Environment
At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, China showcased rapidly expanding renewable technology and flatlined CO2 emissions, positioning itself as a potential climate leader while the United States was absent.
A decade after the 2015 Paris Agreement, global greenhouse-gas emissions remained above pathways consistent with 2°C, while emissions cuts and climate ambition varied widely among countries, analyses showed.
UN climate chief Simon Stiell told ministers at COP30 in Belém that governments failing to decarbonize would be blamed for famine and conflict abroad and face domestic stagnation and inflation.
National weather services forecast Tuesday, November 11 would bring dry, stable conditions across much of France, a new wave of storms in Greece and widespread cooling elsewhere.
A Norwegian court rejected environmental groups' request for an interim injunction to halt the Førdefjorden mine tailings deposit, allowing operations to continue pending a Supreme Court decision.
Three men were rescued off Vietnam after drifting for more than 40 hours at sea when Typhoon Kalmaegi swept them from the coast, authorities said.
Lower Austria eased rules allowing "problem" wolves to be shot after they approached settlements or killed protected livestock, officials announced.
