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Protesters with Justice for the Ogoni banners outside Shell's headquarters in London

Shell’s Niger Delta Exit Leaves Pipeline and Gas Questions Open

Amnesty's review of internal Shell records raises questions about ageing Niger Delta pipelines, decommissioning costs and the Bille gas emergency. The evidence, sale terms and unresolved legal claims demand transparent answers.

October 29, 2026

Climate·News·Reports

False-color satellite image of floodwater in blue along the Gandak River across the Nepal-India border, with green vegetation and clouds

Climate Plans Promise Health Gains. Only Four Governments Count Them.

A WHO review of 114 national climate plans finds 91% of Parties mention health, yet only four of the 82 that claim health gains from cutting emissions quantify or monitor them. Just

October 19, 2026

Climate·Health·News

Aerial view of the cracked, exposed bed of Wimbleball Reservoir in Somerset with a narrow stream running through it

Ministers Tell Environment Agency Water Supply Comes First in Drought

Where drinking water and river protection collide in four drought-hit parts of England, the government has told the Environment Agency which comes first. The Agency's own weekly report counts 403 drought incidents

October 19, 2026

Climate·News

Heads of state and delegations seated in the plenary hall of the Leaders for Nature summit in Yerevan ahead of COP17

UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

Governments gathered in Yerevan on Sunday for the opening of COP17, the UN biodiversity conference, facing a 2025 money deadline that the UN's own report says was likely missed. Two tallies of

October 18, 2026

Climate·News

Satellite vegetation-index image of southern Rondonia, Brazil, in 2006 showing cleared land in tan and remaining forest in green

Brazil’s Amazon Clearing Falls to a Record Low Days After Manaus Smoke

Brazil's space agency put Amazon clearing at 3,335 square kilometers for August 2025 to July 2026, the lowest since 1988, nine days before the presidential runoff. The figure is a preliminary estimate,

October 17, 2026

Climate·News

Satellite view of Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and western Borneo on October 16, 2026 under a grey-white veil of cloud and haze, with coastlines outlined

Singapore Orders Seven Indonesian Firms to Douse Fires as Haze Worsens

Singapore served preventive notices on seven Indonesian companies on Friday, as its air index ran as high as 222. The demands repeat NEA's 2015 notices word for word, and a 2021 ministerial

October 16, 2026

Climate·Government and Politics·News

A white bleached branching coral beside pink and golden healthy colonies on a shallow Gulf of Aqaba reef, with a pier and mountains above the waterline

44% of Reef Corals Are Threatened, and the Count Ends Before the Heat

A Nature paper published Thursday finds 340 of 774 assessable reef-building coral species threatened, the same 44 percent IUCN announced in 2024. What it adds is the method and an admission: the

October 16, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Satellite view of Borneo on October 15, 2026 with grey smoke over the south and red dots marking thermal anomalies detected by VIIRS

Four Die Fighting an Indonesian Park Fire Put Out a Day Earlier

Four people died on Thursday fighting a fire in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park that the Forestry Ministry says had been put out a day earlier. Its hotspot count rebounded to 799,

October 16, 2026

Climate·News

A white van stranded in floodwater on a sunken Istanbul roadway at night as tow trucks and responders gather

COP31 Chief Links Istanbul Flood to Climate. A Professor Wants a Study

At least three people are dead and five missing in Istanbul, and COP31 president Murat Kurum says climate change is already today's agenda. An Istanbul Technical University professor says that claim needs

October 16, 2026

Climate·News

Satellite view of grey smoke plumes streaming across the Amazon River and rainforest from fires near Manaus and Santarem on October 12, 2026

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

Smoke from Amazon fires closed schools in Manaus on October 12, and INPE's data show October detections nearly triple last year's. NASA scientists call it the second domino of an El Niño

October 15, 2026

Climate·News·Science

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Shell’s Niger Delta Exit Leaves Pipeline and Gas Questions Open

Climate Plans Promise Health Gains. Only Four Governments Count Them.

Ministers Tell Environment Agency Water Supply Comes First in Drought

UN Report Says 2025 Nature Finance Goal Likely Missed as COP17 Opens

Brazil’s Amazon Clearing Falls to a Record Low Days After Manaus Smoke

Singapore Orders Seven Indonesian Firms to Douse Fires as Haze Worsens

44% of Reef Corals Are Threatened, and the Count Ends Before the Heat

Four Die Fighting an Indonesian Park Fire Put Out a Day Earlier

COP31 Chief Links Istanbul Flood to Climate. A Professor Wants a Study

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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