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What did countries agree to at COP30?

In a win for developing countries at COP30, the final agreement "calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035." ...

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New tech could help COP30's Amazon rainforest protection goals

Using drones to survey land that can be hard to access, a company harnesses AI and other tech to analyze which areas would yield the best returns from restoration in terms of biodiversity, climate and local communities. ...

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Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Kenji Kanasugi visits Bantar Gebang landfill facility in Bekasi, West Java, on April 12, 2022.

Developing Indonesia’s circular economy from Bantar Gebang trash mountain

By promoting a circular-economy policy Indonesian people can make Indonesia even more captivating and attractive for tourists.

2 years ago

Inspecting emissions level: A mechanic at Astra Motor center repair shop in Cawang, East Jakarta, carries out an emissions test on a motorcycle. (JP/Wulan Kusuma Wardhani)

Jakarta's effort to increase participation in vehicle emissions test pt. 1

Although the governor of Jakarta has issued a regulation obligating vehicles to undergo emissions tests, its full implementation still requires a comprehensive plan from various policymakers. This is part one of a two-part story.

2 years ago

View of a flood-affected area in the Juquehy district in Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on February 20, 2023.

'Everything was buried': Brazilians recount storm horror

Ankle-deep in muck, Brazilian domestic worker Patricia da Silva picks her way through the debris and mud of what used to be her home.

2 years ago

People look at the female giant panda Xiang Xiang ahead of her return to China, at Ueno Zoological Park in Tokyo on February 19, 2023.

Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China

Thousands of Japanese fans on Sunday bade farewell to four beloved pandas which will be returned to China this week.

2 years ago

A volunteer for the local NGO Haytap tries to lure a cat into a cage in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023.

Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor

Rescue workers have saved hundreds of trapped cats, dogs, rabbits and birds in the Turkish city of Antakya devastated by last week's 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

2 years ago

Vehicles pass on Jalan Gatot Soebroto, Jakarta, on May 26, 2020.

Change driver behavior to beat Jakarta’s traffic jams

The relaxation of COVID policies adds momentum to tightening Jakarta’s traffic policy. Parking management might help if the public plays along.

2 years ago

United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, is seen in this photo taken on Sept. 24, 2016.

Americas

All hands on deck as UN meets to protect high seas

UN member states are meeting in New York from Monday with the aim of launching a long-berthed high-seas treaty, a crucial step toward the goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet by 2030.

2 years ago

Master builder Janos Gaspar (L) gives instructions to his colleague for mud plaster inside a mud-brick house in Acs, northwestern Hungary, on November 25, 2022.

Eco-friendly mud houses make comeback in Hungary

They were long derided as old-fashioned symbols of grinding poverty, but mud and straw houses are making a comeback in Hungary as a low-cost, eco-friendly alternative to concrete.

2 years ago

Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. The train accident sparked a massive fire and evacuation orders, officials and reports said Saturday.

Americas

Residents near toxic US train derailment told water 'safe' to drink

The cargo train derailment sparked a massive fire and triggered the release of toxic fumes, including from vinyl chloride, a colorless gas deemed carcinogenic by the US National Cancer Institute.

2 years ago

A Garrrochero, horse rider, uses a pole to spin a bull during a Corraleja, in Arjona, in Bolivar state on March 20, 2015.

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Colombia's bull fighting custom under fire for animal abuse

Colombia's bull-fighting is hugely popular, but some politicians want it banned and have submitted a bill to parliament looking to do so.

2 years ago

Water reflects the sunlight in a mangrove forest in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, on Aug. 13, 2022.

Academia premium

The (not so) impossible task of archiving Indonesia's mega biodiversity

Revealing and recording all of Indonesia’s mega biodiversity thoroughly is of course a very complicated task.

2 years ago

Workers collect plastic waste as they clean up Kuta Beach near Denpasar, Bali, on Jan. 6.

How much plastic are we ingesting?

Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging, but researchers already have preliminary figures.

2 years ago

A general view of the city of Skopje, seen through polluted air on Jan. 30, 2019, one of the most polluted cities in Europe.

With cash infusion, developing nations boost sun-dimming research

Stepping into a "minefield" about how to slow global warming, scientists in developing nations have won new funds to study whether dimming sunshine by mimicking volcanic eruptions can be a sufficiently safe way to temporarily cool a hotter planet.

2 years ago

Branching staghorn coral grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia, on October 25, 2019.

Asia & Pacific

Australia denies permission for coal mine near Great Barrier Reef

The Central Queensland Coal owned mine is in the Styx Coal Basin, just off the coast of central Queensland.

2 years ago

This undated handout photograph released on January 14, 2021 by the University of Barcelona shows an underwater view of a Posidonia Oceanica seagrass meadow in the Mediterranean Sea.

Protecting 30 percent of oceans a huge challenge for the planet

How do we go from protecting eight percent of marine areas to 30 percent in less than 10 years? This question is at the heart of a global forum in Canada this weekend.

2 years ago

Monarch butterfly cluster is seen as they overwinter in Eucalyptus trees in a protected area inside Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California on January 26, 2023.

Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm

As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern.

2 years ago

This handout picture taken and released on August 1, 2021 by the Jakarta Government shows a Sumatran tiger locked up in a cage at the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, after Indonesian officials announced it was one of two tigers recovering from the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Archipelago

Sumatran tiger captured in Aceh after second human attack

It comes after two separate tiger attacks in the same Sumatran town over the past week left at least four people seriously injured.

2 years ago

This handout photograph released by The University of Queensland on January 31, 2023, shows a northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) at Alyangula, Northern Territory, Australia on May 22, 2019.

Relentless sex drive may threaten survival of quolls

For male northern quolls, sex is a death sentence.

2 years ago

This photo taken on December 22, 2022 shows Lalita 'Nan' Putchim, marine biologist and specialist in coral biology, taking a photo of an outbreak of yellow-band disease on coral formations off the coast of Samae San island in the coastal Thai province of Chonburi.

Entertainment

Politics, cash, fame: what motivates climate change deniers

Experts interviewed by AFP outlined six key things that motivate people to deny climate change or seek to delay action.

2 years ago

This file photo taken on September 27, 2022 shows a flooded St. Mark's square and St. Mark's basilica in Venice following an 'Alta Acqua' high tide event.

Climate disinfo surges in denial, conspiracy comeback

Popular topics included the false claims that CO2 does not cause climate change or that global warming is not caused by human activity, said Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of campaigners, in a report.

2 years ago

Vehicles pass along a road that cuts through an oil palm plantation in Pangkalan Banteng, West Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, as seen in this aerial photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022.

Society premium

EU's green policy a priority for ASEAN

The EU's ambassadors to Indonesia and ASEAN emphasized that the bloc would continue to pursue diplomatic means to establish productive and sustainable cooperation in Southeast Asia.

2 years ago

Venice recruits next generation in flooding fight

As rising waters fuel fears that Venice may one day be entirely submerged, local children are being educated on how to protect the lagoon.

2 years ago

Smokestacks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant belch fumes into the skies above Cilegon, Banten, on Sept. 21, 2018.

3 ways Indonesia could make 2023 a turning point in its clean energy transition

As we enter 2023, Indonesia should focus on more radical action for its energy transition.

2 years ago

This picture taken on June 26, 2022 shows Musimin preparing to plant orchids in the forest at the foot of Mount Merapi in Sleman, Yogyakarta. Orchids in hand and a bamboo ladder on his shoulder, farmer Musimin scans the forest at the foot of Indonesia's most active volcano to point out clusters of the indigenous flowers he has been salvaging for years.

Society premium

Indonesia receives $103.65 million climate change, biodiversity fund

Indonesia has received US$ 103.65 million of funding allocated for programs related to biodiversity, climate change and land degradation from the multilateral environmental fund Global Environment Facility.

2 years ago

South African influencer Masego Morgan poses for a portrait at a Vintage shop in Simon's Town on December 15, 2022.