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Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands

Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers say

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The Public Called His Girlfriend’s Drugging Sweet, And That Reaction Alarmed Experts Most

An influencer with 6.3 million followers posted a video of himself crushing a pill, stirring it into a drink, and handing it to his sleeping girlfriend — captioned "Happy Birthday My Princess." The backlash was swift. And then, barely a month later, a major TV network cast him on primetime…

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How the US is still channeling billions of dollars into climate projects despite Trump

IN FOCUS: Investments analysed by The Independent show how climate action – whether in renewables that are cheaper than fossil fuels, or in weather-proofing new infrastructure projects – is now ‘built-in’ to the global economy, regardless of any leader’s political agenda. Nick Ferris reports

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The top 10 most polluting airports have been revealed – and three of them are in Europe

New data has exposed the climate and air quality impacts of 1,300 global airports – and it’s bad news for Europe.

Euronews

Why small climate-vulnerable island states punch well above their weight in UN climate talks

Few diplomatic organisations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed budget, no permanent secretariat and no formal charter, it has still managed to shape some of the most important climate agreements of the past few decades – including the 1.5°C target…

The Conversation

Climate disasters will send many countries into a debt spiral – but there’s a way out

After years of disciplined reform and painful sacrifice, Jamaica had done what few global debt specialists thought possible. Through tough and sometimes controversial spending cuts and fiscal discipline, it slashed its debt from a staggering 150% of GDP in 2013 to just 62% by 2024.

The Conversation

Why people displaced by conflict are particularly vulnerable to climate risks

After heavy rains, a landslide “completely levelled” a remote village in western Sudan in early September. It was the temporary home of hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, to what they had hoped would be…

The Conversation

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It is in the West’s interest to prevent nations’ climate destruction – as well as its duty

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Wealthier countries owe their support, financial and practical, to those countries overwhelmingly impacted by climate disaster – not only because it is right but because it has far-reaching implications for global security

The Independent UK

Revealed: The true cost of climate crisis for world’s poorest countries

Exclusive: Small-island states and conflict-vulnerable countries in Africa are suffering intensely as floods, droughts and hurricanes wreak havoc on communities and livelihoods

The Independent UK

Voices: This is the beginning of the end of international aid. What will the new world look like?

COMMENT: Donald Trump's attack on aid has been a long time coming, argue Heba Aly and Nilima Gulrajani. Now is the time to create a response fit for the 21st century

The Independent UK

Growing ‘anti-gender’ movements are trying to restrict equality and sex education in schools around the world

The start of a new Trump presidency in the US may well signal the introduction of policies that limit the knowledge children can access in schools.

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