A rare earths mine in Mount Weld in Western Australia (Handout). (Handout/Lynas Rare Earths Limited/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse G7 meets on countering China's critical mineral dominance Ben Simon Curbing China's critical mineral dominance will top the agenda at a G7 energy ministers meeting in Canada on Thursday, as industrialized democracies seek more reliable access to the resources that power future technologies. The Group of Seven, including US President Donald Tru

Photo Arthur Yeti-Zoe Unsplash By AFP - Agence France Presse Greece Announces 2.5-bn-euro Plan To Tackle Drought Threat By John HADOULIS Oct 30, 2025 7:33 am EDT Greece on Thursday said it would invest 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) over the next decade to tackle a mounting drought challenge threatening Athens and Thessaloniki, its two largest cities, and many of its islands. "It may snow, it may rain... (but) hope is not a strategy," said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Brazil is home to the largest share of the Amazon rainforest, which is considered crucial in the fight against climate change (Pablo PORCIUNCULA).(Pablo PORCIUNCULA/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Brazil Boasts Drop In Deforestation Ahead Of UN Climate Talks Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has fallen for the fourth straight year, the government said Thursday, a boost for the country just days before it hosts UN climate talks. Brazil is home to the largest s

Gina McCarthy previously served as a climate advisor to former President Joe Biden and as former President Barack Obama's environment chief (Alex Edelman). (Alex Edelman/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse 100 US Local Leaders Will Attend COP30 In 'Show Of Force' More than a hundred American state and local leaders will attend next month's COP30 climate talks in Brazil, including governors, state officials, and mayors, even as the Trump administration is expected to stay a

Chassaignon says a documentary exposing the link between intensive pig farming and green algae blooms in Brittany, together with shocking footage of the inside of slaughterhouses, opened her eyes. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT By AFP - Agence France Presse Personal Tipping Points: Four People Share Their Climate Journeys By Kadiatou Sakho in Lagos, Julie Chabanas in Paris, Issam Ahmed in Washington, Sara Hussein in Bangkok From US President Donald Trump's all-out push for fossil f

The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than one metre (3.3 feet) of rainfall in 24 hours, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said [Stringer/AFP] By AFP - Agence France Presse Climate Change, Poor Planning Drive Vietnam Flooding Oct 30, 2025 Dozens of people are dead, thousands evacuated, and millions of dollars in damage. Vietnam is once again battling widespread flooding driven by climate change and poor infrastructure dec

A resident sits on part of the roof of his house, damaged by Hurricane Melissa, in Santiago de Cuba. By AFP - Agence France Presse Caribbean reels from hurricane as homes, streets are destroyed by Rigoberto DIAZ Cubans waded through flooded houses on Wednesday, and authorities in Haiti reported 10 dead as Hurricane Melissa blasted across the Caribbean after devastating swaths of Jamaica. The storm made landfall in Cuba overnight, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) de

The suggestion comes after EU leaders discussed competitiveness and climate policy at a summit last week and pitched ideas to unlock the stalemate in the negotiations. | Julian Stratenschulte/Picture Alliance via Getty Images By AFP - Agence France Presse EU In Race Against Time To Agree on Climate Emissions Target By Adrien DE CALAN European diplomats are scrambling to agree on a 10-year target to cut EU carbon emissions this week, with time running out ahead of the United N

Bull Bay, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl on July 4, 2024 (RICARDO MAKYN). By AFP - Agence France Presse Funds For Climate Adaptation 'Lifeline' Far Off Track: UN By Kelly MACNAMARA Wealthy countries are failing to meet their promised targets to provide a funding "lifeline" to help poorer nations prepare for worsening climate calamities, the UN warned Wednesday. Efforts to adapt to the increasingly dangerous and costly impacts of climate change -- from building d

The report, issued before Brazil’s COP30, called for more investment in clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and health crisis planning. (EPA Images pic) By AFP - Agence France Presse Climate Inaction Causing 'Millions' Of Avoidable Deaths: Study. Oct 29, 2025 Climate change is ravaging the health of people around the world, and policy failures are leading to "millions" of avoidable deaths each year, an international team of experts said Wed

A view of Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches on Tuesday. (Matias Delacroix/AP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Monster Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica by Andre Rich AFP Ferocious winds and torrential rain tore into Jamaica on Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa made landfall, the worst storm ever to strike the island nation and one of the most powerful hurricanes on record. The extremely violent Category 5 system was still crawling across the Caribbean, pro

Bill Gates - Bill Gates Foundation Photo By AFP - Agence France Presse Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change David Goldman In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay on Tuesday that argued resources must be shifted away from the battle against climate change. Instead, Gates argues, the world’s philanthropists must increase th

Indigenous activists protested in Brasilia on October 14 during the pre-COP30 preparatory meeting (Sergio Lima). (Sergio Lima/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse World far off track to meet climate goals: UN Kelly MACNAMARA The UN estimated Tuesday that nations' carbon-cutting pledges imply a far-from-sufficient 10-percent emissions cut by 2035, cautioning that it was unable to provide a robust global overview after most countries failed to submit their plans on time. With

marine-iguana-rocks-by-beach-captured-daytime by Freepik By AFP - Agence France Presse Ecuador's Noboa is considering hosting foreign military bases Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa is considering allowing foreign military bases, potentially on Baltra Island in the Galápagos, pending a November referendum. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has confirmed that his administration is assessing potential sites for foreign military bases, a decision that will depend on the results

An aerial view shows floodwaters inundating the Imperial City in Vietnam's Hue (STR)(STR/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Thousands evacuated in Vietnam after record rain triggers floods. Thousands of people in Vietnam were evacuated from their homes after record rainfall of more than one metre in 24 hours submerged a central city, the environment ministry said Tuesday. Pedestrians wearing rain ponchos waded through knee-high -- and for some, waist-high -- floodwaters i

Climate Information Integrity Climate Information Integrity We are proud to announce that we were approved and are now listed on the website of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil. Launched in July 2025, the Call to Action invited stakeholders from diverse sectors, including the private sector, civil society, academia, governments, public institutions, and international organizations, to submit concrete actions aimed at promoting the integrity of climate information. The

The Yamuna River, a major tributary of the Ganges, continues to suffer from severe pollution despite repeated clean-up pledges (Arun SANKAR). (Arun SANKAR/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Absence of toxic foam in the Indian River cheers Hindu devotees Arunabh Saikia Thousands of devotees waded into the foul waters of the Yamuna River in the Indian capital on Monday for a Hindu festival, amid political wrangling over the sacred but severely polluted waterway. At dusk, wo

'Life-threatening' storm surges are expected in Hurricane Melissa's path (Ricardo Makyn) By AFP - Agence France Presse Jamaica braces as 'extremely powerful' Hurricane Melissa looms Ricardo Makyn Hurricane Melissa threatened Jamaica on Monday with potentially deadly rains after rapidly intensifying into a top-level Category 5 storm, as residents scrambled for shelter from what could be the island's most violent weather on record. Melissa has already been blamed for at least f

Locals are divided on how to benefit from interest in Mrima Hill's minerals (Tony KARUMBA) By AFP - Agence France Presse Global race for rare earths comes to Kenya's Mrima Hill Mary KULUNDU Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya's coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earths -- minerals vital to high-tech and low-carbon industries. The US government under President Donald Trump has made securing critical

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban By AFP - Agence France Presse Hungary's Orban To Visit Trump To Talk Energy. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will meet his ally, President Donald Trump, next week to discuss US sanctions on Russian energy, on which Budapest depends heavily, his foreign minister said Monday. Last week, the United States hit Russia's two biggest oil producers -- Rosneft and Lukoil -- with sanctions, the first such measures targeting Moscow since Trump