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COP26 climate summit

Methane seeps from waste at a dumping zone in Belgharia, India.

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COP26: 105 countries pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent

A pledge to cut emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane by 30 per cent by 2030 has been hailed as “game-changing” by US president Joe Biden, speaking at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

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Peat cut and left to dry

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Scotch whisky-makers rely on peat smoke – but it's a climate concern

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Scientific instruments in space are monitoring how Earth's climate is changing

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6 charts that show what climate change is doing to our planet

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Narendra Modi

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COP26: Why India's 2070 net-zero pledge is better news than it sounds

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2E3TB2E Soy plantation in Amazon rainforest near Santarem - deforestation for the agribusiness - economic development creating environmental degradation - isolated Brazil nut trees sentenced to death. Opening of a road where before there was a forest.

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Over 100 countries at COP26 pledge to end deforestation by 2030

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alastair Grant/AP/Shutterstock (12581861d) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres during arrivals at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, . The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming Climate COP26 Summit, Glasgow, United Kingdom - 01 Nov 2021

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COP26 news: World leaders give dire warnings on the summit's first day

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TOPSHOT - A woman looks at wildfires tearing through a forest in the region of Chefchaouen in northern Morocco on August 15, 2021. - Firefighters were battling overnight to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said as the North African kingdom swelters in a heatwave that saw temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit) on the weekend, according to weather authorities. Morocco joins several other Mediterranean countries that have seen forest fires in recent weeks, including neighbouring Algeria where at least 90 people were killed in wildfires last week. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

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COP26: Last seven years warmest on record, says UN climate report

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COP26 banners for United Nations Climate Change Conference, Glasgow, UK

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COP26 news: Daily updates from the global climate summit in Glasgow

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RRS Sir David Attenborough

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RRS Sir David Attenborough and Boaty McBoatface visit London

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Solar farm

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China's new climate plan promises to peak CO2 emissions before 2030

China is responsible for 27 per cent of global emissions, making its newly announced climate plan an important move ahead of the COP26 climate summit

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Eat less meat and fly less to help climate, says Patrick Vallance

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Andreas Malm interview: Why climate protesters need to embrace unrest

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Meadows could be our secret weapon in the fight against climate change

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Earth will warm by 2.7°C under pledges made ahead of COP26

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