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Latin America urged to boost green jobs for pandemic recovery

Latin America could create 15 million new green jobs in climate and nature protection over the next decade if countries aim to cut carbon emissions as part of a sustainable economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, researchers say.

Impacts

Coronavirus tops 'perfect storm' of climate challenges, says Prince Charles

The growing global coronavirus outbreak is making already complex efforts to speed up action on climate change more challenging, Britain's Prince Charles said on Tuesday.

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Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby

As bushfires and floods fuel public concerns in Australia about global warming, the country's powerful mining lobby is facing increasing pressure from investors to drop support for new coal mines, according to a dozen interviews with shareholders in global mining companies.

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Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: Expert

Deforestation of Brazil's Amazon rainforest threatens to accelerate and draw increased global concern since no new fire prevention measures have been taken in the crucial run-up to this year's dry season, according to Tasso Azevedo, coordinator of a group called MapBiomas that monitors the rate of forest destruction.

Politics

Political heat is on for 2020 climate deadline after lukewarm Madrid talks

The unwillingness of some big carbon-emitting countries to clean up their act at this month's U.N. climate talks suggests Britain faces political heavy-lifting to make a success of next year's make-or-break summit in Scotland, analysts have warned.

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Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn

Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet's limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, researchers and bankers said on Monday.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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Fires and climate fears rattle Australia's giant coal lobby

Amazon deforestation could speed up in 2020: Expert

In New York lab, centuries-old corals hold clues to climate shifts

Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

Cyclone devastates Mayotte