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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his French counterpart, Jean Castex, have affirmed their determination to further deepen the Vietnam-France strategic partnership signed in 2013.

Deforestation in the Amazon region has risen for the fourth straight year, despite international pressure and pledges from Brazil's government to preserve the rainforest. The EU aims to take a stand with an import ban.

India surprised the world at the just concluded two-week 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) with the UK as President in Glasgow by announcing the most ambitious targets by a developing nation to combat climate change. They included installing non-fossil fuel electricity capacity of 500 GW by 2030; sourcing 50 per cent of energy requirement from renewables by 2030;

After 29 years of U.S. congressional inaction since the Senate ratified the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the rest of the world sees just how uncommitted America is.

A report had shown that 19 counties had so far planted three million trees. Another 30 counties had committed to plant 7 million trees by end of May.

Austria announces a general vaccine mandate. Is that a step which other governments will have to follow as COVID-19 infections surge across Europe?

A scheme to address carbon emissions has drawn criticism for its voluntary entry and rules that let airlines put off action. Amid a dearth of zero-emission planes and sustainable fuel, better air traffic management and investment are needed.

NOW Cop26 has drawn to a close, you may be left feeling a little befuddled about how best to do your bit for the planet. Professor Mike Berners-Lee has calculated the carbon footprint of everything...

Disorder and disagreements at the highest levels of government left British negotiators feeling unsupported — sometimes even undermined.