21 Killed In Morocco Amid Scorching Heatwave In Last 24 Hours
Morocco has suffered a sixth consecutive year of drought and record heat this winter (file) Rabat: A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 […]
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Acropolis In Athens Shut For Several Hours Daily. Heat Is The Reason
Tourists won’t be able to visit the Parthenon between noon and 5:00 pm. Athens: Greece’s most visited tourist attraction, the Athens Acropolis, is to close […]
Heatwaves, Floods Disrupt Education, Increase Learning Loss: UNESCO Report
New Delhi: Climate related stressors like heat, wildfires, floods, droughts, diseases and rising sea levels affect education outcomes and threaten to undo educational gains of […]
Thompson, California wildfire evacuees allowed to return home as containment soars to 29%
Thousands of people evacuated during a Northern California wildfire were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials […]
‘We need to make sure clean energy transitions are just and are for everyone, countries and people’
Issued on: 28/02/2024 – 15:33Modified: 28/02/2024 – 15:39 13:14 FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen hosts a special segment on the alarming climate emergency and the on-going […]
‘Unchartered territory’: Scientific community unsure if ‘change of climate has become irreversible’
Issued on: 08/02/2024 – 16:18 07:57 More than 5,000 people died in France as a result of searing summer heat last year, health authorities said […]
Chile battles devastating wildfires as death toll soars
Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected […]
Chile declares state of emergency over deadly forest fires
Chilean firefighters were battling rapidly expanding wildfires Saturday that officials fear have claimed around 10 lives and are threatening hundreds of homes, prompting the president […]
2023 was hottest year on record as Earth nears critical 1.5°C threshold
The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth’s surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, […]
‘Honorable mention’: Cop28 was not ‘breakthrough’, will countries honor their commitments?
Issued on: 14/12/2023 – 12:37Modified: 14/12/2023 – 12:39 04:56 A UN climate deal that approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels has been […]