
It was agreed that India, France and the UAE should focus on key issues such as single-use plastic pollution, desertification and food security in the context of the International Year of Millets, an Indian statement said.

The impact of climate change 'disproportionally' affected poor farming, fishing and other communities mainly relying on the extraction of natural resources for their livelihoods, a UN report said.

Brazil takes the first steps to help to the Amazon forest recover after Bolsonaro's four-year presidency. Deforestation rates soared by 75 percent during his presidency.

The earthquake struck near the Iranian city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan province at 1:38pm (1008 GMT), at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

US climate envoy John Kerry dismissed the idea that Sultan Al-Jaber's appointment should be automatically disqualified due to him leading the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.

Amnesty International has raised the alarm over the appointment of UAE oil boss Sultan Al-Jaber as head of this year's COP28 climate conference.

Following mass flooding in Pakistan last year, Islamabad is seeking financial assistance of up to $16 billion to help reconstruct homes and buildings destroyed in the devastating climatic event.

Satellite monitoring revealed an 150% increase in deforestation in ex-president Jair Bolsonaro last month in office.

The gathering in Geneva on Monday – jointly hosted by the United Nations and Pakistan – aims to raise funds for the victims of last summer’s unprecedented flooding, which experts partly attribute to climate change.

Rashida Tlaib has issued letters to industrial polluters in her district following a congressional field hearing earlier this year that focused on the two facilities' role in environmental racism.