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• UN chief says 'immediate and drastic' emissions cuts needed to avert climate change catastrophe

  Global leaders at the COP31 summit face mounting challenges as environmental collapse increasingly threatens international stability, hunger levels, and resource security. Deep divisions persist over whether to enforce renewable energy mandates while vulnerable nations demand substantial financial aid to withstand intensifying natural disasters. Addressing these interconnected crises requires developed countries to dramatically scale up funding beyond their existing, unfulfilled commitments.

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• Can pornography help save Tasmania’s rainforests? Kirsha Kaechele hopes so

  A subscription platform called OnlyFerns is channeling adult content revenue to pay Tasmanian forestry laborers to build eco-infrastructure rather than harvest old-growth trees. Backed by the Museum of Old and New Art, the project seeks to bridge longstanding tensions between conservationists and timber workers without reducing paid labor. However, direct financial cooperation with logging personnel has prompted scrutiny from environmental organizations.

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• What could El Niño mean for winter weather in the US and Canada?

  Pacific trade winds are weakening and pushing warm ocean water eastward, shifting the jet stream to reshape seasonal conditions across the continent. This powerful system is poised to trigger severe flooding along the southern tier of the United States while leaving northern regions unusually mild and parched. The stark divide threatens coastal infrastructure with erosion while raising longer-term drought concerns elsewhere.

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