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'Collective problem needs collective solution: Global warming projected to increase well beyond 2°'
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Arctic peatlands are expanding as the climate warms, new research showed Thursday, a change that could slow global warming in the near term but have the opposite effect in future. Peatlands are the largest terrestrial store of carbon, locking away twice
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Climate change and Europe's ‘suffocatingly’ hot heatwaves
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PRESS REVIEW – Friday, June 20: The French papers looks at Europe's increasingly "suffocating" summers due to climate change. Also, the Guardian looks at how Europe's cities have responded to calls to makes its waterways swimmable. We look at the incredi
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Key climate indicators hit unprecedented levels, scientists warn
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Greenhouse gas emissions reached a record high in 2024, averaging 53.6 billion tonnes per year over the last decade, according to a report from over 60 top scientists. The study highlights alarming trends in carbon pollution, sea-level rise, and global h
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Torsdag 19. juni 2025

Point of no return: Global carbon budget to be exhausted by 2028
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PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, June 19: We take a look at reactions from the press as US President Donald Trump continues to dither on whether the US will intervene in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Also, a study warns that the global carbon budget coul
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Onsdag 18. juni 2025

Climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, 60 top scientists warn
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More than 60 top scientists warned Thursday that climate change indicators are in uncharted territory, saying the planet will "rapidly reach a level of global warming of 1.5°C" – the cap set by the 2015 Paris Agreement to stave off the worst effects of c
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Tirsdag 17. juni 2025

Fighting air pollution: Cars no longer welcome in French city of Lyon
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In recent years, the fight against air pollution has become a major issue for large urban areas. Measures such as low-emission and pedestrian zones in city centres are now beginning to pay off. According to the Paris-based air quality monitor AirParif, p
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Mandag 16. juni 2025

Diving: Can coral reefs survive mass tourism?
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On the French archipelago of Guadeloupe, thousands of snorkellers visit the Pigeon Islands every year, putting the reef under huge stress. Despite warnings not to touch or stand on the coral, many corals are bleaching and dying due to rising sea temperat
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Exclusive: Global egg industry investigation reveals widespread abuse of caged hens amid bird-flu pandemic
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A global investigation into industrial egg farming found hens were kept in cramped and filthy cages in more than 35 countries, raising animal welfare and public health concerns. Global animal rights coalition the Open Wing Alliance shares the results of
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Fredag 13. juni 2025

In Kazakhstan, Caspian Sea is disappearing at alarming pace
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The world's largest landlocked body of water, the Caspian Sea, is evaporating at an alarming pace. Since the 1990s, its level has fallen by more than 3 metres. With ports drying up, fishing in decline and the economy in turmoil, Kazakhstan is bearing the
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UN ocean summit ends with boost for marine conservation, no mention of fossil fuels
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The UN Ocean Conference in the southern French city of Nice concludes this Friday with countries taking steps towards marine protection and declaring a battle over deep sea-mining, but slammed for leaving fossil fuels off the agenda – the key driver of o
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Torsdag 12. juni 2025

Climate change disrupting species’ habitats and altering both productivity and seasonality
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The high seas treaty could be law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swathes of ocean that belong to no one. The treaty was adopted by UN member states in June 2023. It has been ratified by 49 nations plus the Europea
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'We want to add ecocide to the list of international crimes': Head of Stop Ecocide International
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The head of Stop Ecocide International has spoke to FRANCE 24 from the UN Ocean Conference in the south of France about the need to legally recognise crimes against the environment as serious crimes. Jojo Mehta jointly founded the organisation back in 20
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Onsdag 11. juni 2025

Clothes at what cost? French fast fashion bill puts onus on Chinese brands
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How to stop our needless overconsumption of cheaper and cheaper clothes that pollute the planet? France's Senate has just passed a bill to curb advertising and tax pollution of fast fashion, with lawmakers even talking up the distinction of ultra-fast fa
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'Protecting our oceans: Behavioural change comes from laws and changing of the system'
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The international treaty on the high seas, which focuses on conservation of maritime areas beyond national jurisdictions, has received sufficient support to take effect early in 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. Speaking at the third
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Tirsdag 10. juni 2025

'We can't continue to allow people to retreat from science,' John Kerry says
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Speaking to FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, former US secretary of state John Kerry stressed that "we can't continue to allow people to retreat from science" when fighting climate change.
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Fashion: 'Emphasizing value of material that is aging beautifully and gracefully, engaging emotion'
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France's Senate approved a revised version of a law regulating fast fashion on Tuesday, which if implemented would ban advertising by fast-growing Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu. Senators in the upper house of parliament voted almost un
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Protecting our oceans: 'Int'l community and private sector need to be challenged'
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Eighteen countries ratified the High Seas Treaty on Monday, bringing the total to 49 — just 11 short of the 60 needed for the ocean agreement to enter into force. The surge in support, occurring during the U.N. Ocean Conference in Nice, France, adds mome
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Second-hand clothing in France: Out with the new, in with the old
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As the French Senate examines an anti-fast fashion bill, we take a look at a more environmentally conscious way of shopping: buying used clothing. In France and elsewhere, the sector is booming as shoppers turn to second-hand shops and online sites to fi
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French Senate adopts bill to regulate fast fashion industry
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The French Senate on Tuesday adopted a bill to regulate fast fashion providers, such as e-commerce giant Shein, in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry. 
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UN Ocean Conference drums up signatories to key High Seas Treaty
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Top of the agenda at the third UN Ocean Conference in the southern French city of Nice this week is the ratification of the High Seas Treaty to protect marine biodiversity. Momentum is building at the summit as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades
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The Maldives, a paradise threatened by rising sea levels
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The Maldives, a dream destination in the Indian Ocean that's popular with tourists from around the world, is threatened by rising sea levels – a direct consequence of climate change. Scientists warn the archipelago could even disappear by the end of the
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Mandag 9. juni 2025

How the global shipping industry has grown over the years
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As France hosted a UN conference on protecting the ocean, NGOs denounced the fact that large shipping companies were sponsoring the event, calling them some of the biggest polluters.  The maritime transport sector accounts for 3% of global CO2 emissions,
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REPLAY : Emmanuel Macron press conference at UN Oceans Summit
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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday spoke at the UN Ocean Summit in the French Riviera city of Nice where he criticised plans by US President Donald Trump to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters. It was "madness to launch predatory e
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Race to the bottom? The dangers of deep-sea mining
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Overheated and overfished: an SOS for oceans under duress is being sent from a UN summit in Nice. But try telling that to those who advocate deep-sea drilling for precious metals. In a world hungry for the minerals that power our batteries and connect ou
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Sails, batteries and AI: What a green revolution in maritime transport might look like
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The maritime transport sector emits as much greenhouse gas as the aviation industry, which is why the world’s major private maritime players now face the challenge of creating their own green transition plan. As the UN Ocean Conference gets under way in
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Italian conservationists denounce cruise line development in Fiumicino
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Environmental organizations in Italy are strongly opposing proposed cruise ship terminal developments, raising alarms about potential environmental harm and changes to urban areas. In Fiumicino, the proposed Waterfront project is designed to host large c
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UN Ocean Conference in Nice: Stark warnings on ocean conservation
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World leaders gather in Nice for UN Ocean Conference. Callum Roberts, chief scientist at Convex Carbon Seascape, is with us.
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Protecting the ocean: What is the high seas treaty?
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Around 50 countries have ratified the high seas treaty, France said at the UN Ocean Conference this week, bringing new measures to protect marine life and international waters within reach of enactment.
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Ocean warriors: The race to save seahorses, seagrass and flat oysters
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As the UN Ocean Conference kicks off in Nice, we're focusing on seagrass meadows: vital climate allies that are among the least protected ecosystems on Earth. They store more CO2 per hectare than land forests and are home to vulnerable species like seaho
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Exploring France’s cutting-edge ocean research ahead of the UN conference
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As the UN Ocean Conference begins in Nice, our reporters spoke with French scientists dedicated to improving ocean knowledge and conservation. From advanced robots operating 6,000 meters underwater to exploring critical minerals in the Pacific, the team
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Ocean warriors: The race to save seahorses, seagrass and flat oysters
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As the UN Ocean Conference kicks off in Nice, we're focusing on seagrass meadows: vital climate allies that are among the least protected ecosystems on Earth. They store more CO2 per hectare than land forests and are home to vulnerable species such as se
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UN Ocean conference opens in France today: What are the next steps?
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Dawn Wright, Chief scientist of Esri, world's leading geographic information system, is with us on FRANCE 24.
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Don't let deep sea become 'wild west', Guterres tells world leaders in Nice
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday the world could not let the deepest oceans "become the wild west", at the start in France of a global summit on the seas. Chris Bowler, Scientific Coordinator, is with us on France 24.
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Global push to ratify high seas treaty, that is two-thirds of oceans
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A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster protections for the world's overexploited marine areas. Another summit priority will be inching towards the numbers required to rati
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UN Ocean Conference opens in Nice today to tackle ocean "Emergency'
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President Emmanuel Macron on Monday opened the UN Ocean Conference in the French riviera city of Nice with an urgent call for multilateral mobilisation to save the seas and marine biodiversity. A High Seas Treaty should be ratified at the summit, said Ma
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'The ocean belongs to everyone: No one has exclusive rights to any of our resources'
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As the third UN Ocean Conference opens in Nice, leaders are calling for immediate action to protect marine ecosystems. French President Macron called for moving “from words to deeds,” while U.N. chief Guterres warned of mounting threats from illegal fish
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Macron opens UN ocean summit with call for multilateral mobilisation
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Full speech: President Macron opens the UN Ocean Summit with a strong call for multilateral mobilisation to protect marine ecosystems.
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Kenyan fishermen under pressure as foreign trawlers threaten waters
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As the French coastal city of Nice hosts the UN Ocean Conference, we take you to Kenya, where small-scale fishermen are struggling. Fish stocks are dwindling, and their nets often come up empty. The reason: some foreign industrial trawlers – mainly Chine
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Deep seas, Greenland, Antarctica ‘not for sale’, Macron tells UN oceans summit
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President Emmanuel Macron on Monday opened the United Nations Oceans Conference in the French Riviera city of Nice with an urgent call for multilateral mobilisation to save the seas. The deep seas, Greenland and Antarctica are not for sale, the French pr
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🌟The Bright Side: Farmed fish, seaweed output soars
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Five times more aquatic animals were farmed across the world in 2023 than three decades ago, according to the UN's food agency, providing a dietary source and likely solution for overfishing.
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UN ocean summit opens in Nice with calls to boost marine protections
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A global summit on the dire state of the oceans opened Monday in France, with demands to ban bottom trawling and expand marine protections. The UN Ocean Conference in Nice seeks concrete plans and funding to address what organisers call a marine "emergen
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Saving the ocean: 'We have to be optimistic because it's our only planet,' scientist says
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One of the world's leading researchers on the state of our oceans has spoken to FRANCE 24 as the UN Ocean Conference got underway in the French Riviera city of Nice. The event is focused on "accelerating action and mobilising all actors to conserve and s
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Søndag 8. juni 2025

Scientists, activists call for ban on bottom trawling ahead of UN ocean summit
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Scientists and environmental activists are calling for a ban on bottom trawling, a damaging fishing practice, ahead of a high-level UN summit in France aimed at protecting the world’s oceans.
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As Arctic ice vanishes, maritime traffic boom fuels the climate crisis
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The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window for navigating through these freezing waters is expanding. But there is a heavy tol
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World leaders head to French Riviera for UN summit on ocean 'emergency'
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Some 50 heads of state and government are gathering in the French city of Nice from Sunday to confront what the United Nations has described as a global "emergency" in the oceans, hoping to find unity on issues such as plastic pollution, exploitative fis
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World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean protection
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World leaders descend on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a high-level summit to tackle a deepening crisis in the oceans driven by overfishing, climate change and pollution.
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Lørdag 7. juni 2025

Searching for radioactive waste in the depths of the Atlantic
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For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are located, or what kind of state they are in. On June 15, a French-led te
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🌟The Bright Side: Kenya NGO on a mission to save turtles from nets, plastics and rising tides
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A small Kenyan NGO is on a mission to save thousands of turtles from poachers, fishermen’s nets and environmental hazards, such as rising sea levels and ever-worsening plastic waste, in a bid to protect the region’s majestic turtle population. The Local
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Fredag 6. juni 2025

Environmental DNA, a ‘revolutionary’ key to unlocking the secrets of our oceans
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Sequencing environmental DNA found in soil, seawater, snow or even air samples has made it possible to detect and identify organisms, allowing researchers to build exhaustive biodiversity inventories. And when it comes to our oceans, environmental DNA ma
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Scientists on the front line in climate change ocean research
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Ahead of the United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, our reporters went to meet some of the French scientists working to better understand and preserve the ocean. From high-tech robots 6,000m below sea level to critical mineral exploration in the Pacif
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Europe's troubled waters: Does EU Ocean Pact meet the challenge?
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Europe is trying to put itself at the forefront of the global ocean agenda, releasing its Ocean Pact ahead of a United Nations Oceans Conference in the French coastal city of Nice. More than 90 percent of EU marine waters are overexploited by industrial
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Art that speaks for the sea: Mandy Barker's mission to end fast fashion waste
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In this special edition for World Oceans Day, we spotlight the urgent, haunting work of Mandy Barker, the award-winning British photographic artist using sea-salvaged fashion waste to expose the truth about plastic pollution. Her cyanotype series "Photog
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Torsdag 5. juni 2025

EU outlines new roadmap on marine conservation ahead of UN ocean summit
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The European Union on Thursday presented a plan aimed at better protect oceans ahead of a United Nations summit on the subject. The EU wants to take a leadership role in marine conservation, and the plan includes ways to tackle some of the main challenge
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Artist Frans Krajcberg 'dived into Brazilian nature and that saved his life'
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As France welcomes Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Paris for a state visit, France is also celebrating a whole year of cultural exchanges with Brazil. One of the institutions taking part is a museum in Paris dedicated to one of Brazil's
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Onsdag 4. juni 2025

Canadian fire smoke threatens air quality in Canada, US as it reaches Europe
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Parts of Canada and the US received alerts for hazardous air quality as hundreds of wildfires spread throughout Canada, forcing 26,000 people to evacuate and spewing smoke across the Atlantic in Canada's latest extreme weather event.
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Saudi Arabia prepares for the “worst-case scenario" for the Hajj
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Saudi authorities are preparing to prevent mass casualties due to the extreme heat during the Hajj. Around 1,300 people lost their lives during last year’s major Muslim pilgrimage, which took place under scorching temperatures reaching 51.8°C.
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Tirsdag 3. juni 2025

French company upcycles old shipping containers
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Shipping containers usually last 15 to 18 years at sea. Their durability and structure make them ideal for transformation. Around the world, these big boxes are being adapted into social housing, restaurants and even shopping centres. In the French regio
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Mandag 2. juni 2025

Fast fashion's business model means firms 'cannot claim to operate sustainably', expert says
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FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Sarah Kent, Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion, about the bill being debated this week in the French Senate that seeks to regulate the influx of low-quality clothes into the country. She say
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France's upper house debates fast-fashion bill
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France's Senate on Monday debated a bill to regulate the influx of environmentally unfriendly, low-quality clothes into the country, many from China. The lower house of parliament adopted a version of the so-called "fast fashion" bill in March last year,
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Lørdag 31. mai 2025

Flash floods in central Nigeria kill at least 150 people and injures dozens more
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Intense flooding throughout central Nigeria has left at least 150 people dead and injured dozens more, with teams of rescuers still searching for missing residents caught in the torrential rains. Emergency services said that the death toll was still risi
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