カテゴリー: Environment
Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the UK, responds to accusations of its move being a cynical PR stuntYour report is correct to emphasise the importance of Cop29 in Azerbaijan for global efforts on climate action. It is also true that Azerbai…
Shot over 10 years, Sheena Sumaria’s documentary follows an Indian fishing village as it takes on global financial giants to protect its biodiversity and the residents’ livelihoodsA quiet coastal village in India’s Gulf of Kutch is the site of an ancie…
Experts unsurprised at intensity of extreme weather but say damage wreaked shows how unprepared world isEurope floods – latest updatesPicturesque towns across central Europe are inundated by dirty flood water after heavy weekend rains turned tranquil s…
The hoiho, which means ‘noise shouter’, triumphed in a year free from the usual scandals surrounding the competitionOne of the world’s rarest penguins has been crowned New Zealand’s bird of the year, in an unusually sedate year for the competition, fre…
Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate crisisOn 10 May 2024, Haroon Nafas was in his family’s guesthouse in Baghlan, north Afghanistan, spending time with friends who had come to stay. …
Ekkapol Chantawong, who spent nearly three weeks underground in 2018, forced to spend night on roof of homeThe coach of the young Thai footballers who captured the world’s attention when they spent nearly three weeks trapped in a cave has found himself…
Pen-chan defies expectations to be reunited with keeper safe and sound after swimming 30 miles in open seaA fugitive penguin in Japan has been found safe and sound two weeks after escaping into the sea and paddling for miles in what her keeper called a…
Chongqing authorities say cloud seeding to break heatwave did not cause winds that sent laundry flyingIt was the talk of the town. After the authorities sought to break a long-running heatwave in Chongqing by using cloud-seeding missiles to artificiall…
Cooler temperatures expected to replace record highs in Estonia, while China braces for Super Typhoon YagiSince the start of September, swaths of central and eastern Europe have experienced temperatures well above average, with some places up to 10C (5…
‘Typhoons have prevented me going to school’: The children behind South Korea’s landmark climate win
Hannah Kim, eight, and Jeah Han, 12, are part of a group of activists that won a four-year fight to tackle climate inaction. For them, it is just the beginningHannah Kim, eight, was just starting primary school when she joined the “baby climate litigat…
Absence of legally binding targets for greenhouse gas reductions from 2031-49 deemed unconstitutionalSouth Korea’s constitutional court has ruled that part of the country’s climate law does not conform with protecting the constitutional rights of futur…
A day after agreement was ratified at the Pacific Island Forum, the country’s climate minister says ‘root cause of climate change’ must be addressedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily new…
Researchers warn Asia will become an increasingly dangerous place to live until fossil fuels are replacedThe “hyper-violent” Typhoon Gaemi was made fiercer and more likely to strike by the climate crisis, scientists have found. They said “Asia will bec…
António Guterres calls for a ‘massive’ increase in finance and support for the countries most vulnerable to rising sea levelsPacific island nations are in “grave danger” from rising sea levels and the world must “answer the SOS before it is too late”, …
Documentary on the 2020-21 protests in India over three farm acts is interesting in patches, but doesn’t go anywhere unexpectedYou might suspect that documentaries like this – quietly didactic, discreetly partisan, yet dry enough to seem faintly journa…