climate change
-
News
UN sounds ‘Red Alert’ as world smashes heat records in 2023
GENEVA: Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)…
Read More » -
News
Europe must do more against ‘catastrophic’ climate risks: EU
COPENHAGEN: Europe could suffer “catastrophic” consequences from climate change if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to…
Read More » -
News
El Nino weakens but will keep temperatures high, UN weather agency says
GENEVA: The El Nino weather pattern has begun to weaken but will continue to fuel above average temperatures across the…
Read More » -
News
California man is first in the US to be charged with smuggling greenhouse gases, prosecutors say
SAN DIEGO — A Southern California man was arrested Monday on suspicion of smuggling refrigerants into the U.S. from Mexico…
Read More » -
Asia
Coal plant’s toxic emissions from across Laos border fuel Thailand’s health and environmental fears
Ms Wora Sukraroek, a member of Thailand Extraterritorial Obligations (ETO) Watch Coalition said she believes that the Hongsa plant would…
Read More » -
News
2 million animals dead as extreme winter weather hits Mongolia
BAYANMUNKH SUM, Mongolia: More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said…
Read More » -
Travel
Muddy runs and melting snow: European ski resorts are in crisis
Even snow cannons have stopped working due to the high temperatures. ADVERTISEMENT Skiers across Europe are arriving at resorts to…
Read More » -
Asia
Biggest clean energy producer, biggest polluter: What’s behind China’s green contradictions?
He Jijiang, executive deputy director of Tsinghua University’s Research Centre for Energy Transition and Social Development, described this programme as…
Read More » -
News
Commentary: Advertising toys to children is an environmental nightmare
When the opportunity arises, children and adolescents express empathy and distress at the situation, and may even be predisposed to…
Read More » -
Asia
‘RM10,000 in losses’: Slow start to Malaysia’s flood mitigation measures leaving victims high and dry
Dr Serina Rahman, who is a lecturer with the Southeast Asia Studies Department at the National University of Singapore (NUS)…
Read More »