GENEVA (AA/AFP) – Humanity now faces an 80 percent chance that Earth’s temperatures will at least temporarily exceed the key 1.5-degree Celsius mark during the next five years, the UN predicted Wednesday. The global mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2024 and 2028 is predicted to be between 1.1 C and 1.9 C higher [...
ANKARA (AA) – The opening ceremony of the UN Bonn Climate Change Conference had to be suspended for a while as two Free Palestine movement demonstrators took the stage to protest continuing Israeli attacks on Gaza. Climate talks in Bonn, Germany, were disrupted as the activists raised a Palestinian flag and a banner with the […]
Kolkata, India — AFP A powerful cyclone that smashed into low-lying Bangladesh and India killed at least 65 people, including in torrential rain storms in its wake, state government officials and media have reported. Cyclone Remal, which made landfall on Sunday evening with fierce gales and crashing waves, moved slowly inland causing flo...
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...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 14 people were killed when heavy floods and landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, with a population of about 20,000, according to state media. Torrential rain caused flooding which reached up to three meters (10 feet) in height in some areas, Antara News said, citing the National Agency for Disaster Man...
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...
