カテゴリー: Climate crisis
Marshallese are looking for ways to stay connected to their home as climate change and poor economic prospects force them to leaveEvery summer when Tony Paul was a child in Kwajalein, an atoll in the Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands, his parents …
In the second instalment in a series of diaries about Cyclone Gabrielle’s aftermath in New Zealand, Anna Rankin describes the fears, rumours and unexpected effects of a lack of internet in the town of WairoaMy Cyclone Diary: The day we watched the floo…
After months of extreme heat, Wuhan has registered spring temperatures of 26C, while Beijing and surrounding cities hit 25CTemperatures in more than a dozen Chinese cities have hit record seasonal highs this week, with central China’s Wuhan and Zhengzh…
Wave of permits for coal-fired power plants sparks concern as ambitions for GDP growth and lowering emissions come into conflictChina’s energy policies are fast creating a type of “emissions ambiguity”, as the twin goals of boosting GDP growth and redu…
James Shaw says country is entering ‘period of consequences’ for inaction over climate change as extreme weather wreaks havoc across the North IslandFull report: cyclone devastates North IslandCyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand – in picturesTell us:…
This blog is now closedFull report: cyclone devastates North IslandMinister delivers furious speech about ‘lost decades spent bickering’ over climate crisisCyclone Gabrielle batters New Zealand – in picturesTell us: have you been affected by Cyclone Ga…
Forced to endure a ‘humiliating’ life in tent cities, waiting for stagnant waters to recede, villagers say they have been abandonedSeveral times a week, Manzoor Ali wakes with a faint hope in his heart and walks from the camp on the outskirts of Dadu, …
International funders join Pakistan PM and UN secretary general in Geneva to agree recovery plan following ‘monsoon on steroids’The international community has promised more than $9bn (£7.4bn) to help Pakistan rebuild after last summer’s catastrophic f…
Climate disasters continue to ravage our country – more international aid is urgently needed to save millions from miseryMuhammad Shehbaz Sharif is the prime minister of PakistanThe apocalyptic rains and floods that hit Pakistan last summer claimed 1,7…
From Ukraine developments and China’s Covid surge to renewable energy and hope for the AmazonA near-inevitable global recession sparked by a lengthening war in Europe’s frozen east; an energy crisis coupled with soaring inflation; Covid-19 finally runn…
With the deadly devastation fresh in the world’s mind, Pakistan pushed for damage funds with other frontline countriesIn early September, after unprecedented rainfall had left a third of Pakistan under water, its climate change minister set out the cou…
Developing countries demand agreement on loss and damage fund as leaders criticise gaps in climate draft Continue reading…
Critics says India’s plans to increase coal production to 1bn tonnes a year are environmentally devastating and unnecessary Cop27 live – latest news updatesThree days before India’s environment minister boarded a flight to Egypt for this year’s UN clim…
Rahul Raina splits his year between his homes in Oxford and Delhi, cities where the fallout from the climate crisis is being felt in starkly different waysThis feature is part of the Between two worlds seriesThe most recent battle in a long history of …
Indian campaigners join global delegation representing one billion children affected by climate crisis• Cop27 live – latest news updates“Nobody else will jump into the fire to save a child besides a mother,” says Bhavreen Kandhari, the co-founder of Wa…