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while saying that "protection against dangerous climate change is a human right." The decision was a defeat for the Dutch arm ...

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The firm's video, originally published in 2017, depicts a near-future where a swarm of people board a boat in the Hudson ...

The Indigenous body will be formed by two co-chairs elected by COP: one nominated by U.N. parties of the regional group, and ...

The prime minister confirms the UK's target to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 81% on 1990 levels by 2035.

British author Samantha Harvey has become the first woman since 2019 to win the Booker Prize. Her book Orbital, about astronauts looking down at Earth, was named as the winner of the £50,000 prize and ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...