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Chilean officials Tuesday unveiled an ambitious $1 billion plan to reduce pollution in the capital of Santiago, one of Latin America's most polluted cities. ... More
Indigenous nations from Canada and the United States signed a treaty Thursday to jointly fight proposals to build more pipelines to carry crude from Alberta's oil sands, saying further development would damage the environment.... More
The office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba and the World Fund for Nature Conservation (WWF-Holland) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support Cuba in that area. ... More
The death toll from a series of recent landslides and flash floods in western Indonesia has reached 26, officials say. ... More
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Rosalaura Romeo, the Secretary of the Rome-based Mountain Partnership, has praised Cuba's mountain management program, known on the island as the Turquino-Manati Plan... More
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The United States and China have formally committed to the Paris climate agreement aimed at slowing climate change, during U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to China for the G-20 summit.... More
Hurricane Hermine has made landfall in Florida, unleashing torrents of rain, storm surges and up to 80-mile-an-hour winds.... More
A devastating storm in northern Japan has claimed the lives of at least 14 people and left more than 1,600 others stranded in the affected areas.... More
The United Nations has warned about increasing risks of consuming dirty water in Asia, Africa and Latin America as millions in those areas are exposed to increasing pollution of water in rivers and lakes. ... More
The United Nations says more than 600,000 people have been displaced in Ethiopia since March, largely because of flooding.... More
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