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This GOES-West GeoColor composite satellite image provided by The National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows a storm moving over California and the Western U.S. on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of…
Residents evacuate on a motorcycle amid wildfires into Vina del Mar, Chile, Feb. 3, 2024. Scientists say climate change creates conditions that make the drought and wildfires now hitting South America more likely. | Photo Credit: AP At least 123 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two…
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Climate change is increasing the dangers faced by farmers, prompting them to re-evaluate their practices. Photo: elearning.fao.org/ The two most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century are climate change and food insecurity. Some of the ongoing effects of climate change, such as heat waves, flash floods, droughts, and cyclones, are negatively influencing lives…
Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province | Photo Credit: Zahid Hussain Disaster events are not only becoming more frequent and severe but their impact is also expected to worsen. The year 2023 brought an end to the warmest decade on record, marked by unprecedented extreme…
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media personnel as Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, listens to him outside the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu, Nepal October 29, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on Nepal Prime…
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An aerial view of Dubai, December 5, 2017. | Photo Credit: David Rodrigo/Unsplash The United Arab Emirates will not double up on hosting the United Nations’ annual climate conference by holding next year’s summit, according to leadership involved in the event. Next year’s COP29 climate summit is supposed to be held in Eastern Europe, but…
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The political response to the climate crisis remains largely inadequate in the face of heat waves, hurricanes, floods and forest fires that are accelerating and intensifying. The political inertia can be explained, among other things, by the stranglehold of fossil fuel interests on political decision-makers, and the strong influence polluting industries have on the spheres of power in…
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FILE PHOTO: Police officers use a hose in effort to extinguish wildfires in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, September 20, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. | Photo Credit: Antara Foto/Nova Wahyudi As the world gears up for COP28, there is alarming data on the horizon. The year 2023 is on…
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A person on a boat navigates on Puraquequara Lake, which has been affected by drought, in Manaus, Brazil, October 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indigenous inhabitants in the Amazon are asking the Brazilian government to declare a climate emergency as their villages have no drinking water, food or medicine due to a severe drought…
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The story so far: Angering enivronmental activists across United Kingdom (U.K), the British government okayed one of the country’s biggest new oil and gas projects —the North Sea Rosebank field— on September 27. The Rishi Sunak government claims that the project was essential for securing the nation’s energy demands. The move comes mere days after…
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