Rains help firefighters battle blazes in Canada’s Jasper National Park | Climate News
Town council of Jasper says about 32 percent of structures in the town had been destroyed in the blaze.A wildfire that destroyed about a third…
‘Our worst nightmare’: Raging wildfire hits western Canada town of Jasper | Environment News
A fast-moving wildfire has hit the town of Jasper in the Canadian Rockies, causing “significant” losses as firefighters work to hold back the flames. In…
UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’ | United Nations News
Antonio Guterres urges countries to shift away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis driving extreme heat.The head of the United Nations has called…
Climate activists block runways at Germany’s Frankfurt airport | Protests News
The climate action group, The Last Generation, is calling on the government to divest from oil, gas and coal by 2030.Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt…
Canadian wildfires prompt more evacuation orders, air-quality warnings | Environment News
Hundreds of out-of-control wildfires are burning across western Canada, putting more communities under evacuation alert and raising concerns about air quality. Authorities at the BC…
We need a Fossil Fuel Treaty now | Climate Crisis
As we still assess the damages caused by Category 5 Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean, and as Typhoon Gaemi pounds Southeast Asia, the devastating power…
Streets turn into rivers as Typhoon Gaemi sweeps over Philippines | Weather News
Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines, triggering flooding in the capital Manila and landslides in mountainous regions as Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monsoon. In…
How hot is your city compared with the rest of the world? | Climate News
Al Jazeera analyses 20 years of climate data from more than 1,200 cities around the world. Here is what we found.Earlier this month, data released…
Thousands flee wildfires near Canada’s Jasper National Park | Climate Crisis News
Authorities order evacuations as ‘multiple wildfires’ are burning in top tourist area in the Canadian Rockies.Thousands of residents and tourists have fled the largest national…
World’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, climate monitor says | Climate Crisis News
Global average surface air temperature was 17.09 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says.July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded…
Over 100 people killed in twin Ethiopia landslides | Weather News
Residents seen using bare hands to dig through dirt in search of survivors in remote, mountainous area.The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia…
In the Andes, glaciers are shrinking fast, endangering millions | Climate Crisis
On a clear day, Chile’s towering 5,400-metre (17,700-foot) El Plomo mountain can be seen from the capital, Santiago. The glacier-capped Andean peak has been climbed…
Tajikistan’s glacial crisis: Central Asia’s melting heart | Agriculture
Will we be able to win this race against time, or must we brace ourselves for an impending disaster?As global warming escalates, Tajikistan’s melting glaciers…
‘The sea has taken everything’: How rising salt is destroying Italian coast | Environment
Along the rice fields of Porto Tolle in Veneto, the areas damaged by salt seeping into the soil are clearly visible. It has been caused by…
How to stay cool and treat heatstroke during record-breaking temperatures | Climate News
Heatstroke is a severe medical condition that occurs when a human body’s internal temperature exceeds 40C (104F). Here are some tips to help minimise its…
Paris Agreement and the dilemma of non-compliance
Keeping in view the transnational nature of environmental problems, almost 700 multilateral agreements and over 1000 bilateral treaties, protocols, and conventions have been signed to…
Withthegrid, a real-time energy monitoring company, makes strategic expansion plans as climate change looms
Withthegrid, a Netherlands-based company that develops secure technology for infrastructure assets, grid operators, energy producers and users to monitor their assets in real-time, is expanding…
IPCC’s Next Assessment Needs to Tackle the Complexities of Catastrophic Risk
In January, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s most authoritative body for the assessment of climate science, met to plan the seventh iteration of…
How Sherpas in the Himalayas are battling climate change | Climate
Sherpas in the Himalayas are battling climate change, threatening their livelihoods, culture and environment.Sherpa communities in the Himalayas face dramatic climate shifts threatening their environment,…
‘Oppressively hot’: Record-breaking heatwave engulfs western US | Weather News
More than 161 million people are under heat alerts as extreme weather prompts warnings and health fears.The western United States continues to grapple with an…