Climate Change

Earth endured its hottest August on record, with global temperatures soaring well beyond the key 1.5°C climate threshold, driven primarily by human-caused climate change and intensified by a powerful El Niño, according to the European…
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The latest findings highlighted in a United Nations climate report have renewed concerns that the world is on course to exceed the 1.5°C global warming threshold set as an aspiration under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The prospect has…
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Chinese researchers have linked rising temperatures and rapid glacial retreat on the Tibetan Plateau to the growing risk of glacial lake outburst floods and other disasters, including the deadly glacial collapse reported along the…
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The catastrophic glacier-related disaster in Nepal has once again exposed the growing vulnerability of the Himalayan region to climate change. The August 26 disaster near the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed massive volumes of water, mud and…
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The world is on course to cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold in the coming years, a development that marks a sobering moment for international climate action. But a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says…
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Climate change could increase interactions between humans and wildlife, potentially raising the risk of zoonotic diseases and creating new threats to global public health, according to Prof Dr Rozita Hod, a lecturer with Universiti…
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The catastrophic floods that tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys on August 26 have left behind more than a trail of death and destruction. They have also delivered a stark warning about the changing nature of disasters in a rapidly…
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The world is likely to breach the 1.5°C global warming threshold in the coming years, and crossing the limit could trigger irreversible losses that adaptation measures alone cannot reverse, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)…
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The devastating glacial collapse and flash floods in Nepal have exposed the growing vulnerability of the Hindu Kush Himalayas to climate change, UN climate chief Simon Stiell has warned. The disaster near the Nepal-China border, which…
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Seismic activity may have played a role in triggering the devastating flash flood and avalanche that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 26, while climate change could have contributed to the underlying conditions, according to a UN…
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