Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil
Climate scientists say fossil fuel use needs to fall rapidly – but oil-rich kingdom is working to drive up demand Saudi Arabia is driving a...
Category : Environment
‘We have to work urgently’: Mexican ecologists start campaign to save axolotl
Pollution has tamped population density by 99.5%, but scientists think cultural icon could aid in tissue repair and cancer recovery Ecologists from Mexico’s National Autonomous...
Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta
More than 13,000 Nigerian villagers can bring legal claims against oil firm, rules high court Thousands of Nigerian villagers can bring human rights claims against...
Weather tracker: Ethiopia hit by severe drought amid east Africa floods
More than 50 people dead in Tigray and Amhara regions while UN warns of ‘crisis-level hunger or worse’ in Somalia The regions of Tigray and...
Madagascan heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without human-caused global heating
Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face A record-breaking heatwave in Madagascar in October would...
Zimbabwean ranger brings unloved painted dogs back from brink
Jealous Mpofu wins Tusk’s ranger of the year award for his work with a maligned and misunderstood species When Jealous Mpofu was a boy, he...
Bolsonaro under investigation for ‘harassing’ humpback whale
Man resembling Brazilian ex-president seemingly spotted on a jetski about 15 metres from distressed mammal Federal police are investigating Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, for...
‘Hell de Janeiro’: scorching heat highlights Brazil’s glaring inequality
It felt like 58.5C in Rio on Tuesday – and the soaring, indeed dangerous, temperatures are hitting the poorest hardest The start of summer in...
Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say
Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear All healthcare facilities...
Dominica creates world’s first marine protected area for sperm whales
Nearly 300 sq miles of water on west of Caribbean island to be designated as a reserve for endangered animals The tiny Caribbean island of...