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Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia launch clean-up after floods kill hundreds

The death toll from catastrophic floods and landslides across Southeast Asia soared past 350 on Saturday, as rescue teams raced to reach stranded communities in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia and begin clearing the devastation left by a week of relentl

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Yesterday

The cow of the future? France introduces smaller, low-emission livestock

How can we reduce greenhouse gas emissions? In the wake of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, attention is turning to cattle. A single cow produces between 154 to 264 pounds of methane gas per year. So could genetics lessen their impact? FRANCE 24's

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Death toll in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia floods tops 250

The death toll from days of flooding in Southeast Asia rose to 250 on Friday, according to authorities, with 145 people killed in southern Thailand and at least 111 dead in Indonesia.

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Monday, november 24, 2025

Nestlé on trial over plastic dumps in France

Nestlé Waters is on trial over illegal plastic dumps in France’s Vosges region, where buried waste has caused massive microplastic pollution and raised fears for local water sources.

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What are the key takeaways from the COP30 climate summit?

The COP30 climate summit came to an end this weekend with a weak compromise deal that skips over most countries' key demands. The agreement pledges to provide more funding to help vulnerable nations adapt to global warming, but doesn’t explicitly mention

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Exiled Cambodian environmentalist activist Ratha Sun on why she fled her country

A Cambodian environmentalist activist who's been sentenced to eight years in jail in absentia back home has told FRANCE 24 that she hopes to return to the country one day to continue her environmental fight. Ratha Sun was charged and found guilty – along

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'Scientifically COP30 has been nothing less than a failure,' researcher says

A leading climate researcher has told FRANCE 24 that the conclusion of the COP30 summit at the weekend was scientifically nothing less than a failure. Johan Rockström is director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The German institute

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Vietnam flooding kills at least 90

At least 90 people have died in a week of torrential rain, flooding and landslides in south-central Vietnam, authorities said. Popular tourist areas have been heavily hit, with parts of Nha Trang submerged and deadly landslides cutting off roads near Da

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Sunday, november 23, 2025

COP30 climate deal falls short sidestepping fossil fuels

After running a day overtime, delegates at COP30, the United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, finally reached a deal on a final agreement, but one that falls well short of the high expectations held by many delegates, environmental groups and NGO

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Vietnam floods and landslides kill at least 90 in a week

Severe flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 90 people in Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday. Natural disasters between January and October have left at least 279 people dead or missing in the country and caused more than $2 bill

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COP30 seals uneasy climate deal that sidesteps fossil fuels

After intense disputes, the UN climate summit COP30 in Belém, Brazil concluded with a deal that makes no direct mention of fossil fuels, frustrating over 80 countries, including the UK and EU, which had pushed for commitments to phase out oil, coal, and

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Saturday, november 22, 2025

Europe agrees to a COP30 outcome deal

The COP30 climate talks in Brazil are moving toward a deal as the two-week conference enters its final phase, although the latest draft does not include any reference to fossil fuels, a key demand of the EU and several other nations. Originally set to co

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COP30 summit in Brazil adopts climate deal – after omitting calls to phase out fossil fuels

The COP30 climate talks in Brazil on Saturday culminated in a final agreement which dropped any explicit call to phase out fossil fuels, despite calls to do so from the EU and dozens of nations. The text showed countries had agreed to accelerate climate

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Friday, november 21, 2025

COP30 runs into overtime to reach deal as nations clash over fossil fuels

UN climate talks in Brazil ran past their Friday deadline as delegates remained locked in tense negotiations over a draft deal that omits any call to phase out fossil fuels, leaving nations struggling to find common ground to keep the Paris accord alive

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COP30 talks stall as fossil fuel phaseout remains contentious

At COP30 in Belem, disputes over phasing out fossil fuels threaten to extend the UN climate summit beyond Friday. The latest draft deal by Brazil omitted any mention of fossil fuels, drawing criticism from France, Germany, and Colombia, while China, Russ

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COP30: 'Just a platform to bring nations together and negotiate what countries bring to the table'

COP30 summit president Brazil released a draft text for a proposed deal for this year's U.N. climate summit early on Friday, dropping a proposal to develop a global plan to shift away from fossil fuels that had been included in an earlier version. The is

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Draft COP30 deal drops effort for fossil fuel transition agreement

At COP30 in Belem, Brazil, the summit president released a revised draft deal that removes earlier proposals for a global shift away from fossil fuels. The issue has been highly contentious, with nearly 200 governments debating the future of fossil fuels

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COP30 climate talks head for final showdown as draft deal drops fossil fuel transition

The COP30 climate summit was headed for a showdown on Friday after host Brazil released a draft proposal that made no mention of efforts to phase out fossil fuels. A group of around 30 countries earlier warned they would not accept a deal that failed to

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Thursday, november 20, 2025

Fire breaks out at COP30 climate talks, suspending key negotiations

A fire tore through the COP30 summit venue in Brazil on Thursday, burning part of the roof and forcing a panicked evacuation as talks entered a critical phase. The blaze hit pavilions at the Belem site, the third major incident after Indigenous protester

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Beaujolais Nouveau 2025 goes on sale as French wine producers face mounting challenges

It's the third Thursday of November, which means this year's Beaujolais Nouveau has gone on sale. Massively popular in the 1980s, the wine has seen its sales fall sharply in recent years. The French wine sector as a whole is struggling, amid climate chan

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UNICEF: One in five children in low and middle-income countries lack most basic services

On World Children's Day, Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Cécile Aptel, Author and Deputy Director of UNICEF’s Global Office of Research and Forecasting. UNICEF is offering a sobering reminder: national and global policies too often leave the world's m

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Indonesia: Hundreds of Indonesians flee homes after volcano erupts

Mount Semeru in eastern Java erupted on November 19, throwing ash and gas more than 13 kilometres (eight miles) away and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level.

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Australia cedes hosting COP31 to Turkey, frustrating Pacific islands

Australia has touted its decision to cede next year’s COP summit to Turkey as a “big win”, but the move has sparked disappointment across the Pacific, where island nations had hoped co-hosting COP31 would elevate their climate fight – and are now questio

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Brazil struggles to secure COP30 climate deal as fossil fuel divide persists

Brazil fell short of clinching an early climate deal at COP30 on Wednesday, as divisions over fossil fuels and climate finance persisted. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remained upbeat, saying progress is possible in the summit’s final days, while t

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Wednesday, november 19, 2025

Lula returns in Belem to UN COP30 talks unlock negociations

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived in Belem on Wednesday to attend the COP30 summit in a rare late-stage visit by a host country, as negotiators enter the final stages of hammering out a climate deal. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent

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Tuesday, november 18, 2025

Electric vehicles in China: Beijing expands battery recycling

China has some 36 million EVs (electric vehicles) on its roads. But their batteries don’t last forever. With the first generation of EVs coming to the end of their lifespans, Beijing now faces a new problem: how to recycle and reuse the thousands of EV b

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French court mulls Perrier verdict: Consumer group challenges bottled water’s “natural” label

A French court will rule on Tuesday on whether Perrier must withdraw its bottled water from shelves, after consumer group UFC-Que Choisir sought an emergency intervention over what it alleges is deceptive marketing of the brand as "natural" mineral water

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COP30: First draft of climate pact lands in Brazil

COP30 hosts produced the "Global Mutirao" on Tuesday, a preliminary draft agreement reflecting the diverse positions of nearly 200 nations during the UN climate talks in Brazil. The document addresses critical issues such as financing for poorer countrie

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Monday, november 17, 2025

COP30: Pope Leo XIV urges ‘concrete actions’ on climate change

Pope Leo XIV on Monday warned that climate change is accelerating faster than political will, urging world leaders at COP30 to take “concrete actions” before the window to keep warming below 1.5C closes. He called for unwavering global solidarity behind

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No, Amazon rainforest trees were not cut down for COP30

As the COP30 summit proceeds, Donald Trump and others continue to share the claim that 100,000 trees in the Amazon rainforest were chopped down to make way for a highway to the UN climate conference's host city, Belem. But the claim is misleading, as we

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Sunday, november 16, 2025

Thousands march in indigenous-led protests outside COP30 summit

Thousands of climate protesters marched through the Brazilian city of Belem on Saturday in a noisy, diverse and peaceful display to demand more action to protect the fate of the planet and vent their anger at governments and fossil fuel industries. Analy

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Ecuador: referendum on the presence of foreign military bases

Ecuadoreans grappling with a surge in violent crime head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to allow the return of foreign military bases — which President Daniel Noboa says are central to fighting organized crime - and whether they back convening

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The spectacle of animal migration across the world

Footage showing the migrations of birds, mammals and even crustaceans is flooding social media. From the seas to the skies, animals from Norway to Australia are undertaking journeys -- some in search of warmer climates, others looking for a more favourab

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Tariffs, climate change, energy prices... tough times for France's winemakers

Winegrowers from southern France are planning a major protest in Béziers this Saturday. The location matches where the great wine revolt of 1907 began – one of the largest social movements of the 20th century in France, when southern growers protested ag

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Iran launches cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall as severe drought deepens

Iran's government has begun cloud seeding operations over the nation's largest lake, which has largely dried out due to the Islamic republic's worst drought in decades. Iran announced last year that it had developed its own technology to help trigger rai

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Saturday, november 15, 2025

Fighting climate change with imaginative methods in East Timor

As countries gather in Brazil for the COP 30 climate change conference, FRANCE 24 travels to East Timor, where global warming is wreaking havoc on the fishing industry. The isolated island nation and its 1.4 million people face coastal erosion, rising se

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Thousands march at COP30 to demand end to deforestation and fossil fuels

Thousands of people thronged the streets of the Amazonian city of Belem in Brazil on Saturday, urging COP30 negotiators to take urgent action against climate change and halt the use of fossil fuels and the devastating deforestation of the Amazon Rainfore

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Delhi’s pollution is a crisis of democracy as much as public health, citizens say

Citizens in the Indian capital of New Delhi say that the government’s inaction against the pollution-driven public health crisis signals both a struggling democracy and hypocrisy, as India leads talks on climate action in the Global South at COP30.

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Friday, november 14, 2025

The Bright Side: Giant web discovery reveals 'constant party' life of cohabiting spider species

Scientists have discovered what they believed to be the world’s largest-known spider web in a Balkan cave, where two different species cohabit in an enormous colony of more than 100,000 spiders. The rare behaviour is reshaping assumptions about how arach

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'We refuse to be sacrificed': Indigenous groups disrupt COP30 summit in Brazil

Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance of COP30 in Brazil on Friday, demanding stronger climate action and direct recognition of their rights.

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COP30 in Brazil & the Global South: Tackling climate change without the US

The week, we head to Belem in Brazil where COP30, the UN's annual climate summit, is taking place. As rich nations drag their feet, will the Global South take the lead in climate action? We put the question to our guest, Charra Tesfaye Terfassa, economic

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Climate change killed his friend. Now he's seeking justice

The effects of climate change are being felt around the world, with extreme weather events becoming more frequent and intense. According to recent estimates, climate inaction is on track to cost the global economy $38 trillion per year in damages within

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Vietnam's Mekong Delta threatened by rising sea levels

Vietnam's Mekong Delta is under serious threat from climate change. The agricultural region, which produces half of the country’s food supply, is being hit hard by rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion, which devastate rice crops. The landscape is ch

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Indigenous protesters block entrance to COP30 climate summit in Brazil

Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the front of the COP30 summit venue in Brazil on Friday morning, staging a sit-in that forced delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling climate change.

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Mining giant BHP liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, UK court says

A British court ruled that global mining giant BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil. The event was the country's worst environmental disaster, unleashing a wave of toxic sludge that killed 19 people and polluted the length

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Thursday, november 13, 2025

The Bright Side: Zanzibar’s women turn the tide with sponge farming

Rising ocean temperatures have killed seaweed, depleted fish stocks and affected livelihoods in Tanzania's picturesque Zanzibar. Now sponge farming is helping turn the tide in one village, where women are earning a living by cultivating the marine organi

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Global fossil fuel emissions to hit record high in 2025, study says

Global fossil fuel emissions are expected to reach an all-time high in 2025, a new report warned Thursday, adding that keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius is now effectively out of reach. The annual Global Carbon Budget study found that desp

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Tehran's drought, New Delhi's pollution: Two capitals at imminent risk of becoming unliveable

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, November 13, 2025: The French and Belgian dailies mark 10 years since 130 people were killed in the Paris terror attacks. What trauma have the victims suffered? The Belgian daily Le Soir, meanwhile, looks at how the Molenbeek nei

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Wednesday, november 12, 2025

Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO chief says

The WHO said Wednesday that it was time for formal negotiations on health at the COP climate summits, saying the climate crisis was also a health crisis. Speaking from the COP30 in Bélem, Brazil, Estelle Willie, Director of Health Policy at the Rockefell

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🚨 #COP30: Rare #clashes between #Indigenous protesters and #security guards

💥 Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection. 📣 Some waved flags with slogans calling for land rights o

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The crucial role of Congo's rainforest

At COP30 in Brazil, leaders are highlighting the Congo rainforest’s crucial role as the world’s largest carbon sink. Despite storing 91 billion tons of carbon, it faces rapid deforestation, with the DRC losing 590,000 hectares in 2024. Calling for climat

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Tuesday, november 11, 2025

Indigenous protesters clash with security at COP30 summit in Brazil

Dozens of Indigenous protesters stormed the COP30 climate summit venue in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday – clashing with security guards at the entrance as they demanded greater access to negotiations and a stronger voice in forest management.

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Will China replace the US as a climate action leader?

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, November 11, 2025: First, US President Donald Trump's latest pardons are a worrying signal for next year's midterm elections. Next, China's carbon emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months amid a renewable energy boom

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Typhoon Fung-wong nears Taiwan as Philippines death toll climbs

Typhoon Fung-wong lashed Taiwan with harsh rains Tuesday after killing at least 25 people and displacing some 1.4 million people across the Philippines. The weakening tropical storm is expected to make landfall in Taiwan on Wednesday.

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Monday, november 10, 2025

COP30: Has Bill Gates become a climate denier?

The UN climate talks opened this Monday in Brazil, with world leaders set to discuss new ways to tackle global warming. Meanwhile, the spread of climate disinformation has doubled since July. Among the viral claims circulating online: that even Bill Gate

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COP30: 10 years after the Paris Agreement, what has changed ?

Valérie Dekimpe, France24 Environment Editor, has more.

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Indigenous leaders join COP30 climate summit as it opens in Brazil

Countries will be joined by Indigenous leaders, who arrived Sunday evening by boat.

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COP30 climate talks begin in Brazil: leaders are taking place in Belem

Jan Oniszko, our correspondant in Rio, has more.

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COP30 climate summit: 'We expect action and implementation,' head of WWF France says

The head of the World Wide Fund for Nature France has told FRANCE 24 that the world needs action and implementation as world leaders meet in Brazil to decide how to combat climate change. The COP30 summit is getting underway 10 years after the landmark P

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Papers on COP30 summit and 'Trump's crusade against the Paris Agreement'

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, November 10, 2025: The British front pages are all covering the crisis at the BBC. Next, the COP30 climate summit opens in Brazil as papers discuss who is attending and who isn't. Also, a football team of Afghan female refugees is

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