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![Ukrainian rescuers of the State Emergency Service and firefighters continue to extinguish the forest fire after a Russian bomb explosion in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on September 17, 2024.]()
![Ukrainian rescuers of the State Emergency Service and firefighters continue to extinguish the forest fire after a Russian bomb explosion in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on September 17, 2024.]()
How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them
Nearly 5 million acres have burned since Russia’s latest invasion in 2022, ignited by rocket fire, artillery shelling, and explosive devices.
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![A field of cut down trees extends toward the forest and mountains]()
![A field of cut down trees extends toward the forest and mountains]()
Cuts to USAID severed longstanding American support for Indigenous peoples around the world
Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.
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![An aerial image of cattle at the southern border]()
![An aerial image of cattle at the southern border]()
Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
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![An illustration of a truck peeping over an icy road at dawn]()
![An illustration of a truck peeping over an icy road at dawn]()
Ice roads are a lifeline for First Nations. As Canada warms, they’re disappearing.
Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.
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![Pope Leo looks upwards in front of a red curtain]()
![Pope Leo looks upwards in front of a red curtain]()
What Pope Leo means for global climate action and colonialism
Pope Francis made a strong moral case for addressing climate change and respecting Indigenous rights. Will Leo do the same?
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![A yellow caution tape is draped in front of a white and gray building]()
![A yellow caution tape is draped in front of a white and gray building]()
USAID cuts are hitting global conservation projects hard
The Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in dozens of countries, with many programs now being forced to shut down.
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![Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.]()
![Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney waves to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.]()
‘Build, baby, build’: Canada’s new prime minister wants to make the country into an ‘energy superpower’
Mark Carney has promised to partner with Indigenous peoples. He's also promised to fast-track extractive energy projects.
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![Presidents of various countries stand holding hands]()
![Presidents of various countries stand holding hands]()
Who will finance global climate solutions? Not the West.
As the U.S. and Europe slash their development funding, Chinese president Xi Jinping vowed that his country “will not slow down its climate actions.”
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Indigenous delegates at the UN raise alarm on voluntary isolated peoples
Deforestation in the Amazon is closing in around isolated communities.
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![Farmers plant rice seedlings by hand in the terraced paddy fields]()
![Farmers plant rice seedlings by hand in the terraced paddy fields]()
The ‘king of poisons’ is building up in rice
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population. Climate change is loading the beloved grain with arsenic, creating a “scary” health burden.
