Cop27: Brazil, Indonesia and DRC sign rainforests pact – live
Monday is water and gender day at the climate conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt We’ve been reporting a lot on the lack of...
Category : Environment
Egypt shuts down event spaces on first Monday of Cop27 in blow to NGOs
Groups say cancellations could restrict debate as host country tightens security for opening days Civil society organisations and governments may have to cancel events at...
Weather tracker: Nigeria flooding and US blows hot and cold
Authorities partly blamed after months of deadly flooding in African nation; jet stream causes temperature divide in US Nigeria has found itself at the centre...
‘Nature is striking back’: flooding around the world, from Australia to Venezuela
Heavy rain and rising waters continue to take a deadly toll in countries including Nigeria, Thailand and Vietnam It has been a drenched 2022 for...
Severe drought torments British Columbia, a year after devastating floods
Lack of rainfall takes toll on Canada’s ‘wet coast’ as experts warn of further extreme weather events fueled by climate change Nearly a year ago,...
Bolivian gold miners push into national park despite country’s green rhetoric
Mining co-ops – with oversize influence in the government – are moving into the Amazon’s Madidi national park The footage is jerky, perhaps shot covertly....
Billionaire Mo Ibrahim attacks ‘hypocrisy’ over Africa’s gas
Telecoms entrepreneur says continent’s people should be allowed to use their vast reserves One of Africa’s richest entrepreneurs, the telecoms billionaire Mo Ibrahim, has criticised...
Weather tracker: deadly rainstorm hits Crete
At least two people dead on Greek island after torrential rain. Elsewhere, cold snap grips swathe of US At least two people have been killed...
UK joins calls for World Bank reform to focus funding on climate crisis
Alok Sharma’s intervention puts pressure on Trump-appointed Bank chief who faces calls to resign The UK has joined calls for sweeping reforms to the World...
Shanghai says water supplies ‘normal’ after shortage scare sparks hoarding
People rush to stockpile bottled water amid emergency measures at reservoirs after record drought A wave of panic buying has swept Shanghai in recent days,...
