カテゴリー: Climate crisis
Touring flood-hit region of Nelson, prime minister says country must do ‘all we can’ to deal with damaging events triggered by a warming climateNew Zealand’s flood- and slip-prone regions do not have the mechanisms in place to cope with rapid environme…
China battling its longest heatwave on record, with energy-intensive industries suspended and dams opened to boost flagging hydropowerChina is scrambling to alleviate power shortages and bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river as…
Climate minister says the aim is to equip people ‘so that when climate events occur their lives can continue’New Zealand has released its first national plan to prepare for the floods, fires and rising seas it expects to be unleashed by the climate cri…
Despite declaring a climate emergency, government is in court defending decision to issue fossil fuel prospecting permits in TaranakiNew Zealand’s government has argued that the climate crisis is of “insufficient weight” to stop it issuing oil and gas…
Knee-deep water leaves roads and homes badly damaged and businesses losing billions of rupees in goods and revenueFlash floods across Pakistan have killed at least 310 people and injured hundreds, with the government issuing warnings of further extreme…
High temperatures expected to continue for at least another week with more than 300 cities forecast to reach 35CA long-running heatwave in China has pushed electricity usage to record levels in some areas and led to blackouts, with warnings that the hi…
The country has been out of the spotlight since US forces left but environmental disasters and the threat of another food crisis should be front-page newsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIf it bleeds, it leads – so goes the media expression –…
In the country’s agricultural heartland, threats posed to villagers across the Global South have collided head-onBefore the morning sun brings the oppressive heat of the day, village cars, once laden with the dry zone’s staple beans, sesame and peanuts…
Claimants say they are experiencing serious negative impacts and demand Swiss-based Holcim pay compensationResidents of an Indonesian island threatened by rising sea levels have begun legal action against the cement producer Holcim.The claim for compen…
Portugal declares ‘state of contingency’ as France, Spain and Morocco also battle fires, while record heat hits China Thousands of people in Portugal, Spain, France and Morocco have been evacuated from their homes as firefighters tackle wildfires cause…
Albanese hails Pacific Island Leaders Forum a success but Fiji’s prime minister says Australia must end its ‘fossil fuel addiction’Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastPacific leaders have welcomed Australia’s “renewed …
At least 86 Chinese cities issue alerts, while temperatures soar in south-west and central US and Iberian peninsulaDangerous heatwaves are engulfing parts of China, Europe, south-west and central US this week, as dozens of cities have found themselves …
One of the poorest countries is experiencing disastrous consequences because of the developed world’s use of fossil fuels, says Prof Steve MartinThis is a moving and disturbing story (‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis i…
Young volunteers are leading rescue teams helping women and girls hardest hit by catastrophic flash floods in SylhetEver since she was a little girl, Amina Ahmed has been afraid of the water. Growing up in Sylhet, north-east of Bangladesh, the heavy ra…
In the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh went from paddies to ponds, letting salt water flood their land. Now millions are left counting the costAsadul Islam peers into his pond in south-west Bangladesh and watches as hundreds of caged crabs float past bene…