Beijing records hottest June day since weather records began as heatwave hits China
Nanjiao weather station in southern Beijing hits 41.1C, half a degree higher than the station’s previous monthly record Beijing logged its hottest June day since...
Category : Climate crisis
Paris finance reforms could untie poor countries’ hands in climate crisis
Changes to the World Bank could unlock developing states access to loans and to the means of staving off disaster The Netherlands has almost the...
UK government under fire for investing overseas aid in fossil fuel firms
Taxpayer’s money also going to companies found to be flouting human rights in Kenya and DRC, says Commons committee The UK government is under attack...
Heavy rains in Canada offer relief from wildfires but could lead to flooding
Crews hope wet weather could be ‘turning point’ after worst start to fire season on record in which area the size of Wales has burned...
‘No one saw this level of devastation coming’: climate crisis worsens in Somalia
Torrential rain, coming on top of the country’s worst drought in four decades, has forced 250,000 people to leave their homes Jamal Ali Abdi has...
Developing country voices ‘locked out of the room’ at UN plastic waste talks
Limits on NGO numbers at Paris summit mean some of those ‘most needing to be heard’ will not feature Scientists and NGOs have accused the...
‘The city was underwater’: quarter of a million Somalis flee flooded homes
Climate crisis a key factor in flash flooding of Beledweyne as rains end drought and Shabelle River breaks its banks Floods have caused almost a...
More than 400 people now confirmed dead after flooding in DRC
About 5,500 people still missing after intense floods and landslides with thousands also left homeless At least 411 people are now known to have died...
Human-driven climate crisis fuelling Horn of Africa drought – study
Region is suffering its worst drought in 40 years after five consecutive years of below-average rainfall The devastating drought in the Horn of Africa would...
Scientists discover pristine deep-sea Galápagos reef ‘teeming with life’
Diving to 600m, researchers find reefs full of octopus, lobster and fish, raising hopes for corals’ survival amid rising sea temperatures Scientists operating a submersible...
