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![An overhead shot of a pine forest with a section of dying trees in the front]()
![An overhead shot of a pine forest with a section of dying trees in the front]()
What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland.
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores.
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![A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.]()
![A woman in traditional Sámi dress -- a red, white, and blue shawl tied at the neck with an elaborate silver clasp and matching head covering -- sits at a conference table with a microphone. She looks off to the side as if listening to someone.]()
UN report backs up Sámi claims that mining in Finland violates their rights to land and culture
"Sustainability is an empty word if you don't respect and implement Indigenous rights here in our homelands."
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![Darkened silhouette of an unidentified man in a cap looking out a window at the Panama Canal]()
![Darkened silhouette of an unidentified man in a cap looking out a window at the Panama Canal]()
The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace thousands.
A proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio would bring much-needed water, but at a steep cost.
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![Protesters stand behind banner that reads]()
A landmark fund for climate reparations is beginning to languish
Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up.
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![Collage of environmental defenders' faces, a funeral procession for a Mexican environmentalist, and the Mina Santa Barbara coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico.]()
![Collage of environmental defenders' faces, a funeral procession for a Mexican environmentalist, and the Mina Santa Barbara coal mine in Coahuila, Mexico.]()
‘Living under this constant threat’: Environmental defenders face a mounting mental health crisis
Environmental activists are struggling with paranoia, panic attacks, and depression. Now, a growing network of mental health shelters in South America hopes to fill a void in care.
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![Yuvelis Natalia Morales sitting on a tree stump]()
![Yuvelis Natalia Morales sitting on a tree stump]()
Opposing fracking cost one Colombian activist her mental health. She’s fighting to win it back.
"At some point, they will kill you and kill all of us," environmental leader Yuvelis Natalia Morales Blanco was told.
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![Korean plaintiffs holding placards stand before sign]()
From the cradle: How kids, newborns, and the unborn jump-started South Korea’s historic climate lawsuit
A constitutional court has ruled that South Korea can’t just set a carbon neutrality target — it has to have a roadmap to making it real.
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![A group of women with headdresses and red face paint shout together]()
![A group of women with headdresses and red face paint shout together]()
Ecuador voted to keep oil in the ground. Will it happen?
More than 10 million Ecuadorians voted last year to ban oil operations in part of the Amazon rainforest. But heavy crude has continued to flow from the region, which is home to uncontacted Indigenous families.
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![Papers with medical writing on them and photographs including employee ID badges]()
![Papers with medical writing on them and photographs including employee ID badges]()
An invisible, toxic chemical has been poisoning residents in Puerto Rico for decades
An industrial worker got one whiff of ethylene oxide. Twenty years later, he still hasn’t recovered — and his community is searching for answers.
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![Wide shot of a room full of negotiators sitting at tables in a rectangular formation. Two large, blank screens hang from the ceiling.]()
![Wide shot of a room full of negotiators sitting at tables in a rectangular formation. Two large, blank screens hang from the ceiling.]()
The US says it now supports a more ambitious plastics treaty. Industry groups are furious.
In a reversal, the Biden administration will back production limits as part of the United Nations’ global plastics treaty.
