Tag: climate crisis
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
The numbers of young girls getting betrothed started to rise during a 2018 famine and surged this year when the rains failed once more
Explaining COP26: Why it matters?
Addressing the climate crisis has also emerged as a key issue within the Roman Catholic Church
Asia suffered hottest year on record in 2020, says UN
Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 caused the loss of life of thousands of people
‘Nowhere is safe’: Philippine typhoon victims live in fear
As global warming brings increasingly extreme weather, people in the province of Albay fear that "nowhere is safe"
A common call for an end to climate imperialism
All are icing on the cake. We cannot eat their empty words. At the end of the day, the people and the planet suffer.
COP26 negotiators urged to consider impacts of summit on humanitarian work
“The climate crisis is adding an additional layer of stress to humanitarian groups that are already stretched thinner than ever before”
Floods, landslides kill 116 in India and Nepal
Experts say that they were victims of ever-more unpredictable and extreme weather across South Asia in recent years
Green activists stage protest against ADB’s proposed new energy policy
The groups warned the bank that it will be missing the critical 1.5 Celsius climate goal should it approve the "fossil fuel-friendly draft"
‘Running out of time’: Asia struggles to kick coal addiction
Asia-Pacific accounts for about three-quarters of global coal consumption even as the region struggles with the impacts of global warming
‘Left behind’: Climate activists fight for inclusive COP26
Activists from poor countries fear that without their presence, their voices will be ignored at the upcoming COP26 summit
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