In an optimistic message, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber called upon the world to stand by each other and cooperate against climate change, as human beings “are not powerless.”...

Thirsty-three countries will be brought to trial before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on September 27 over charges of “violating human rights to life” after they failed to accelerate the cut of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.The ca...

By AFPNew York's annual Climate Week is underway, bringing together activists, politicians and business leaders for hundreds of events aimed at addressing the planetary crisis.But the bright lights that give the "city that never sleeps" its iconic gl...

By AFPNatural disasters are now happening so frequently that reinsurers -- the firms that sell insurance to insurance companies -- are scaling back their exposure to such risks.While this may make business sense, it raises the question of whether ind...

By AFPThe UN maritime court will on Monday hear a landmark case brought by a group of small island states seeking protection of the world's oceans from catastrophic climate change.The nine island states have turned to the International Tribunal for t...

By AFP2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday.Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Eu...

By AFPThe world inched a step closer towards tackling plastic pollution, with the United Nations publishing the first draft of a binding treaty to tackle the scourge.Some 175 nations are working to reach a landmark agreement by end-2024 that will cur...

By AFPShepherd Ibrahim Koc recalls his youth with fondness as he grazes cattle on a barren field that was once lush with vegetation on the edge of Turkey's largest lake.An occasional shrub marks the spots from where Lake Van has retreated over years...

By AFPAir pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicenter South Asia even as China fast improves, a study showed Tuesday.Yet the level of fundi...

By AFPThe tritium concentration in the wastewater from the stricken Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant, which Japan began releasing into the Pacific Ocean Thursday, is well below the operational limit, the UN nuclear watchdog said."IAEA (International A...

By AFPA hot spell enveloping Europe has pushed the zero-degree line –- the altitude at which the temperature dips into the minus -– to a record height of nearly 5,300 metres (17,400 feet) in Switzerland.The zero-degree line is determined by meteorolo...

By AFPAfter riding a fossil-fuel boom for decades, Gulf Arab states are eyeing "green" hydrogen as they try to transition their economies and ease the climate crisis at a stroke.Oil producers Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman are invest...