climate

Wildfire engulfs homes in Western Australia

SYDNEY, Nov 23, 2023 (AFP) - Australian firefighters Thursday battled a runaway bushfire that has incinerated 10 homes and forced…

Toyota ad rapped as ‘irresponsible’ to the environment

LONDON, Nov 22, 2023 (AFP) - Britain's advertising watchdog on Wednesday said it had banned an advert for a Toyota…

Heavy rain in Kenya affects tens of thousands, disrupts cargo

NAIROBI, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) - Kenya on Sunday said tens of thousands of people across the country had been…

At least 21 dead in torrential Dominican Republic rains

SANTO DOMINGO, Nov 20, 2023 (AFP) - At least 21 people, including three children, died after heavy rainfall inundated the…

1.5C limit ‘only option’ for saving Earth’s ice and snow

BANGKOK, Nov 16, 2023 (AFP) - Allowing global temperatures to rise two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will be catastrophic…

UAE inaugurates giant solar plant, two weeks before climate talks

AL DHAFRA, United Arab Emirates, Nov 16, 2023 (AFP) - The United Arab Emirates inaugurated on Thursday one of the…

South Asia worst in world for water scarcity: UN

NEW DELHI, Nov 13, 2023 (AFP) - More children in South Asia are struggling due to severe water scarcity made…

Australia offers refuge to Tuvaluans facing climate displacement

By Steven TRASK SYDNEY, Nov 10, 2023 (AFP) - Citizens of climate-threatened Tuvalu will have the right to live in…

Hottest October on record as 2023 on track to be warmest year in history

By Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, Nov 8, 2023 (AFP) - Last month was the hottest October on record globally, Europe's climate…

El Nino set to last at least til April: UN

GENEVA, Nov 8, 2023 (AFP) - The El Nino weather phenomenon, which triggers higher global temperatures, is expected to last…

Seven dead as Western Europe hit by record winds of Storm Ciaran

BRUSSELS, Nov 2, 2023 (AFP) - Seven people were killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe on Thursday, bringing record…

Over 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves lost mass in 25 years: study

PARIS, Oct 12, 2023 (AFP) - More than 40 percent of Antarctica's ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing…

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