カテゴリー: Climate crisis
The Philippines is one of the countries most at risk of the climate emergency due to its low-lying island geography. With sea temperatures rising, the country deals with increasingly frequent and intense typhoons, rising sea-levels that threaten coasta…
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must cut emissions ‘for the happiness of your people’The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the healt…
Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their future should beOn the night of 15 May this year, the…
As summer went on, the temperature climbed and climbed. Every day became harder. This is Neha’s storyLocation Manesar, IndiaDisaster Indian heatwave, 2024Neha is 25 years old and works for a large multinational company at a warehouse in Manesar, Haryan…
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensityChina’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s bigg…
James Marape skipped the meeting last year in protest but will attend Cop30 due to ‘encouraging signs’ on climate financePapua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has criticised Cop climate summits as “long on talk and short on action” but will …
Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021Trixy Elle still weeps when she remembers how she and her family fought for their lives as Typhoon Rai tore across the Philippines days befor…
Data analysis found higher than average migration growth to the US from areas in Guatemala, Bangladesh and Senegal hit by repeated climate disastersThis article was produced in partnership between Columbia Journalism Investigations and Documented.Moham…
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’Environmental campaigners have accused New Zealand’s government of “full-blown climate denial” after it slashed targets for reducing emissions of m…
Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New ZealandClimate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate…
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report findsNew Zealand’s oceans are warming 34% faster than the global average, with NZ$180bn (US$104bn) worth of housing at risk of flooding, a…
As deadly heatwaves become more frequent, demand for life-saving cooling is further straining India’s generation capacity Continue reading…
A large sinkhole opened up outside a hospital in the Thai capital on Wednesday. Social media footage shows power lines being pulled down into the 50-metre-deep hole and vehicles teetering on the edge. Officials said there were no casualties.Suriyachai …
Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island nation, says step taken on ‘behalf of everybody’Vanuatu is working on securing a UN vote to turn a landmark ruling on the climate crisis by the international court of justice (ICJ) into…
A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentialsChina, the climate crisis and security concerns dominated the agenda as Pacific leaders gathered for t…