Venezuela floods kill 25 after month’s worth of rain falls in eight hours
At least 52 missing as military and rescue personnel searched for survivors At least 25 people died and 52 were missing after five small rivers...
Category : Environment
UK’s lost leadership role hurts Somalia’s fight against famine, says drought envoy
Britain is no longer the key humanitarian player and ‘great ally’ it once was, says envoy trying to get support for Somalia’s drought The UK...
Amazon loses London-sized area of rainforest in a month with Bolsonaro’s reign under threat
Large area destroyed in September, as environmental criminals raced to wreck the region before possible change of president Amazon deforestation has soared ahead of Brazil’s...
Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants
New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentence A New York City man...
UN body reaches long-term aviation climate goal of net zero by 2050
Decision described as a compromise by several European countries who wanted a more ambitious target A United Nations body has agreed to a long-term aspirational...
‘I have a voice’: African activists struggle to attend UN climate talks in Egypt
Young campaigners from the continent most affected by the climate crisis face financial and accreditation difficulties for Cop27 African climate activists from some of the...
African countries urge rich nations to honour $100bn climate finance pledge
Ministers rebuke ‘shameful’ failure to meet funding promises for poorer countries to cope with climate crisis ahead of Cop27 summit Ministers and high-ranking officials of...
Drone footage shows orcas chasing and killing great white shark
Scientists say behaviour, filmed in South Africa, has never been seen in detail before – and never from the air Scientists have published findings confirming...
‘Shocking blow to Indigenous land rights’ as court dismisses Maasai herder claim
Herders lodge appeal against ruling in their case against the Tanzanian government, which they say is violently evicting them from ancestral land Lawyers for Maasai...
Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda
Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero The Egyptian government, host of the next UN climate summit, has warned...
