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Arctic 'doomsday' food vault welcomes millionth seed variety
On Tuesday, 30 gene banks deposited seeds, also including offerings from India, Mali and Peru.
Greta met Malala: young activists pictured together in Oxford
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has met her role model, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, during a visit to Britain's University of Oxford.
North Macedonia wins EU praise for pioneering coal-to-solar shift
The European Union energy watchdog praised North Macedonia on Wednesday for a pioneering project among EU aspirants to transform an ageing coal mine into two solar power plants, in line with goals to cut pollution and tackle climate change.
Greta says planting not enough after Trump backs trillion tree plan
Greta Thunberg said planting trees was not enough to address climate change on Tuesday, in an apparent rebuke to a planting pledge in Davos by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Frustrated with climate talks, activists dump manure outside Madrid summit
Green activists dumped horse manure and staged a mock hanging outside the venue of a U.N. climate summit in Madrid on Saturday, airing their frustration at the failure of world leaders to take meaningful action against global warming.
Paris to expand district cooling network as global warming boosts aircon
Paris plans to expand its urban cooling system, which uses a network of underground water pipes, and make it available to small companies and residential buildings as global warming increases the number of aircon units in the city
Factbox: Why is Venice flooding so often?
The phenomenon of Venice floods, "acqua alta" in Italian, is caused by a combination of factors, exacerbated by climate change - from rising sea levels and unusually high tides to land subsidence that has caused the ground level of the city to sink.