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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change

A worker inspects solar panels that provide electrical power to Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, in December 2023. High-ranking scholars and clergy have issued fatwas, or edicts, on how to rein in climate change. On a smaller scale, Muslim activists are telling their friends, family and neighbors that their duty to save the environment is embedded in the Quran.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 17, 2024

What can ‘Green Islam’ achieve in the world’s largest Muslim country?

By Sui-Lee Wee

Proponents of the movement say educating 200 million Muslims on environmental awareness could drive much needed change.

Jamoliddin Makhmaliyev sits with his grandson and granddaughters in front of his new house in the village of Khuroson, some 70 kilometers south of the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe, on March 26. “We lived in fear, until the day the mountain collapsed and destroyed our house,” recalls his wife Yodgoroy. Tajikistan is the Central Asian country most vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 17, 2024

Tajikistan builds villages for climate migrants fleeing fatal landslides

By Bruno KALOUAZ

The former Soviet country says it relocated 45,000 people between 2000 and 2017, and that tens of thousands of others are waiting their turn.

Coral reefs bleach in the Great Barrier Reef as scientists conduct in-water monitoring during marine heat in Moore Reef, Australia, on Feb. 27.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 16, 2024

Coral reefs suffer fourth global bleaching event, NOAA says

By Gloria Dickie and Alison Withers

At least 54 countries and territories have experienced mass bleaching among their reefs since February 2023.

Flames blaze from a chimney at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant, Hammerfest LNG, in Hammerfest, Norway, on March 14.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 9, 2024

Banks made big climate promises. A new study doubts they work.

By Eshe Nelson

Researchers found a reduction in lending to sectors targeted under the pledges was the same as for banks that had not made the same commitment.

Broken fridges in the yard of a recycling workers' tenement house in Dongxiaokou village in Beijing in 2014

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 8, 2024

Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says

By David Stanway

Law enforcement agencies across the European Union are struggling to keep track of illicit shipments entering via Turkey, Russia and Ukraine.

Supporters of the Senior Women for Climate Protection association outside the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, on March 29, 2023

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 8, 2024

How three European human rights cases could shape climate litigation

By Gloria Dickie and Emma Farge

The verdicts will set a precedent for future litigation on how rising temperatures affect people's right to a livable planet.

Reindeer that belong to Sami herder Nils Mathis Sara, 65, run in a winter pasture near Geadgebarjavri up on the Finnmark plateau, Norway, last month.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Apr 3, 2024

Reindeer herders battle power line needed for Norway's climate goal

By Gwladys Fouche

The conflict illustrates the difficult choices countries must make to cut greenhouse gas emissions and power future growth.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.

The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores

By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Leading Japan’s sustainability from Tokyo

Leading Japan’s sustainability from Tokyo

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