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Extreme flooding threatens one in eight Europeans, confirms new report

One in eight Europeans lives in an area at risk of flooding. This is one of the findings of a…

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Rainfall allows Catalonia to ease water restrictions for first time since drought began

The Catalonia region is set to ease restrictions on water use for a wide area, including its capital Barcelona, after…

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El Niño not climate change key to drought that caused Panama Canal disruption, study says

The climate phenomenon known as El Niño – and not climate change – was a key driver in low rainfall that disrupted…

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Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change

Global wine production reached a historic low in 2023 and climate change could be to blame, a new report has…

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‘A serious risk’: Mexican villagers take on cartel-backed avocado farms as water dries up

Desperate Mexican villagers are taking direct action on commercial avocado farms that are drying up streams while a severe drought…

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Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Niño has ended but its impacts are still being felt

Australia’s weather bureau has said the El Niño weather event has now ended as temperatures appear to have “cooled substantially”…

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Turkish strikes have polluted rivers in Syria. People are starting to ‘heal’ the land with trees

Oil slicks in the Khabur River in Syria, a major tributary of the Euphrates, have left agriculture “almost impossible” according…

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Barcelona is banking on a floating desalination plant to fight drought in northeastern Spain

Spain’s drought-stricken region of Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking…

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Catalonia tourists may soon face water restrictions – but swimming pools spared as ‘climate refuges’

Spain’s drought-stricken northeastern Catalonia is considering imposing water restrictions on tourists in the driest parts of the region if domestic…

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Mexico’s likely next president is a climate scientist, but she’s still backing fossil fuels

Sealevel rise and increasingly ferocious storms – both driven by climate change – are eroding thousands of miles of Mexico’s…

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