Tag: climate emergency
Filipino priest urges European banks to protect ‘Amazon of the oceans’
The priest called on banking institutions to refrain from lending, underwriting, and investing in Shell and the conglomerate San Miguel
Asia’s heatwaves 30 times more likely due to climate change, scientists...
Another group says the next 5 years will almost certainly be the warmest on record
Heat wave blasts Southeast Asia – a likely pattern for the...
Record high temperatures scorch the region due to a mix of natural and human factors
Asia-Pacific not ready to deal with climate-induced disasters, UN commission says
Six of the top 10 countries most affected by these disasters are in the Asia-Pacific region
Philippine Church groups call on President Marcos to declare ‘climate emergency’
The declaration of a climate emergency would signal that the government acknowledges the gravity of the situation
‘Hotter and hotter’: Swathes of Asia sweat in heatwave
Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather
UN report issues stern ‘final’ warning on climate change inaction
Simon Stiell, the U.N.'s climate change executive secretary, called the 2020s "a critical decade for climate action."
The poor and the planetary crisis
The continuing effects of the climate crisis must end, and poverty must be holistically addressed
FABC 50: Asian Catholic bishops urged to immediately declare ‘climate emergency’
"We ask our bishops to act on behalf of mother earth, to take on the shoes of mother earth."
Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed away
Scientists say climate change has increased the severity and frequency of the floods, with more erratic rainfall causing more cyclones
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