Nigeria floods kill 500, displace 1.4 million people
Abuja – About 500 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade and 1.4 million others been... Read more
13 Oct, 2022
Heatwaves will make regions uninhabitable within decades: UN, Red Cross
Geneva – Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
54 poor nations urgently need debt relief, says UN
Geneva – Cascading global crises have left 54 countries – home to more than half of the world’s poorest... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Heat-resilient Red Sea reefs offer last stand for corals
Marsa Alam – Beneath the waters off Egypt’s Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could... Read more
10 Oct, 2022
Egypt replants mangrove ‘treasure’ to fight climate change impacts
Hamata – On Egypt’s Red Sea coast, fish swim among thousands of newly planted mangroves, part of a programme to... Read more
8 Oct, 2022
Africa sounds caution on net zero goal ahead of COP27
Cape Town – Africa needs time and money to wean itself off fossil fuels in order to achieve net... Read more
6 Oct, 2022
Month before COP27, host Egypt faces heat over rights, climate action
Cairo – A month before Egypt hosts the UN climate change conference, Cairo is finalising the list of world... Read more
6 Oct, 2022
DRC, Brazil, Indonesia to present common front at climate talks
Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil and Indonesia are working to present a common front at climate... Read more
5 Oct, 2022
Calls for more funding as pre-COP27 climate talks open in DRC
Kinshasa – Warning “no-one will escape” a worsening crisis, DR Congo led calls on Monday for a surge in... Read more
5 Oct, 2022
US climate envoy asks DRC to ditch some oil blocks
Kinshasa – United States Climate Envoy John Kerry on Tuesday said Washington had asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to... Read more
5 Oct, 2022
