Climate Change
Death toll in Derna may double from 5,300, says minister while UN agency reports estimates of “over 2,000 deaths".
Updated 14 Sep, 2023 08:18am
Report suggests building less is the most valuable option, generating 50-70pc fewer emissions than new construction.
Updated 13 Sep, 2023 10:09am
Lives of around 70pc Pakistanis cut short by five years due to pollution, says report by Fair Finance Pakistan.
Published 07 Sep, 2023 07:35am
Hong Kong raises warning level to T10, the city’s highest; over 880,000 people evacuated; hundreds of flights cancelled across the region.
Updated 02 Sep, 2023 10:31am
In India, the world's most populous country, officials said this August was the hottest and driest since national records began more than a century ago.
Published 01 Sep, 2023 04:28pm
University of Chicago study says pollution more dangerous than smoking, alcohol; Pakistan among top 4 most polluted countries.
Published 29 Aug, 2023 03:06pm
Greek minister says 355 wildfires have broken out since Friday with 209 new blazes in the last 48 hours alone.
Published 23 Aug, 2023 08:28pm
The ban would be effective from Aug 25 and violators would be fined up to Rs10,000.
Published 19 Aug, 2023 06:05am
Nicolai Tangen says manufacturing costs have been rising amid a global push for “nearshoring”.
Published 17 Aug, 2023 07:04am
Death toll expected to rise as over 20 remain trapped or missing.
Updated 14 Aug, 2023 11:11pm
Governor says wildfire "largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history"; says 80pc of Lahaina town is gone.
Updated 11 Aug, 2023 07:27pm
It is important to highlight the need for the interim government to keep climate high on the agenda.
Published 05 Aug, 2023 08:35am
The devastating wildfires have burned some 30 million acres this year so far, incinerating an area larger than the size of Cuba or South Korea.
Published 03 Aug, 2023 03:46pm
Milan residents report torrential rain and hail, while heatwave across south persists with temperatures reaching 47.6°C in Catania.
Updated 26 Jul, 2023 09:33am
The accident occurred as Greece battled wildfires on three major fronts; 34 die in Algeria as wildfires rage through residential areas amid heatwave.
Updated 26 Jul, 2023 09:18am
Experts point finger at climate change driven by burning fossil fuels, saying global warming had a key role in destructive weather.
Updated 20 Jul, 2023 09:37am
WMO says trend of heatwaves “shows no signs of decreasing”; highs of 44C in Spain; 400 firefighters battle wildfires in Canary Islands.
Updated 19 Jul, 2023 09:49am
UN weather agency says it expects temperatures in North America, Asia, North Africa, Mediterranean to be above 40 degrees Celcius this week.
Published 18 Jul, 2023 04:29pm
Mercury reaches 39.7°C in Kiryu city in Gunma prefecture; torrential rains lash northern parts of the country.
Updated 16 Jul, 2023 04:58pm
The Korea Meteorological Administration has forecast more heavy rain through Wednesday, and urged the public to “refrain from going outside”.
Updated 16 Jul, 2023 03:35pm
Heatwaves come after the EU's climate monitoring service said world saw its hottest June on record last month.
Published 15 Jul, 2023 05:30pm
Extreme weather “unfortunately becoming the new normal,” warns World Meteorological Organisation.
Published 14 Jul, 2023 11:42am
Layered sediment at Lake Crawford's bottom single best repository of evidence that a new, challenging chapter in Earth’s history has begun.
Updated 12 Jul, 2023 09:29am
Scientists dub new record "death sentence for people and ecosystems", say it promises to only be first in series of new records this year.
Published 04 Jul, 2023 11:43pm
Ships transport 90pc of the world’s goods and the sector emits around a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases every year.
Published 02 Jul, 2023 07:00am
Global Forest Watch reveals that about 41,000 sq km of tropical rainforest was lost in 2022.
Updated 28 Jun, 2023 10:02am
Climate change will lower global wheat production by 1.9pc by mid-century.
Updated 25 Jun, 2023 08:39am
Many leaders say World Bank and IMF were increasingly ill-suited for tackling the most pressing challenges and needed a broad revamp.
Updated 24 Jun, 2023 09:19am
PM emphasises need for a "fair, equitable and judicious" formula for distribution of financial resources among nations; meets world leaders on moot's sidelines.
Updated 23 Jun, 2023 01:24am
Changing climate will result in 73 more deaths per 100,000 people by the end of the century, says economist Esther Duflo.
Published 22 Jun, 2023 06:58am
