カテゴリー: Climate crisis
More than a thousand people have been evacuated near forest of Ofunato in northern region of IwateMore than a thousand people have been evacuated as Japan battles its largest wildfire in more than three decades.The flames are estimated to have spread o…
Study found electric vehicles and batteries added largest amount to country’s clean-energy economyClean energy contributed a record 10% of China’s gross domestic product in 2024, an analysis has found.With sales and investments worth 13.6tn yuan (£1.5t…
Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the survival of Pacific countries at greater riskLeaders and environmental advocates in the Pacific have expressed alarm over Donald Trump’s decisio…
Gulf province councillor says growing numbers are leaving, in what climate activist describes as a ‘humanitarian crisis’Two years ago fisher Siri James lived on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea, in a small village near Pariva beach. But as the ti…
While some residents take to building houses in trees, officials recognise need for national response to climate disastersEvery summer, Dongting Hu, China’s second-largest freshwater lake, swells in size as flood water from the Yangtze River flows into…
Climate-vulnerable pair add weight to proposed treaty seeking transition from coal, oil and gas in equitable wayPakistan and the Bahamas have joined a growing bloc of climate-vulnerable countries seeking to broker a global pact to phase out fossil fuel…
ICJ to hear submissions from more than 100 groups in Pacific-led campaign to provide an advisory opinion on states’ obligations for climate harmThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to begin hearings in a landmark climate change case on Monda…
The shortcomings of Cop29 increase the urgency for the ICJ to issue an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of states in respect to climate harmThe UN climate conference in Baku has ended with an agreement for $300bn annually, by 2035, to be provi…
Research reflects rising optimism about country’s green transition as it takes leading position on climate actionNearly half of experts surveyed by a climate thinktank believe China’s carbon dioxide emissions have already peaked, or will do so in 2025,…
In today’s newsletter: As delegates gather for the world’s biggest climate conference, many are asking what the re-election of the man who thinks global heating is ‘a hoax’ will mean for the planet• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionG…
Country’s foreign minister says UN climate summits have produced ‘no results’ as Pacific nation takes the rare step of withdrawing from upcoming Cop29Papua New Guinea’s decision to pull out of an upcoming UN global climate summit due to frustration ove…
As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years agoJapan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date that its slopes have been bare since records began 130 ye…
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the country’s only ape species, the hoolock gibbon. But this harmony stands in fragile ecological balance. Mohit Chutia, a 55-year-old farmer and…