Global Briefing: Climate protest rocks New York during UN General Assembly week

Cecilia Keating
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Tens of thousands of protestors took part in the March to End Fossil Fuels | Credit: Jamie Henn, X
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Tens of thousands of protestors took part in the March to End Fossil Fuels | Credit: Jamie Henn, X

Plus a landmark ruling in favour of Indigenous land rights in Brazil, new EU anti-greenwashing rules, and Kenyan direct air capture news

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York this week to call on the White House to phase out fossil fuels, in what is believed to be the largest climate march recorded worldwide since...

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