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Kerry tells Davos climate coalition swelling
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
They have joined a group known as the "First Movers Coalition". "Today the First Movers Coalition initiative leaps from the 35 initial companies that came to th...
Curbing other climate pollutants, not just CO2, gives Earth a chance
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
The study, appearing the week of May 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to assess the comparative impacts, through 2050, of...
Kerry warns against letting Ukraine war thwart climate efforts
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
Kerry made the plea at the World Economic Forum of global business and political leaders in the Swiss ski village of Davos, where the climate crisis is among th...
Iraq sandstorm grounds flights, sends 1,000 to hospitals
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
More than 1,000 people were hospitalised across the nation with respiratory problems, health ministry spokesman Seif al-Badr told AFP. Flights were also grounde...
Sandstorm forces closure of Iraqi airports, public buildings
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
The capital Baghdad was enveloped in a giant dust cloud that left usually traffic-choked streets largely deserted, an AFP correspondent said. Prime Minister Mus...
Time running out to save Horn of Africa lives: UN
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
"We're out of time. We need money urgently to save lives," UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told a press conference in Geneva, following a two-day visit to Kenya. ...
US launches $3.5 bn plan for CO2 capture, storage
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
The money will fund four major umbrella programs that include a variety of projects to capture CO2 from the air and factories and then store it, the Department ...
Sandstorms pose serious risk to human health
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
At least 4,000 people went to hospital Monday for respiratory issues in Iraq where eight sandstorms have blanketed the country since mid-April. That was on top ...
Climate change indicators hit record highs in 2021: UN
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO...
Sandstorm blankets Saudi capital in grey haze
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
A thick grey haze made iconic Riyadh buildings such as Kingdom Centre nearly impossible to see from more than a few hundred metres (yards) away, though there we...
Mideast sandstorms snarl traffic, close schools, harm health
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday became the latest country blanketed with dust that slowed traffic and made iconic towers in the capital difficult to see from more than ...
Algae reveal clues about climate changes over millions of years
May 16, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Gottingen studied a specific group of lipids called long chain diols which are found in sea sediments all over the world, and w...
Thousands hospitalised as latest sandstorm brings Iraq to standstill
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
It is the eighth dust storm since mid-April to hit Iraq, which has been battered by soil degradation, intense droughts and low rainfall linked to climate change...
Climate change made deadly S. Africa rains twice as likely
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
An exceptional downpour -- more than 35 centimetres (14 inches) over two days -- on April 11-12 claimed hundreds of lives and caused $1.5 billion in damage acro...
Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20 million people towards starvation, according to the UN, destroying an age-old way of life a...
Even chance world will breach 1.5C warming within 5 years: UN
May 09, 2022 (AFP)
The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change saw countries agree to cap global warming at "well below" 2C above levels measured between 1850 and 1900 -- and 1.5C ...
Thousands sick as latest severe sandstorm sweeps across Iraq
May 05, 2022 (AFP)
Duststorms have increased dramatically in frequency in Iraq in recent years, driven by soil degradation and intense droughts made worse by climate change, with ...
Horn of Africa drought drives 20 million towards hunger
May 04, 2022 (AFP)
A donor conference last week raised almost $1.4 billion for the region, which the UN says is facing its worst drought in 40 years. In the afflicted areas, peopl...
UK banks hit by climate protests at shareholder meets
May 04, 2022 (AFP)
It follows a recent similar demonstration against HSBC. At Barclays' meeting in Manchester, chairman Nigel Higgins was forced to pause proceedings as security o...
US megadrought reveals 1980s body in lake, with more to come: police
May 02, 2022 (AFP)
Boaters on Lake Mead near Las Vegas discovered a corroded barrel with its sinister contents during a weekend pleasure trip. Detectives probing the mystery say t...
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