カテゴリー: Climate crisis
It is the third straight year Aotearoa has broken the heat record, while sea surface temperatures were also the warmest everNew Zealand has had its warmest and wettest winter on record, with one meteorologist describing it as “mother nature’s way of ex…
After an increase in the number of days when the mercury rose to at least 35C, 9,000 yellow fibreglass umbrellas will be handed out to children in KumagayaChildren living in Japan’s hottest city will be given specially designed umbrellas to protect the…
Humanitarian workers expect conditions to worsen as monsoon rains continue and say millions face a terrible winterAid workers have appealed for urgent donations to fight the “absolutely devastating” impact of flooding in Pakistan, as new satellite imag…
On the frontline of Britain’s energy bills crisis. Plus: Visions of outer space Get the Guardian Weekly magazine delivered to your home addressThe spiralling cost of living has been an increasingly urgent problem in the UK. But for many people, huge ri…
Donations have poured in from British citizens of Pakistani origin and UK-based charities after destructive monsoon rainsBritish charities and Pakistani diaspora groups have raised at least £1m after devastating floods in the south Asian country have k…
Forest fires, droughts and heatwaves across the country is forcing provinces to reduce power consumptionThere were still some streetlights on the Bund, one of the main roads in central Shanghai. But the decorative lights which light up the city skyline…
The Pakistani people are facing a ‘monsoon on steroids’ said UN secretary general António Guterres, as the country struggles with floods that have killed 1,136, including at least 75 in the last 24 hours. ‘Millions are homeless. Schools and health faci…
Sharif’s climate change minister called the flooding a ‘climate catastrophe’ and said the south Asian nation was ‘paying the price’ for western use of fossil fuelsPakistan is not to blame for a climate crisis-fuelled disaster that has flooded much of t…
Call for emergency funding as nearly half a million people displaced and estimated $10bn damage to economyThe United Nations and Pakistan are to appeal for $160m (£135m) in emergency funding for the nearly half a million people displaced by record-brea…
Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,000 people and affected over 30 million, in a catastrophe that is still unfolding. ‘We are witnessing the worst flooding in the history of the country,’ says Dr Fahad Saeed, a scientist with the Climate Analy…
Weather agencies warn of flooding as analyst warns a winter energy crunch is ‘highly likely’Rain across central China this week is expected to relieve the country’s worst heatwave on record, but weather agencies are now warning of potential floods, whi…
The climate crisis is the prime suspect, but the vulnerability of poor citizens and other factors are important tooThe climate crisis is the prime suspect for the devastating scale of flooding in Pakistan, which has killed more than 1,000 people and af…
Melting glaciers and torrential rains are wrecking lives. Western governments must step up their responseThe harm and distress caused by floods in Pakistan are difficult – if not impossible – to quantify, as a crisis of vast proportions keeps unfolding…
Foreign minister urges countries and IMF to help stricken country after climate change minister speaks of climate ‘catastrophe’Pakistan’s government has appealed for international help to tackle a flooding emergency that has killed more than 1,000 peop…
Operator at North Island’s Mount Ruapehu lays off 130 people, with expert saying climate crisis at least partly to blame for poor snow seasonAn unseasonably warm and wet winter, brought on in part by climate change, has left one of New Zealand’s most p…