Debate over climate science, transition away from fossil fuels, electrification and climate finance can begin in earnest as world leaders leave UN summit

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A new song gives Cop31 Eurovision vibes – but how should we score progress so far?

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A new song gives Cop31 Eurovision vibes – but how should we score progress so far?

In this week’s newsletter: The climate summit has a new floor-filler to ‘bring down the heat’, but it may struggle to get countries to sing a different environmental tune

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The sinister power of Friday 13th: how this maligned date affects our lives

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The sinister power of Friday 13th: how this maligned date affects our lives

Property sales that complete on this day have a lower median price. Air fares are cheaper. Weddings are non-existent. And motor collisions increase. How did it become so mired in superstition?

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China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028

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China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028

Decision disappoints experts hoping for world’s biggest emitter to take global lead on climate crisis

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UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis

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UK ministers have no plans to publish explosive report on climate crisis

Andy Burnham’s newly appointed climate adviser used report to warn of national security risk from collapsing ecosystems

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The planet ‘is being killed’, Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 climate summit

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The planet ‘is being killed’, Greta Thunberg tells Cop31 climate summit

Swedish activist criticised world governments for their failure to prevent environmental breakdown

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Obesity: how to stop millions being misdiagnosed - video

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Obesity: how to stop millions being misdiagnosed - video

An alternative to BMI for diagnosing obesity could prevent misdiagnosis in millions of people worldwide, according to doctors who found it more accurately distinguished healthy people from those with harmful excess body fat. Guardian Science editor Ian Sample takes co-host Madeleine Finlay through why BMI is flawed, and how the new framework could improve precision medicine.

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