Environment
COP30 opened in Belém, Brazil, without U.S. participation, as delegates began negotiations amid concerns that fractured global political unity could undermine urgent climate action.
A Norwegian court refused environmental groups' request to halt the Førdefjorden mine waste deposit pending a Supreme Court decision, allowing the project to proceed.
France experienced unusually mild weather and was forecast to see seasonal record highs on Tuesday, Nov. 11, as a southern flow beneath a central European anticyclone brought calm, dry conditions.
UN officials warned at COP30's opening in the Amazon that accepting a breach of the Paris 1.5°C limit would violate the accord and risk famine, conflict and economic turmoil.
Lower Austria eased rules to allow "problem" wolves to be shot after they first approached settlements or killed protected livestock when dispersal efforts had failed.
Ten years after nearly 200 countries signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, global greenhouse-gas emissions had risen overall and national progress remained uneven, with only some countries cutting emissions.
Iran faced its worst drought in decades, leaving 15 of 31 provinces reportedly rainless since autumn and putting more than 16 million people at risk of losing tap water.
Super typhoon Fung-Wong struck the Philippines, forcing more than one million people to evacuate and causing fatalities as it became the second storm to hit the country in a week.
Governments and leaders, including Donald Trump and Norway's government, pushed policies favoring oil and gas and considered halving North Sea climate charges, prompting warnings the Paris 1.5°C goal was lost.
High waves on Tenerife killed at least one person and injured several tourists, including Germans and French, while authorities said visitors ignored warnings and safety barriers.
