Environment

More Governments Taking Up Carbon Pricing and Seeing Big Benefits in Revenues: World Bank Report

Governments at national and subnational levels around the world continue to prepare for, and implement, carbon pricing initiatives as a means to curb their emissions while raising revenues, a new World Bank report finds.

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Rich variety of life on earth essential says UN chief Guterres, marking biological diversity day

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Coral reef ecosystems house 25 per cent of all marine life, feeding hundreds of millions of...

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Indian Ocean Tuna Commission must implement agreed actions to rein in overfishing

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Man carrying yellowfin tuna

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Hawaii Volcano’s Lava Causes 1st Known Serious Injury

A man was seriously injured when he was hit by lava spatter while standing on his third-floor balcony, in the first known significant injury related to Hawaii's Mount Kilauea eruptions that began on May 3.

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