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Sport
How is Athens adapting to rising temperatures?
With temperatures in the Greek capital reaching 40 degrees Celsius, Climate Now explores how Athens is trying to offset heat…
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Europe
Focus – Saving every drop: Drought forces Catalonia to diversify water sources
Focus Saving every drop: Drought forces Catalonia to diversify water sources Source: France24
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Europe
Talking Europe – Europe braces for extreme weather: How has the EU prepared for climate crises this summer?
Talking Europe Europe braces for extreme weather: How has the EU prepared for climate crises this summer? Source: France24
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Asia
Cattle, farmland short of water in northern China: Report
BEIJING: About 3 million hectares of farmland in China are suffering from drought, state media reported on Sunday (Jun 25), after record high temperatures hit…
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Germany
Spanish strawberry farming will ‘devastate’ wetlands, warn scientists
In March, the regional government passed a bill legalising the informal land occupation for intenstive irrigated strawberry farming. Strawberry cultivation…
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Spain
Drought-stricken wetlands in Spain endanger wildlife
From October 2022 to April 2023, the country’s rainfall was 24 per cent below the average for this period of…
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Sport
Locals blame Danone group for drying up water tables in Volvic, France
A heated dispute over water is rippling through Auvergne, central France. While communities are facing water use restrictions, fingers point…
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Europe
France’s environment minister shares ‘serious concerns’ of another dry summer
Two-thirds of French water tables are below normal levels for June, Environment Minister Christophe Bechu said Wednesday, stoking fears of…
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Spain
Desertification of Spanish marshlands shows climate crisis has arrived
Water shortages in the Doñana marshlands of southern Spain is bad news for both wildlife and rice growers Flamingos dance…
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Germany
Why have strawberry farms become a political battleground in Spain?
German MPs have cancelled a trip to Spain’s strawberry farms as political controversy over water shortages heats up. German MPs…
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