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Climate activists protest after a draft of a negotiation deal was released, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana - RC25W4A9Z99Q

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Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from fossil fuels?

A global agreement at the COP28 climate summit promised to begin "transitioning away" from fossil fuels, but will we see this start to happen in 2024?

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Hurricane damage to forests could release huge amount of stored carbon

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Hannah Ritchie: 'Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful'

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Better weather forecasts could help billions adapt to climate change

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The biggest science news stories of 2023 as chosen by ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ

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Youth from Fridays for Future organization stage a protest calling to cease fires and end fossil fuels in the conference venue, Blue Zone during the COP28, UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Dubai Exhibition Center, United Arab Emirates on December 8, 2023. COP28, running from November 30 to December 12 focuses on particular nations' decarbonisation goals. The Conference in Dubai focuses also on the most vulnerable communities and Loss and Damage (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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How 2023 saw the UK going backwards on climate issues

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2R7B07K London, UK. 14th June 2023. UK screenwriters and Writers? Guild Of Great Britain (WGGB) members stage a rally in Leicester Square in solidarity with striking screenwriters in the USA. Credit: Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News

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Artificial intelligence and climate change were 2023's twin challenges

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EVROS, GREECE - AUGUST 31: A firefighters runs as wildfire intensifies in the village of Sidiro and Yannuli in Evros, Greece on August 31, 2023. Efforts to extinguish wildfire continues. (Photo by Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Why 2023 was almost certainly the hottest year ever recorded

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COP28 deal has loopholes that could weaken its impact on emissions

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Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

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Science and technology's newest words and what they tell us about 2023

From ageotypes to marsification and noctalgia, here are nine words that entered our vocabulary this year, expressing fresh concepts, emerging trends and hard-to-articulate emotions

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Why are COP28 fossil fuel talks held up and why does it matter?

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COP28: Why a climate adaptation deal is a ‘matter of life or death’

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World predicted to break 1.5°C warming limit for first time in 2024

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Ancient climate analysis suggests CO2 causes more warming than thought

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