Climate Change

In a stark reminder of the escalating climate crisis, the Persian Gulf region experienced a severe heat wave this month, with temperatures and humidity levels reaching nearly intolerable conditions. On July 7, 2024, the AccuWeather…
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Brasil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen led the signing of a landmark agreement during the G20 Finance Track ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The Climate Partnership brings together the two…
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In the unrelenting heat of Morocco’s Middle Atlas, people were sleeping on rooftops. Hanna Ouhbour needed refuge too, but she was outside a hospital waiting for her diabetic cousin who was in a room without air conditioning. On Wednesday,…
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Britain failed to set proper objectives in its climate adaptation strategy, environmental campaigners argued on Tuesday in a case which relies on a landmark recent ruling by Europe’s top human rights court. Friends of the Earth is taking…
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Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. Taiwan, the Philippines and then China were…
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UNFCCC COP 29 President Designate Mukhtar Babayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources, has published a letter presenting the incoming Presidency’s vision “to enhance ambition and enable action” and outlining pathways to…
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The COP Presidencies Troika (UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil) have invited early movers to submit improved, ambitious nationally determined contributions (NDCs) that are in keeping with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree C goal to announce their…
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. The Climate Change Bill aims to enable South Africa…
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European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service claimed that Sunday, July 21, was the hottest day ever recorded with global average surface air temperature reaching 17.09 degrees Celsius, according to their preliminary data. The…
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The current global approach to dealing with climate change is flawed because it doesn’t recognise trade-offs to climate action, the Economic Survey for 2023-24 released July 22 said, underlining that developed countries should take the lead…
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