UN says world’s climate pledges still ‘nowhere near’ meeting 1.5C goal
[ad_1] Issued on: 26/10/2022 – 22:34 The world’s current climate pledges are far off track to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius and will...
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Pakistan’s dire floods signal global climate crisis, ‘will not stay’ in the country, PM tells UN
[ad_1] Issued on: 24/09/2022 – 09:07Modified: 24/09/2022 – 09:11 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned Friday that his country’s worst-ever floods were a sign of...
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Will the summer of 2022 hasten France’s efforts to fight climate change?
[ad_1] The summer of 2022 was a record-breaking season, marked by several heatwaves, forest fires and severe drought. These extreme weather events seem to have...
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European forest fires further increasing the world’s climate footprint
[ad_1] The multiple forest fires that have been raging in France since the beginning of summer have released record amounts of carbon into the atmosphere, according...
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Jellyfish invasion: Climate change blamed as swarm swamps Israeli coast
[ad_1] Issued on: 26/07/2022 – 15:52Modified: 26/07/2022 – 16:24 A vast swarm of jellyfish has appeared off the coast of Haifa in Israel in recent...
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Brazil prosecutors charge three with murder of British journalist, indigenous expert
[ad_1] Issued on: 24/07/2022 – 11:09 Public prosecutors have charged three individuals with the June murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno...
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How climate change is making extreme weather a regular occurrence
[ad_1] Torrential rains in Japan, record-breaking heatwaves in Europe, and recurring droughts in the western US. For the second year in a row the start of...
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World population to reach 8 billion on November 15, United Nations says
[ad_1] Issued on: 11/07/2022 – 07:30 The world’s population is expected to reach eight billion on November 15, the UN forecast Monday in a report...
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Nearly 1 in 4 of world’s population at risk from severe flooding, says study
[ad_1] Issued on: 30/06/2022 – 02:45 Almost a quarter of the world’s population are exposed to significant flood risks, according to new research published Tuesday,...
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Remains of UK journalist identified as US urges ‘accountability’ over Amazon murders
[ad_1] Issued on: 17/06/2022 – 22:00 The United States on Friday urged accountability over the murder in the Brazilian Amazon of a British journalist and...
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Tobacco industry has ‘devastating’ environmental impact, WHO says
[ad_1] Issued on: 31/05/2022 – 09:38 The tobacco industry is a far greater threat than many realise as it is one of the world’s biggest...
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Some 300 firefighters battling deadly blazes in Russia’s Siberia
[ad_1] Issued on: 07/05/2022 – 14:29Modified: 07/05/2022 – 14:31 Several fires have broken out in southern Siberia, affecting about 200 buildings and causing at least...