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Speaking in a video message to world leaders after ill health prevented her from travelling to the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth II says that 'when nations come together in common cause, there is always room for hope.' IMAGES
Prince Charles is launching the Sustainable Markets Council later this month to help tackle the world's environmental issues.
Queen guitarist would like to see musicians coming together to use their platform to raise awareness for climate change again like the 2007 'Live Earth' concert series.
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
"We do not need more warnings. The dystopian future is already here," UN right chief Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council during the opening its the 54th session in Geneva. Climate change is sparking human rights emergencies in many countries, the UN rights chief added, also decrying widespread "nonchalance" to surging deaths of migrants. SOUNDBITE
In the town of Orotova, Tenerife, the last epicentre of the fires which broke out on the island on Tuesday, is being tackled by the emergency services, who are making gains after better-than-expected weather overnight. Helicopters carrying water dampen the flames as large plumes of smoke can be seen rising from the hillside. IMAGES
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