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Bananas on brink: Climate change threatens global favorite

A recent study reveals that nearly two-thirds of the banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may become unsuitable for banana production by 2080 due to the effects...

Wealthiest 10% responsible for two-thirds of global warming: Study

The world's wealthiest 10% have been responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990, researchers said Wednesday. How the rich consume and invest has substantially in...

April heat near record levels as global warming accelerates

Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU's climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quic...

Indonesia’s clove industry on brink as climate change worsens

Colonial powers once sought to wipe out cloves grown by locals on the eastern Indonesian island of Ternate to safeguard their monopoly over the prized crop. Today, farmers say the...

Albania’s coastline crumbles under climate change, tourism boom

Albania's coast is being hit by a double whammy of climate change and chaotic tourist development. From Velipoja in the north where the waves are swallowing a century-old for...

Cocoa industry at risk of collapse by 2030 without immediate action

Cocoa yields will be 'destroyed' by 2030 without financial support and fairer markets, Ivory Coast farmers have warned. The West African nation is the world's largest produce...

Santorini’s volcano: Ticking time bomb beneath paradise

Santorini, Greece’s most famous tourist island, owes its iconic landscape to a massive volcanic eruption that occurred thousands of years ago. Today, the same natural forces that...

Journey of a snail: Embracing sustainable lifestyle in Cittaslow

The modern era has brought with it not only comfort, but also chaos; not only speed, but deep uncertainty. In a world where everything moves faster by the minute, no one seems cert...

Europe faces record heat, extreme weather in 2024, UN report shows

Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world as countries were hit by clear climate change impacts, extreme weather and record temperatures in 2024, a major annual report s...

Extreme weather, climate crisis endanger Mediterranean diet

Extreme weather events, driven by climate change, are reducing agricultural production in Mediterranean countries, threatening the region's lifestyle and dietary habits. The M...

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