The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
Editorial Cyclone Ditwah has only just formed, and Sri Lanka is already reeling—yet the truth is blunt and terrifying: the worst is still ahead. Ditwah is no longer just a developing storm
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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
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A new study published on Nov. 25 in Nature Climate Change warns that Earth’s oceans are undergoing rapid and unprecedented transformations, with vast regions now experiencing multiple climate-driven shifts at the same
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The United Nations has issued a stark warning about the escalating risks of extreme heat across Asia and the Pacific, highlighting the region’s growing vulnerability to climate-related disasters. The warning comes as
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor Between 2015 and 2025, the Mediterranean Shipping Company’s global rise unfolded alongside an accumulation of environmental crises, safety lapses, and governance failures that now define a decade
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Almost similar to the 29 earlier COP (Conference of the Parties) that were organized in different venues around the world each year, COP 30 at Belem in Brazil also started with high
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Spanning nine nations and covering more than 5.5 million square kilometers—roughly the size of the continental United States—the Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Often called the “lungs of the Earth,” it
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French President Emmanuel Macron has raised fresh alarms about the future of the Group of 20, suggesting the international economic forum may be “reaching the end of a cycle.” Speaking at the
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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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