Zambia’s Kariba Dam crisis is one of inequality | Climate Crisis
As discussions at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku over how to finance climate action remain gridlocked, Southern Africans are learning that some…
Philippines evacuates thousands as Super Typhoon Man-yi nears | Weather News
President Marcos directs government to prepare for ‘worst-case scenario’, with millions at risk from storm surges.The Philippines has ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands…
Top polluting cities revealed as activists fume at COP29 fossil fuel lobby | Climate Crisis News
Oil giants commit $500m for sustainable energy, but campaigners say lobbyists have seized control of climate talks.Cities in Asia and the United States emit the…
What action can developing nations take to tackle the climate crisis? | Climate Crisis
Financing is one of the main sticking points at the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan.Climate scientists meeting in Azerbaijan are setting new targets to cut emissions…
‘Dante’s inferno’: Wildfires scorch New York amid historic drought | Climate Crisis News
Brooklyn, New York – An incinerated, rusty microwave, the charred skeleton of a lawn chair, a pile of melted clothes, and singed scraps of the…
New storm bears down on the Philippines after Typhoon Usagi wrecked havoc | Weather News
Another dangerous storm is barrelling towards the Philippines, threatening an area where dozens of people were killed by flash floods and landslides just weeks ago,…
Tropical Storm Sara forms in Caribbean, threatening Central America | Weather News
The late season storm is forecast to bring heavy rains to flood-prone Central America before moving east towards the US.A new tropical storm in the…
India’s capital New Delhi shuts all primary schools as air quality worsens | Climate News
The pollution in New Delhi is likely to stay ‘severe’ on Friday, after which it will improve to ‘very poor’.India’s capital New Delhi has ordered…
COP 29: Developed economies must learn to prioritise lives over profits | Climate
The flash floods that overwhelmed Spain’s eastern Valencia region two weeks ago were the deadliest natural disaster in the country’s living memory. The Spanish government…
Countries at COP29 urged to invest trillions to cope with climate change | Climate Crisis News
Report urges $6.5 trillion annual investment in climate action by 2030 to meet targets and avoid future costs.Countries need to invest more than $6 trillion…
World’s largest coral discovered in Pacific near Solomon Islands | Climate Crisis News
Scientists have found the largest coral in the world near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a gigantic organism that can be seen…
COP29 host Azerbaijan brands oil and gas ‘gift from God’ | Climate News
President Aliyev accuses West of hypocrisy for criticising country’s fossil-fuel dependence while buying its oil & gas.Azerbaijan’s president has branded oil and gas a “gift…
Fifth storm in less than a month bears down on the Philippines | Floods News
The Philippines issued new weather warnings as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago, days after thousands were evacuated before…
Refugees on front lines of global climate crisis, warns UN | Climate Crisis News
Climate hazards helping to double the number of displaced people to 120 million, UNHCR reports.Climate change is helping to drive a rising refugee crisis, adding…
Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29 | Climate Crisis News
US climate envoy John Podesta has called on governments to believe in the United States’ clean energy economy, saying President-elect Donald Trump can slow but…
Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories | Environment News
The blaze kills one parks employee and prompts air quality alerts. Meanwhile California wildfire semi-contained.Fire crews in the United States are working to contain large…
Will COP29 yield a viable agreement on climate change? | Climate Crisis
Delegates gather in Azerbaijan for UN climate conference.Leaders from around the world are meeting to address the climate crisis. Azerbaijan is hosting this year’s United…
COP29 Azerbaijan: What’s at stake at the 2024 global climate summit? | Climate Crisis News
The UN annual climate summit is now under way in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, with thousands of representatives from the world converging in the South Caucasus…
COP29 opens in Azerbaijan for talks centred on climate funding | Climate Crisis News
The annual United Nations climate summit has started in Azerbaijan, with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather…
The devastation brought by Spain’s floods of the century | Floods
Twelve days have passed since catastrophic flash floods carved a muddy scar through eastern Spain, killing more than 200 people and soiling the homes of thousands more.…