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With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be forgiven for not being focused on what’s going on this week in Baku, Azerbaijan. World leaders are gathered there for the annual United Nations climate talks. Their task at the […]
European Commission envoy Florika Fink-Hooijer said the “catastrophe” in Spain’s Valencia region earlier this week highlighted the link between biodiversity loss and human-caused climate change. Worsening droughts and flooding cause the loss of plant species such as trees — which serve as a bulwark against some of the worst effects of global warming. “If we […]