Climate Change

A new study highlights the possible impact of climate change on coastal wetlands 50 years or longer into the future. Usually, researchers have to depend on computer models to show the long-term effects of rising seas. However, unexpected…
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The United Nations secretary-general has warned that climate chaos and food crises are increasing threats to global peace. Antonio Guterres told the UN security council that climate disasters imperil food production and “empty bellies fuel…
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Following the UN’s COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom. The former Soviet republic of 10 million people brimming with…
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The IEA Ministerial started on the 13th of February, 2024, and runs for three days. CAN is calling out the lack of civil society representation at these events. The IEA has failed to champion any voices from the environmental, climate or…
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Some polar bears face starvation as the Arctic sea ice melts because they are unable to adapt their diets to living on land, scientists have found. The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ringed seals that they catch on ice floes…
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The Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority has been issuing frequent avalanche warnings in the higher reaches of Kashmir, advising people to take precautions and avoid venturing to the avalanche prone areas. On February 8, a…
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Extreme rainfall events (over 15 cm a day) have quadrupled in frequency over Bangladesh, India's Meghalaya plateau (Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills) and surrounding areas (Assam) from 1950 to 2021 as a result of climate change, a new research…
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Protesters hurled soup at a Monet painting on Saturday in a museum in southeast France, the latest action by a campaign group that pulled a similar stunt on the Mona Lisa last month. The Musee des Beaux-Arts in France's third largest city…
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The Aral Sea, an endorheic lake located between Kazakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south, has nearly disappeared. Once filled with fish and blue water, it was considered one of the largest inland water bodies. However, due to…
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For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service. World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help…
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