Climate Change

A new report by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has revealed that sand and dust storms — long considered a localized nuisance — are now a deadly global threat, contributing to millions of premature deaths each year due to…
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Climate change is an unfolding catastrophe for Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific nation of nine coral islands, now at risk of becoming uninhabitable within decades. As rising sea levels threaten to swallow the country by 2050, nearly a third of its…
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The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO is set to announce its latest additions to the World Heritage list this week, with contenders ranging from prehistoric caves and marine ecosystems to former sites of repression and biodiverse…
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While air conditioning provides essential comfort during hot and humid weather, improper usage can have adverse effects on your health. Overcooling, prolonged exposure to artificial cold, and poor indoor air quality are some of the common…
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On the final day of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, leaders of the emerging economies bloc called on wealthy nations to take greater responsibility for financing the global fight against climate change. They emphasized that developed…
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More than 150 years ago, scientists uncovered the greenhouse effect, and by 1896, the first paper linking atmospheric carbon dioxide to climate change was published. Yet, it wasn’t until the mid-20th century that human…
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With forecasters predicting an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season—six to ten hurricanes, up to half of them potentially major—millions living along coastal regions face heightened risk. But emergency officials emphasize that…
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A new United Nations report warns that extreme droughts, intensified by global heating and El Niño, have caused widespread wildlife deaths across Africa and the Amazon between 2023 and 2025. The joint study by the UN Convention to Combat…
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Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader Priyank Kharge has sparked a fresh political storm by calling for a ban on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), labelling it a "threat to the constitutional fabric of India." His remarks have…
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The United Nations’ top human rights official, Volker Türk, on Monday urged the international community to confront the escalating human rights crisis triggered by climate change, warning that current global efforts fall far short.…
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