Climate Change

Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. In some areas, escalating temperatures are increasing the frequency and likelihood of wildfires and drought. In others, they are making downpours and storms more intense or accelerating the pace of…
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Sri Lanka has proposed the launch of a Climate Justice Forum (CJF) at COP 28 which will be held in the United Arab Emirates, Speaking at the Presidential Media Centre Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed stated that Sri Lanka has proposed…
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Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already facing dangerously high temperatures, the highest level worldwide, as the impact of climate change grows, the United Nations warned Monday. About 460 million children are exposed to…
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After months of wrangling over language on Ukraine, G-20 negotiators are now worried about reaching a consensus over climate change issues ahead of the leaders’ summit in September. The concerns have grown after two G-20 Ministerial…
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in its Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (Target years: 2023-2027), claims that there is a 66% chance that the annual average near-surface temperature will breach the 1.5°C limit for at…
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For much of June the 23m people in and around Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, suffered in temperatures of up to 38°C. Fans and air-conditioners were of little use—the country experienced power cuts on 114 of the first 150 days of this year.…
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The long-touted effects of climate change have made themselves more than evident in recent years with everything from heat waves to floods getting more and more common. Only if we could hold up an “umbrella” that can shield and can reduce…
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Far away from the extreme summer temperatures of the northern hemisphere, Southern Cone countries such as Chile and Argentina are also experiencing record heat, but in the middle of what is supposed to be their winter. On Tuesday, the…
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is not a site "in danger", a UNESCO heritage committee said while warning that the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem remained under "serious threat" from pollution and warming of oceans. In November, the…
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According to a new report, released on Thursday (July 27), by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Asia is the world’s most disaster-prone region and it experienced 81 weather, climate and water-related disasters in 2022. These…
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