KARACHI, PAKISTAN – (AA): Heavy rains along with flash floods and windstorms have claimed 298 lives across Pakistan since June 1. Torrential downpours struck almost the entire country, including Pakistan administered (Azad) Kashmir, triggering landslides and flashfloods, and washing away bridges, houses, and animals. Almost 9,000 homes h...
GENEVA (AA) – Described as “unprecedented, frightening, and apocalyptic,” the ongoing heat wave in Europe has claimed more than 1,700 lives in Portugal and Spain alone, the regional chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The situation points again to the “desperate need for pan-European action to effectively tackle climat...
ANKARA (AA) – Despite some positive developments towards reducing carbon emissions, global efforts need to be accelerated, as progress has been too limited and slow, according to the president of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP26. In an email interview with Anadolu Agency, Alok Sharma stressed that ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Army and paramilitary troops were called in to join the relief and rescue operations after fresh rain spells and flash floods inundated most parts of Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Monday. Another five people lost their lives in rain-related accidents in Karachi, home to 20 million people, as widespread...
GENEVA (AA) – The UK and World Health Organization have launched a new health and climate change platform to help countries realize pledges made at last year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). The Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate Change and Health (ATACH) held its first meeting on June 27 in its quest to achieve [...
Eight million people have been affected by historic flooding in Bangladesh and India that has left 75 people dead. Trains have been flipped by landslides and a lack of telecommunication services has made it difficult to fully assess the extent of the damage. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society aims to help with resettlement efforts. The [&hell...
PARIS (AA) – Australia’s newly elected premier pledged to rebuild the country’s bilateral relationship with France on “trust and respect,” after ties between the two countries declined to a nadir under his predecessor, according to a statement from the Elysee palace in Paris on Thursday. In a phone call, French Pr...
KARACHI, Pakistan/NEW DELHI, India – Rising temperatures- a direct result of climate change- are aggravating water, food, and biodiversity insecurity in Pakistan and India, which may worsen in the years to come, according to environmentalists based in the region. An intense heatwave is currently sweeping through the two nuclear-armed nei...
ANKARA – Despite declines in deaths from household air and water pollution, pollution still kills more than 9 million each year, or one in six deaths worldwide, according to recent research. “Over the past two decades, deaths caused by the modern forms of pollution have increased by 66%, driven by industrialisation, uncontrolled ur...
ISTANBUL – China, the US and India must take more decisive steps in the face of challenges in reaching net-zero emissions targets as they are responsible for more than half of all global emissions, according to experts. The most important commitment of governments to limit global warming to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level is to […]...
