Patuakhali, Bangladesh – AFP An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves. “The severe Cyclone Remal has started crossing the Bangladesh coast,” Bangladesh Meteorological Departmen...
Patuakhali, Bangladesh – AFP At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying nation prepared for crashing waves when a cyclone makes landfall, top government disaster officials said. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the southern coast and parts of neighbouring India ...
Former President Donald Trump’s purported $1 billion election year offer to major oil executives, if accepted, could generate a significant windfall. According to Friends of the Earth Action, Trump’s offer involves campaign funding from oil companies repaid with deregulation and tax relief upon his election. This will result in a $110 billion ...
The world’s largest banks have reportedly funneled a staggering $6.9 trillion into fossil fuel projects since the Paris Agreement, worsening the climate crisis. The annual “Banking on Climate Chaos” report exposes the extent of financial support for oil, gas and coal industries. US giants JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America ...
Washington, United States — AFP Can America’s national parks remain “unimpaired” forever, with their majestic scenery and wildlife unaltered? Global warming makes that impossible, says Wylie Carr, a climate change specialist at the National Park Service. According to Carr, who works on environmental protection at the ag...
Dhaka, Bangladesh — AFP Bangladesh’s weather bureau has said that last month was the hottest April on record, with the South Asian nation and much of the region still enduring a suffocating heatwave. Extensive scientific research has found climate change is causing heatwaves to become longer, more frequent and more intense. The pun...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — AFP Saudi Arabian authorities shuttered schools in several regions as flash floods inundated roads, the latest instance of heavy rains disrupting life in the desert Gulf. AFPTV footage showed partially submerged cars struggling to drive through standing water in the central region of Qassim, one of the areas hit ha...
Turin, Italy – AFP G7 environment ministers gathered in Turin on Monday for two days of talks, as the UN warned “excuses” for failing to take bold actions on climate change were “not acceptable”. The Group of Seven meeting in the northern Italian city is the first big political session since the world pledged at [...
Hissar, Tajikistan — AFP In the hills outside the Tajik capital Dushanbe, shepherd Bakhtior Sharipov was watching over his flock of giant Hissar sheep. The breed, prized for profitability and an ability to adapt to climate change, garners celebrity status in the Central Asian country, which is beset by a shortage of both meat and [&helli...
Edinburgh, United Kingdom – AFP Humza Yousaf announced his resignation as Scotland’s first minister on Monday, before he was due to face two confidence votes this week sparked by his ditching of junior coalition partners in a row over climate policy. The 39-year-old quit following a turbulent year as head of the devolved administra...
