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‘It used to be like heaven’: the Iraq wetlands decimated by the climate crisis – in pictures
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The people of the Hawizeh marshes of southern Iraq have an ancient history living in the world’s most unique and biod...

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2023/jan/23/iraq-wetlands-hawizeh-marshes-climate-crisis-in-pictures

Climate crisis and neglect threaten Spain’s saffron crop
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Growers fear a perfect storm for a tradition that has long bound rural communities togetherA sharp wind shunts clouds across the low and endless skies of La Mancha as Carlos Fernández stoops to pluck the last mauve flowers of the season from the...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/climate-crisis-and-neglect-threaten-spains-saffron-crop

Trend to mend: cost of living crisis puts darning back in vogue
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John Lewis says sewing shows and eco-awareness have pushed up haberdashery sales of thread, patc...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/21/trend-to-mend-cost-of-living-crisis-puts-darning-back-in-vogue

‘Inside we are all struggling’: storm-bruised California begins recovery
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The long road to rebuilding is just beginning in the rain-pummeled state as assessments reveal damage worth millionsMud oozed and swirled under the wheels of Darren Saut...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/california-begins-recovery-after-storm-joe-biden-visit

The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities
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Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where land stewards lose out, say local leadersRevealed: ‘over 90% of rainforest offsets...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/21/amazon-indigenous-communities-carbon-offsetting-pirates-aoe

Colombia announces halt on new oil and gas exploration at Davos
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The minister for mines, Irene Vélez, told world leaders the country will shift away from fossil fuels to begin a greener chapterColombia’s leftwing government has announced that it will not approve any new oil and...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/colombia-stop-new-oil-gas-exploration-davos