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COP29 and COP30 High-Level Champions meet for first time in Bonn
The second day of the annual June Climate Meetings in Bonn focused on preparations for the upcoming COP30 conference.
World goes dark in commemoration of 'Earth hour'
Reuters
The Sydney opera house, and other iconic national monuments round the world turned off their lights at 8:30pm local time to commemorate earth hour.
The Sydney Harbour bridge, another Australian monument, also turned off its light to mark the same occasion.
Earth hour is a yearly global ceremony where everyone is encouraged to turn off their lights for an hour to demonstrate their concern about climate change.
The initiative was created in 2007 by the World Wildlife fund, a charity, to highlight the impact of climate change and lack of environmental protection.
In the same year, over 2 million people and 2,000 businesses in Sydney, Australia switched off their lights for one hour, thus beginning the movement.
It also looks to illustrate how much effect just one hour of no energy consumption can have on the climate in general.
More than turning off lights, people are also encouraged to volunteer an hour of their time doing good and raising awareness for the planet
Since its inauguration, up to one hundred and ninety countries worldwide now participate in the annual event which takes place every 22nd of March.
So far cities like Tokyo, Bangkok, Mumbai have taken part in Earth hour 2025 with the United Kingdom set to join in later in the day.
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A wave of Investment: CAF pledges additional $2.5 billion for ocean health
The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) announced Saturday a significant boost to its commitment to ocean health, pledging an additional $2.5 billion in investments aimed at protecting marine ecosystems and fostering sustainable blue economic activities.
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Cities are sinking: A global crisis beneath our feet
While the world's attention is often captured by rising sea levels, another critical environmental crisis is unfolding beneath our feet: land subsidence.
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South Caucasus
Environmental crisis in the South Caucasus: Armenia's mining pollution endangers regional water resources and health
Armenia's unchecked mining pollution poses a severe environmental crisis, imperilling water resources and health across the South Caucasus, including Azerbaijan. Heavy metal contamination in shared rivers threatens ecosystems and human well-being, demanding urgent international action.
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Sea-level rise will threaten coastlines even if 1.5C climate target is met, scientists warn
Even if global warming is limited to 1.5°C — the goal set by nearly 200 countries — rising seas will still pose a major threat to coastal communities for centuries, scientists say.
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