World
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International
8/26/2024 11:55:21 PM
Greece has seen 50 percent more summer wildfires this year than in 2023, a government spokesman said on Monday.
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World
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International
8/23/2024 1:19:34 PM
At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains, the disaster management and relief ministry said Friday.
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World
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International
8/15/2024 12:02:36 PM
Climate activists demonstrated at four German airports on Thursday morning, gluing themselves to the tarmac and bringing air traffic to a halt at two, operators said.
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World
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Region
8/8/2024 6:02:13 PM
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Arab Gulf states of poorly protecting migrant workers exposed to severe heat stress as climate change threatens to make already-sizzling summers hotter and longer.
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World
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International
8/8/2024 6:00:49 PM
It is "increasingly likely" 2024 will be the hottest year on record, despite July ending a 13-month streak of monthly temperature records, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday.
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Opinion
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8/7/2024 3:23:01 PM
No one doubts that many of the world’s biggest challenges – such as mitigating climate change, strengthening financial-market stability, and boosting economic growth in developing and emerging economies – are deeply intertwined.
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World
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Region
7/31/2024 6:30:57 PM
The punishing heat experienced around the Mediterranean in July would have been "virtually impossible" in a world without global warming, a group of climate scientists said Wednesday.
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Business
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Economy
7/29/2024 5:58:00 PM
Potatoes are one of Egypt's strategic crops and a staple that Egyptians rely on, especially with the inflationary wave the country is experiencing and the low purchasing power resulting from local currency devaluation for the fourth time.
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Opinion
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7/29/2024 4:24:37 PM
Global efforts to combat climate change are primarily focused on phasing out fossil fuels and shifting to renewable energy.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/27/2024 3:01:23 PM
Humanity is suffering from an "extreme heat epidemic," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned, calling for action to limit the impacts of heat waves intensified by climate change.
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World
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International
7/24/2024 1:55:40 PM
Earth withered through a second-straight day of record-breaking heat on July 22, the EU's climate monitor said Wednesday, as large parts of Europe, Asia and North America suffer blistering temperatures.
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World
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International
7/23/2024 8:13:50 PM
July 21 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data published on Tuesday by the EU's climate monitor.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/13/2024 3:00:00 PM
Higher temperatures caused by climate change are threatening agricultural yields in Egypt, with further scientific research needed to secure them.
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Egypt
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Society
7/11/2024 1:39:00 PM
Egypt braces for an extreme heatwave, expected to peak on Thursday and Friday.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/10/2024 9:50:49 PM
Climate change combined with pollution from farming and forestry could flip northern Europe's Baltic Sea from being a sponge for CO2 to a source of the planet-warming gas, scientists studying told AFP.
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World
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International
7/8/2024 10:08:57 AM
Last month was the hottest June on record across the globe, the EU's climate monitor said Monday, capping half a year of wild and destructive weather from floods to heatwaves.
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World
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International
6/29/2024 9:28:56 AM
War and funding shortfalls have hampered progress toward the United Nations' flagship development goals which include action to combat climate change, the organization's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday.
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World
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International
6/27/2024 2:51:42 PM
Veteran US diplomat John Kerry warned Thursday that the need to quickly and widely deploy climate technology to curb planet-heating emissions would be "hurt irreparably" by a Donald Trump presidency.
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Opinion
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6/26/2024 1:49:15 PM
Six months ago, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai (COP28), the world transcended geopolitical divides – something few believed possible – and united behind a realistic plan, known as the UAE Consensus, to promote sustainable prosperity and address the threat of climate change.
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World
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International
6/20/2024 4:20:26 PM
Human-caused climate change dialled up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month's killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study found.
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