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Archipelago 5 days ago

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Wildfire emissions may cause Indonesia to miss climate target

Greenhouse gas emitted from forest and peatland fires across Indonesia has reached the same amount of 74 coal-fired power plants, potentially hurting the country’s “net sink” aim in the forestry sector by 2030.

Europe 1 week ago

Hottest June to August period on record for 1.3 billion people: Copernicus data

Fifty-two countries across all continents broke their seasonal temperature records for that period, AFP's analysis found.

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

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Indonesian wildfire emissions surge to world's highest

Fire emissions from Indonesia from September 1 to September 7 reached 19.7 million metric tons, overtaking Russia this week and making up more than a third of the global total, according to Fire Emissions Watch, a portal developed by the European Union's Copernicus climate monitoring service.

Academia 1 week ago

What a record‑shattering El Niño means for the world’s weather

This year's El Nino is forecast to be the strongest ever, compounding the effects of climate change, and it may just catalyze the world into finally abandoning fossil fuels.

Academia 2 weeks ago

The river does not forget

Nature remains unpredictable and largely indifferent to human attempts to intervene in its course.

Asia & Pacific 2 weeks ago

Global temperature rises to exceed 1.5 Celsius 'within a few years', UN says

The United Nations Environment Programme said bringing temperature rises back to below 1.5C was "possible but highly uncertain," and would require rapid emission cuts as well as interventions to remove carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere.

Academia 2 weeks ago

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The Himalayan warning and the blind spots in climate risk

A glacier in Tibet fell exactly as the science said it would, and no agency or institution was waiting for it: Indonesia is writing a climate change law with the same blind spot.

Society 2 weeks ago

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As forests fragment, arboreal bridges offer orangutans a lifeline

Habitat fragmentation limits orangutan movement between populations, potentially reducing genetic exchange and raising the risk of inbreeding, with implications for the species’ long-term survival.

Jakarta 3 weeks ago

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Too hot for Jakarta kids to play outside

In Jakarta, children pay the price as outdoor playgrounds become dangerously hot during the day due to the lack of cover from heat. Experts urge rethinking of design and materials to keep youngsters safe.

Europe 4 weeks ago

UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year

If the forecast is accurate, then 2026 "will far exceed our recent experience of El Niño and its worldwide climate influences", according to the physicist with the Britain's weather agency.

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