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A volunteer stops along a trail while collecting readings from rain gauges as part of a community effort to anticipate heavy rains that could trigger flooding and mudslides, in Quebrada San Antonio de Pedregal, Lima, on Oct. 23.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / ANALYSIS
Nov 11, 2026
Disaster warning systems race to keep pace with galloping climate risks
A rock and ice avalanche and flood in Nepal in August that left thousands of people dead, injured or missing showed that all systems have limits.
Abdul Hafeez Khoso, one of 39 Pakistani farmers pursuing a climate lawsuit against German firms, chants "polluters have to pay" with schoolchildren during an awareness event in Jacobabad in Pakistan's Sindh province on July 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 11, 2026
Pakistani farmers in long fight to make German firms pay for flood damage
The litigation argues the firms’ emissions contributed to climate change and turbo-charged rain that wiped out farmers’ crops, livestock and homes.
Trucks transporting coal from the coal mine near Milas, Turkey, on Oct. 29
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 10, 2026
‘Pit of hell’: Turkish mother and daughter lead fight against coal mine
For nearly a decade, Isik and her daughter have thrown themselves into protesting against mining projects slowly ravaging Mugla province in Turkey.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Nov. 3. The strait's closure played a role in driving emissions down.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 10, 2026
Fossil fuel emissions fall due to Iran war and renewables, research shows
By Laurent Thomet
The expected annual drop would be the first since 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed the global economy, trade and transport.
Kenyan researchers from a Save the Elephants research camp operate a surveillance drone, as environmental groups around the world adopt AI to analyze climate data, track forest fires and count endangered wildlife, at the Samburu National Reserve in Samburu County, Kenya, on Nov. 4.
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 9, 2026
Environmental groups embrace AI, even as they warn of data center impacts
By Valerie Volcovici
The contradiction is forcing organizations to justify their AI use in carrying out missions to combat climate change or protect natural resources.
People walk past a #COP31 sign near the entrance to the Antalya Expo Center on Sunday ahead of the opening of the U.N. climate conference.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 9, 2026
COP31 to open in Turkey, with climate goals under pressure from war and AI
A United Nations Environment Program report said the world is already set to overshoot 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial times.
Solar panels on display at the Kaptan Bazar in Dhaka on Oct. 27
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 5, 2026
Bustling market in Dhaka shows shift to solar triggered by Middle East war
From the Philippines to Pakistan and Nigeria, people are turning to solar and batteries to cut utility bills or just keep lights and machinery on.
An election night event for former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat from Alaska and U.S. Senate candidate, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday
ENVIRONMENT
Nov 5, 2026
What the Democratic U.S. midterm sweep means for climate and clean energy
By Zahra Hirji
After a historic election win Tuesday, Democrats are expected to step up scrutiny of the Trump administration’s record on the environment.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 19 last year. Lula will also attend COP31, which will take place from Nov. 9 to 20 in Antalya, Turkey.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 4, 2026
Ahead of COP31, Brazil offers a global fossil fuel exit plan
The Brazilian roadmap calls for countries to shift away from oil, gas and coal on a voluntary basis.
A wind turbine at sunrise on Oct. 20 in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province in Laos. The turbine is part of Laos' 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 2, 2026
Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables push
Experts say wind is set to take off and point to Laos’ Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025, as a bankable case study.
A French cereal farmer spreads nitrogen fertilizer white pellets on a wheat field in Larchant, France, in May. While nitrogen gas is harmless and makes up 78% of the air we breathe, human activities have dramatically increased the production and release into the environment of various forms of reactive nitrogen.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Nov 1, 2026
What a Japanese scientist says can be done about the climate’s nitrogen problem
By Tomoko Otake
While nitrogen gas is harmless, the production of fertilizers used to feed the world converts it into reactive nitrogen, and that comes with a cost.
Rows of the air conditioning compressors installed on the rear of buildings at Boat Quay in Singapore on Aug. 26
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / FOCUS
Nov 1, 2026
‘Air-con nation’ Singapore eyes alternatives to cool down
The city-state has the highest per-capita air conditioner ownership rate in Southeast Asia, with about 99% of private residences equipped with cooling units.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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