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US and India lead G20 on climate action, report says
Exclusive: world’s biggest emitters making most progress in introducing policies, study shows, but emissions still set to rise by 2.7C
Jonathan Watts Global environment editor
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China and India should not be called developing countries, several Cop29 delegates say
Delegates from poorer nations say classifications that date back to 1992 are obsolete and two countries ‘should be contributing’
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Guardians of the gibbons: inside the Indian village where humans and hoolocks live side by side
Villagers in Barekuri, Assam, have lived closely with endangered hoolock gibbons for generations. A new Guardian documentary shows their bond – and the fight to protect them
Amrit Dhillon in Barekuri
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Weather tracker: Flooding in Mexico and India as Europe prepares for cold spell
Hurricane John is moving along Mexico’s north-east coast, while India experiences monsoon levels of rainfall
Faye Hulton for MetDesk
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Weather tracker: Heat to ease in central and eastern Europe
Cooler temperatures expected to replace record highs in Estonia, while China braces for Super Typhoon Yagi
Faye Hulton for MetDesk
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India should consider ban on microbeads in personal care products, researchers say
Type of microplastics used in skin exfoliators and banned in UK and US found in 45% of Indian products studied
Amarion Scarlett-Reid
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Weather tracker: 10 dead and 34,000 displaced in north-east India floods
Schools and university shut down in Tripura state after persistent heavy rain, and situation expected to worsen
Daniel Harris
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Successful environmental projects benefit nature and people, study finds
‘Integrated’ work to help biodiversity and tackle climate crisis can also benefit humanity, says Dr Trisha Gopalakrishna
Helena Horton Environment reporter
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Weather tracker: Heatwaves have arrived in the northern hemisphere
Temperatures are soaring from Canada to India and Saudi Arabia, with fatal consequences
Morgan Thomas for MetDesk
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Weather tracker: Severe storms hit US as Delhi swelters in intense heatwave
US tornado season proving to be one of most active of recent years as severe thunderstorms hamper recovery efforts
Lauren Herdman
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Targeting India’s most harmful power plants could slash mortality
Study finds about a quarter of health burden comes from power stations that generate just 3% of country’s electricity
Gary Fuller
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‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find
Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila
Damian Carrington Environment editor
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‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’: how plant roots can help stop landslides
Thanks to soil bioengineering in a village in north India, a submerged road was accessible in less than one week, according to officials
Charu Bahri
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UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports
£2.2bn-worth of oil processed in China, India and Turkey – to whom Russia supplies crude – was imported in 2023, data shows
Sam Bright
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Clean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Researchers say early deaths may have been avoided over 10-year period if technology installed
Gary Fuller
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Why are so many of India’s elephants being hit by trains?
The use of AI and ‘animal flyovers’ could prevent hundreds of wild elephants dying as railways cut through their habitat, say wildlife experts
Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi
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Weather tracker: Powerful blizzard strikes California
Strong winds and snow pose threat to life in Sierra Nevada mountains, while snowfall cuts power in northern India
Faye Hulton for MetDesk
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Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet
The huge leaks of the potent greenhouse gas will doom climate targets, experts say, but stemming them would rapidly reduce global heating
Damian Carrington, environment editor, and Seán Clarke, visual projects editor
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Weather tracker: Tropical Cyclone Kirrily brings 170km/h gusts to Queensland
Cyclone downgraded after dense fog hits parts of the US and India while drought affects Philippines and southern Africa
Faye Hulton (Metdesk)
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‘Cheaper to save the world than destroy it’: why capitalism is going green
Akshat Rathi argues that around the world economies are switching to clean technology as prices drop
Ajit Niranjan
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Weather tracker: rain batters Argentina and DRC as fog shrouds India and Pakistan
Turkey also affected by fog, with 10 killed and 57 injured in serious road crash involving three buses
Faye Hulton and Matt Williams for MetDesk
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Weather tracker: Low Mississippi River levels take toll on farmers
Economic loss from disruption on important travel route for grain exports estimated to be $20bn
Daniel Harris (Metdesk)
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Weather tracker: temperatures to plummet across Russia
East of country may fall to close to -50C, while Moscow has its third snowiest November this century
Faye Hulton for MetDesk
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Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault
Satellite tracking data shows many countries and firms do not provide accurate figures
Fiona Harvey, Oliver Milman and Damian Carrington in Dubai