Tag: climate emergency
Will Pakistan floods spur better climate disaster planning?
As losses from climate-fueled disasters rise, investment in cutting risks makes financial sense - and can solve multiple problems at once
World in ‘wrong direction’ as climate impacts worsen: UN
"Floods, droughts, heatwaves, extreme storms and wildfires are going from bad to worse, breaking records with alarming frequency"
UN chief in Pakistan to boost flood aid for devastated millions
Pakistan is responsible for less than 1% of global GHG emissions, but is 8th on a list of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather
‘Start my life from zero’: Poor Pakistanis face heavy cost of...
Floods have ruined crops and homes across Pakistan, leaving many of the country's poor struggling to restart their lives
Global heating, human development could drive future waves of disease in...
Disturbance of ecosystems as humans interact with wild species make future outbreaks and pandemics more likely
59 dead, millions stranded as floods hit Bangladesh, India
The flooding forced Bangladesh's third-largest international airport in Sylhet to shut down on Friday
Millions at risk as India’s severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
As India and Pakistan struggled to cope with soaring temperatures, experts warn lack of access to cooling tech will cost lives
Millions stranded, dozens dead as flooding hits Bangladesh and India
Every extra degree of global warming increases the amount of water in the atmosphere by about seven percent
Sin against God, unprecedented crime against humanity
There is no doubt that images of what climate change looks like no longer belong to the future but are happening now
Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’
There are currently at least 10,000 viruses that have the capacity to cross over into humans "circulating silently" among wild mammals