Climate change is intensifying rainfall in Southern Africa, where rapid urbanisation and poor drainage made recent flooding in Botswana and South Africa deadly, a group of scientists said, while a…
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Rich nations ignore past pollution to claim climate plans are 1.5C-compatible
Claims by wealthy nations that their new emissions reduction targets for 2035 are compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5C have been questioned by experts concerned about fairness. In Nationally…
Will Indonesia’s new carbon market be a solution o face problems?
Yulia Indrawati Sari is a lecturer in international relations at Parahyangan Catholic University, in Bandung, Indonesia, specialising in environmental issues. Frans Siahaan is an independent consultant on environmental governance. At…
Some trees are coping with extreme heat surprisingly well
Ecologist Akhil Javad felt the thrill of fieldwork quickly fade when he was faced with the prospect of scaling trees over five times his height. But for some of the…
Climate summits must move towards action
Global climate diplomacy must shift focus from highly “politicised” negotiations to advancing real collective action on the ground to remain credible, Brazil’s COP30 presidency has warned. In a long letter…
Women hardest hit by South Sudan’s climate-fueled heatwave
Researchers have found that women and girls in the conflict-torn nation of South Sudan are facing greater health risks and worsened inequality due to the negative impacts of climate change…
Advancing women’s rights and empowerment in climate adaptation
Sponsored by the Adaptation Fund. See our supporters page for what this means. Climate change has a habit of exploiting weaknesses. Existing problems are made worse and new ones are created in its wake.…
Nigeria bids to host COP32 climate summit in Lagos
Nigeria wants to host the COP32 United Nations climate summit in Lagos in 2027, its government announced today as the chief of the UN’s climate arm, Simon Stiell, visited the…
COP30 chief calls for global unity on climate action as cooperation falters
Amid tensions in the West over cuts to development funding and souring US relationships with its allies, Brazil’s COP30 president, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, defended multilateralism and the legacy…
How do people in Gaza have light for their tents?
Struggling with persistent power outages in the conflict-shattered Gaza Strip, Palestinian Ayesh Nassar, a 43-year-old resident of Jabalia refugee camp in the north, had little choice but to use a…
