Beyond the Oil Age | Mining
The dark side of ‘green energy’ : The real cost of cobalt mining in the DRC and how it impacts the nation’s environment. From smartphones…
Saying the stakes could not be higher, Newsom to speak at Vatican climate summit
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking his climate change advocacy overseas next month to the epicenter of Catholicism, where he was invited to speak at…
Bangladesh reopens schools even as heatwave alert extended by three days | Climate Crisis News
Average maximum temperatures in Dhaka over the past week have been 4-5 degrees Celsius higher than the 30-year average. Millions of students have returned to…
At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa | Climate Crisis News
More than 200,000 people and 51,000 households have been affected by the rains, Tanzania’s prime minister said. Flooding and landslides in Tanzania caused by weeks…
China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south | Climate Crisis News
China is facing increasingly extreme weather events as climate change takes its toll. China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as heavy rain continues to…
Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO | Climate News
World Meteorological Organization says floods and storms were leading cause of casualties and economic losses as impact of heatwaves becomes more severe. Asia was the…
Highest-level rainstorm warning issued in south China’s Guangdong | Floods News
The Chinese government has issued its highest-level rainstorm warning and evacuated more than 100,000 people as rain continues to lash the south of the country.…
Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023 | Climate Crisis News
New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast as the global average. Europe is increasingly facing bouts of…
Turtles swimming to extinction in Malaysia as male hatchlings feel heat | Climate Crisis News
Redang Island, Malaysia – Under a full moon, a bulbous creature emerges from the South China Sea onto a quiet beach on the Malaysian island…
Dystopia of Seoul | Climate Crisis
Vivaldi’s, Four Seasons, re-composed by AI using 2050 climate data to create a disturbing musical performance in Seoul. Antonio Vivaldi published, The Four Seasons, in…
Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands | Tourism News
Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands to demand changes…
Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate change: Study | Climate Crisis News
Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence. Human-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal…
World’s coral reefs face global bleaching crisis | Climate Crisis
NewsFeedA mass bleaching event caused by high ocean temperatures is threatening the survival of coral reefs around the world. It is the fourth such event…
After the Hurricane | Climate Crisis
The effect the carbon footprint of rich countries is having on developing nations who enjoy very few of the benefits. There can be no denying…
Why is Germany maintaining economic ties with China? | Business and Economy
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been on a three-day visit to China in a bid to shore economic ties. Germany is China’s biggest European trade…
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers worst bleaching on record | Environment News
The 2,300km (1,429-mile) reef is in its fifth mass bleaching event since 2016 with aerial surveys showing the scale of damage. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef,…
Ecuador declares energy emergency amid severe regional drought and El Niño | Climate News
Colombia has stopped electricity exports to Ecuador as both countries grapple with diminished hydroelectric reservoirs. A drought fuelled by the El Niño weather phenomenon has…
Coral reefs around the world experiencing mass bleaching, scientists say | Climate News
Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world’s colourful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists say has…
Inside the pressures facing Quebec’s billion-dollar maple syrup industry | Business and Economy News
Saint-Urbain-Premier, Quebec, Canada – In clear safety glasses and heavy beige overalls, Jean-Francois Touchette is in his element. All around him are pipes, tubes, temperature…
Mass evacuations as floods in Russia’s Kurgan region set to peak | Floods News
Kurgan and Tyumen regions of Russia, and parts of Kazakhstan, are threatened by some of the worst flooding in history. Authorities in Russia are warning…