UN Climate Change News, 6 July 2021 – The Virtual Thematic Sessions of Asia-Pacific Climate Week 2021 (APCW 2021) kicked off today. APCW 2021 will be held from 6 to 9 July and is hosted by the…
Another day, another cascade of high temperature records broken across the Pacific Northwest as a heat wave unlike any in recent memory continued into a third day.
In Washington, Oregon, and British…
Iraq’s electricity minister has resigned as protests erupt in Basra over the crippling shortages.
Provinces across Iraq’s south have halted work amid scorching temperatures and rolling blackouts…
Portland, Oregon, reached 46.7C (116F) on Monday, a region which normally sees highs of around 26C (78.8F) this time of year
The deadly “once-in-a-millennium” heatwave bearing down on parts of North…
The unrelenting heat wave that shattered temperature records across the U.S. Pacific Northwest on Monday and threatens to smother the region for another six straight days has begun to trigger rolling…
Like humans, trees need water to survive on hot, dry days, and they can survive for only short times under extreme heat and dry conditions.
During prolonged droughts and extreme heat waves like the…
The official inauguration of the Renewable Energy & Climate Change Research Center (RECCReC) of the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) took place on the 24th of June 2021, in the grounds of…
Extreme weather events are popping up all over the world—from heat waves to tropical storms, droughts, and tornadoes—and climate change is a unifying factor.
Extreme temperatures in China coupled…
Experts say it is now endemic to US states like Texas and Oklahoma.
Experts have warned that climate crisis and land-use changes could be creating a conducive environment for flesh-eating leishmania…
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state power utility, needs $10 billion to shut most of its coal-fired plants by 2050, a company official said.
The utility is in talks with development…
Nation scores just 10 out of 100 on tackling fossil fuel emissions in new report on sustainable development goals.
Australia has been ranked last for climate action out of nearly 200 countries in a…
Small-scale fishers say mostly EU fleet is devastating catches with method that nets entire shoals of fish.
The UK has been accused of allowing a fleet of mainly EU “fly-shooting” fishing boats “…
Western Canada and Siberia are currently enduring worrying record-breaking temperature highs being caused by a ‘heat dome’
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Parts of Canada, the US Pacific Northwest and…
“It passed through like a whirlwind, it destroyed everything,” says community leader
Four people were found dead as Cyprus battled to contain the worst forest fire in its history after homes burnt…
It can produce up to 500 kilograms of cultured products per day.
The facility has made scalable cell-based meat production a reality, with a production equivalent to 5,000 hamburgers per day. Israel…
The European Commission plans to include maritime transport in the world’s biggest carbon market and create an adjacent emissions-trading program for heating and road transport.
The EU executive arm…
Republicans argue green energy investments don’t belong in an infrastructure package. Polling shows the public disagrees.
A majority of American voters support President Joe Biden’s landmark…
The whole town is on fire,’ says the mayor as Canadian village is evacuated due to wildfires.
A town in Canada’s British Columbia province where temperatures recently hit 49.5C, has been ordered to…