by Our Correspondent in Colombo Updated Story 2: The Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports that the death toll from the severe weather gripping the country has risen to 47, with 37 of
On Friday, 17 October 2025, the UN Development Programme released the 2025 edition of its Multidimensional Poverty Index Report. For the first time, the report directly evaluates their multidimensional poverty data against climate
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has warned that extreme heat is reshaping the “riskscape” across Asia and the Pacific, with 2024 recorded as the
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Iran is confronting its most severe water crisis in decades, with authorities warning that Tehran, home to more than 10 million people, could soon become uninhabitable if rainfall does not arrive before
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A key European Parliament committee is preparing to endorse a sweeping new emissions-reduction target, marking a critical milestone in the European Union’s long-term climate agenda. According to Bloomberg, the environment committee is
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, host of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference, embodies a striking paradox in global climate diplomacy: a climate champion calling for more oil, a rainforest
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A decade-long effort to steer the planet away from the most catastrophic impacts of climate change has stumbled, with the Paris Agreement’s most ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C now
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European Union member states have endorsed a landmark agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% over the next decade compared with 1990 levels, reinforcing the bloc’s leadership in global climate action.
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Officials from the Trump administration reportedly used aggressive tactics to prevent the adoption of a landmark UN-backed climate agreement for global shipping, sources told the Financial Times. According to more than ten
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Petrobras, Brazil’s majority state-owned oil company, has received permission to drill an exploratory well 100 miles offshore from the ancestral lands of the Karipuna people in Amapa state, a move that has
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Scientific institutions in China and Japan have announced a collaboration to enhance typhoon observation and research, as warming global temperatures threaten to make the powerful storms more destructive. The initiative will enable
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