Most casualties have been from roof collapses, while some 600 houses have been damaged or destroyed, authorities say. At least 33 people have been killed over three days of heavy rains and flash flooding in Afghanistan, according to the government’s disaster management department. “From Friday onwards, because of the rains there were flash floods which …
The demonstration was organised to protest against fossil fuel subsidies in the Netherlands. Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in the Netherlands, after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road to protest against fossil fuel subsidies. Police said more than 400 people were arrested on Saturday, …
In 2023, Bangladesh recorded the worst air quality of 134 countries monitored by the Swiss climate group, IQAir. Pakistan and India were close behind, with the report showing that South Asia suffers from the worst pollution in the world overall. Here are some insights from the report and what it tells us about the South …
After logging in the warmest year on record in 2023, the world in January marked another morbid milestone with global temperatures in January reaching higher than ever, EU scientists confirmed Thursday. This is the eighth month in a row that was the warmest on record for the respective month of the year, the European Union’s …
New report says climate change responsible for draining rivers, wreaking havoc on biodiversity and communities. Climate change, and not El Nino, was the primary driver of the unprecedented drought last year in the Amazon rainforest that caused rivers to dry up, required deliveries of essential supplies to river communities and resulted in the deaths of …
New Orleans, Louisiana – On a thin strip of land that winds along the Mississippi River, crabber James Kim gently touches his last surviving orange tree. It’s a warm, clear October afternoon, but the tree’s fruit is marred by soft green spots. “We planted 20 of them,” says Kim, gesturing behind him to the empty …
Swedish activist held at protest against the influence of the fossil fuel industry on UK and global climate politics. Greta Thunberg has been detained by UK police at a climate protest outside a London hotel hosting a major oil and gas industry conference. Thunberg was among dozens of protesters who chanted “oily money out” and …
Bradford, England – The United Kingdom has witnessed a summer of civil disobedience where an unprecedented number of “guerilla” tactics and protests at major sporting events – most of them climate group campaigners and activists – have exploded across the country. As United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that “climate breakdown has begun”, the World …
EXPLAINER Africa contributes just 4 percent of global carbon emissions despite being the continent that will suffer the most from climate change. African leaders and delegates are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya this week for the continent’s first climate summit. The 2023 African Climate Summit, from September 4 to 6 and co-hosted by the African Union, …
The fire that began near the city of Alexandroupolis quickly spread across the Evros region, killing at least 20 people. A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said. Eleven aeroplanes …