international aid


Rains help douse Bolivian forest fires after two-month inferno

The storms helped Bolivia's military contain blazes in the Chiquitania region, home to indigenous communities that have lived there for centuries


Poll shows Brazilian Catholics do not agree with Bolsonaro on Amazon

Seven in 10 Catholics in Brazil believe that preserving the Amazon is "very important" and 85% view attacking the rainforest as a sin, a poll shows


India's Supreme Court halts tree felling for new Mumbai metro

Activists, Bollywood stars and some politicians have opposed cutting down some 2,700 trees in Mumbai's few green spaces, saying it would exacerbate pollution levels


Climate change may slash some fish catch rates in Mexico by 30% over 30 years - study

Some species will migrate to escape hotter temperatures, while fish unable to do so are likely to die



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