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The rapidly drying marshes of Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province. AFP
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The Kuwait Towers are shrouded amid a sandstorm. The world has seen more extreme weather in the past decade, with the Gulf witnessing cyclones, flooding and extreme heat. EPA
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A formerly sunken boat sits upright on the shore of Lake Mead, Nevada, where water levels have dropped. EPA
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Homes surrounded by floodwater in Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province earlier this year. AP Photo
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Steam rises from a coal-fired power plant near Grevenbroich, Germany. AP Photo
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Activists display prints replicating solar panels during a rally to mark Earth Day in Washington. AP Photo
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A glacier, which has lost most of its ice in the past few years, on Mount Zugspitze, Germany. AP Photo
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A bucket wheel excavator mining coal at an open-cast mine in Luetzerath, Germany. AP Photo
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Climate activists form a human chain spelling out '100% renewable', at Cop21 in Paris in 2015. AP
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US president George W Bush and first lady Barbara Bush sign a pledge to protect the Earth in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. AP Photo
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Extinction Rebellion activists holds placards at Cop26 last year in Glasgow, Scotland. AP Photo
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Demonstrators hold banners calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. AP Photo
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An artwork entitled 'One Heart One Tree' by Naziha Mestaoui is displayed on the Eiffel Tower before the 2015 Paris climate conference. AP Photo
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A woman works at a coal depot in Ahmedabad, India, in May. AP Photo
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Plastic waste on the banks of the Nile in Cairo in September. AP Photo
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Steam rises from a coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Germany. AP Photo
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Lake Poopo, home to the Uru Murato indigenous community in Bolivia, has largely become a desert. AFP
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US firefighters battle a blaze near Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 2011. AP Photo
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Cars on motorway in Frankfurt, Germany. Vehicle emissions are a contributor to climate change. AP Photo
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The rapidly drying marshes of Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province. AFP
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The Kuwait Towers are shrouded amid a sandstorm. The world has seen more extreme weather in the past decade, with the Gulf witnessing cyclones, flooding and extreme heat. EPA
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A formerly sunken boat sits upright on the shore of Lake Mead, Nevada, where water levels have dropped. EPA
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Homes surrounded by floodwater in Pakistan's south-western Baluchistan province earlier this year. AP Photo
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Steam rises from a coal-fired power plant near Grevenbroich, Germany. AP Photo
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Activists display prints replicating solar panels during a rally to mark Earth Day in Washington. AP Photo
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A glacier, which has lost most of its ice in the past few years, on Mount Zugspitze, Germany. AP Photo
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A bucket wheel excavator mining coal at an open-cast mine in Luetzerath, Germany. AP Photo
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Climate activists form a human chain spelling out '100% renewable', at Cop21 in Paris in 2015. AP
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US president George W Bush and first lady Barbara Bush sign a pledge to protect the Earth in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. AP Photo
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Extinction Rebellion activists holds placards at Cop26 last year in Glasgow, Scotland. AP Photo
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Demonstrators hold banners calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. AP Photo
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An artwork entitled 'One Heart One Tree' by Naziha Mestaoui is displayed on the Eiffel Tower before the 2015 Paris climate conference. AP Photo
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A woman works at a coal depot in Ahmedabad, India, in May. AP Photo
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Plastic waste on the banks of the Nile in Cairo in September. AP Photo
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Steam rises from a coal-fired power plant Niederaussem, Germany. AP Photo
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Lake Poopo, home to the Uru Murato indigenous community in Bolivia, has largely become a desert. AFP
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US firefighters battle a blaze near Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 2011. AP Photo
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Cars on motorway in Frankfurt, Germany. Vehicle emissions are a contributor to climate change. AP Photo
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The rapidly drying marshes of Chibayish in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province. AFP
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