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World
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International
4/20/2023 11:57:20 AM
Europeans, particularly in the south of the continent, are being subjected to more heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather, a study published Thursday shows.
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World
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International
1/11/2023 3:08:47 PM
The world's oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity's carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published Wednesday.
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World
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International
1/10/2023 3:51:15 PM
The last eight years were the warmest on record even with the cooling influence of a La Nina weather pattern since 2020, the European Union's climate monitoring service said Tuesday.
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World
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International
12/28/2022 12:53:31 PM
Catastrophic floods, crop-wilting droughts and record heatwaves this year have shown that climate change warnings are increasingly becoming reality and this is "just the beginning", experts say, as international efforts to cut planet-heating emissions founder.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/15/2022 11:54:37 PM
Negotiators at COP27 climate talks in Egypt prepared Tuesday for a looming showdown over how, and how quickly, to funnel funds to developing countries battered by deadly and costly climate impacts.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/9/2022 11:54:48 AM
The World Health Organization said at least 15,000 people had died so far this year in Europe because of hot weather.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/7/2022 11:08:00 PM
The UN's chief warned Monday that nations must cooperate or face "collective suicide" in the fight against climate change, at a summit where developing countries reeling from global warming demanded more action from rich polluters.
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COP27
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Climate change
11/7/2022 7:59:24 PM
At least 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather in 2022 so far, the World Health Organization said Monday, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries.
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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
11/6/2022 7:20:09 PM
The UN's COP27 climate summit kicked off Sunday in Egypt with warnings against backsliding on efforts to cut emissions and calls for rich nations to compensate poor countries after a year of extreme weather disasters.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/30/2022 10:25:36 AM
Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/12/2022 12:45:14 PM
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/10/2022 6:23:40 PM
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/10/2022 2:18:44 PM
Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday.
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World
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International
9/13/2022 5:40:42 PM
Humanity is "going in the wrong direction" on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic.
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World
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International
9/12/2022 10:41:12 PM
France saw record temperatures for September hit the country, notably the south west, amid a heatwave drifting up from Morocco, the Meteo-France weather service said Monday.
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World
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International
8/24/2022 12:48:46 PM
China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record.
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World
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Region
8/18/2022 1:21:05 PM
Algerian firefighters were Thursday battling a string of blazes, fanned by drought and a blistering heatwave, that have killed at least 38 people and left destruction in their wake.
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World
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International
8/11/2022 12:56:18 PM
Global oil demand will rise more than previously forecast this year as heatwaves and soaring gas prices are prompting countries to switch fuels for power generation, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
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World
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International
7/21/2022 3:43:57 PM
The wildfires that ripped through swathes of Europe in recent weeks have already burned a larger area of land than was lost to blazes in all of 2021, the EU's satellite monitoring service said Thursday.
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World
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International
7/20/2022 10:43:08 AM
A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in western Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday and regional heat records tumbled elsewhere.
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