MADRID - During the 25th round of climate change negotiations starting today in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments from both developing and developed nations…
Rain-triggered disasters, including flash floods and landslides, have killed at least 250 people and affected some three million people across East Africa in recent weeks, with about half of the…
Climate action must happen now — there are no second chances
For the next week or so, delegates from nations around the world will gather in Madrid for a critical set of meetings on our planet’s…
The president of an island nation on the frontline of climate change says it is in a "fight to the death" after freak waves inundated the capital.
Powerful swells averaging 5m (16ft) washed across…
MADRID - The number of people at risk of being forced from their homes by river flooding could surge to as many as 50 million a year by the end of the century if governments do not step up action to…
The World Meteorological Organisation reveals that 2019 has been one of the hottest years on record.
The WMO report has warned that we have had a ‘decade of exceptional heat’ with 2019 on course to…
Madrid — A green economy is "not one to be feared but an opportunity to be embraced", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, in a keynote speech to delegates at the opening of the…
Solar is included among the competing sources, but with a quota of only 10%. About 12,500 GWh will be allocated across five rounds under the new scheme, which is still subject to EU state aid…
Lumos has already fitted more than 100,000 solar home systems in the populous African nation
Lumos Global, a Dutch company specialising in off-grid solar power, plans to light up over one million…
While still in its infancy, power-to-gas provides a promising approach to convert renewable power into “green” hydrogen and methane, furnishing the renewables sector with a potentially lucrative…
Nile basin countries fear for their future water supplies as the Grand Renaissance hydroelectric project reaches completion.
A new round of high-level talks has started in Cairo between three Nile…
Using hydrogen as a clean fuel is an idea whose time may be coming. For Australia, producing hydrogen is alluring: it could create a lucrative new domestic industry and help the world achieve a…
The family members said they watch the television, use an induction stove for cooking and recharge their mobile phones through the electricity generated by solar panels.
COIMBATORE: At a time when…
Powerful hurricanes. Record-breaking heatwaves. Droughts that bring ruin to farmers. Raging forest fires. The mass die-off of the world's coral reefs. Food scarcity.
To avoid a climate change…
Access to electricity has transformed the world, helping countries to develop their economies, and lifting millions out of poverty. However, this success has come at a great cost: the energy sector,…
The European Commission is working on a first-ever methane strategy that could play a “very significant role” in enabling the EU increase its climate ambitions for 2030, EU officials have said.
New…
Al Jazeera meets Senegalese in a race against effects of climate change.
Climate change is causing the Sahel Desert to grow, but villagers are planting a vast wall of trees in a bid to save their…
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