More than 350 elephants in Botswana died from toxic waterholes contaminated with cyanobacteria in 2020.
The staggering impact our global food system is having on the planet’s biodiversity.
The country’s historically disadvantaged north is set to decide the tight race for the first time.
A Brazilian biologist who spotted a heron with a plastic cup stuck in its throat is on a mission to save it.
With tens of thousands already displaced, both countries set up shelters in anticipation of further downpours.
As the threat from plastic pollution mounts, countries could only agree to postpone negotiations to a later date.
![INC-5 Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso brings down a gavel, made with recycled plastic bottle tops from the Dandora landfill in Nairobi, to mark an agreement that talks will resume at a later date, during an open plenary of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5) in Busan, early on December 2, 2024. - Negotiators have failed to reach agreement on a landmark treaty to curb plastic pollution and need more time to continue discussions, the diplomat chairing the talks in South Korea said on December 1, 2024. [Anthony Wallac/ AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AFP__20241201__36NY8M9__v1__HighRes__SkoreaUnEnvironmentPlastic-1733085433.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
The Commonwealth faces questions about its relevance amid climate change and inequality. Can it adapt to changes?
Seoul, South Korea’s capital, was blanketed by the heaviest November snowfall on record.
Seoul is blanketed in snow, the bad weather snarling traffic, knocking out power and grounding hundreds of flights.
A little bit of Italy is about to become a little bit of Switzerland.
Women play a vital part in finding a solution to climate change.
Rescue workers use excavators and bare hands to find disaster victims in Karo district, one of three affected.
Flood-hit Paiporta mayor pledges to hold leaders accountable for crisis handling, with legal action if necessary.
Climate finance deal criticised at COP29 as inadequate, lacking real money and clear grants for developing countries.
