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10 most climate-vulnerable countries got less than $1 year climate finance: Report
The data also shows the 10 countries most affected by climate...
World already on cusp of 1.5 degree celsius temp rise, finds new research
Every extra increment of heat risks worsening climate impacts like...
Climate change making Australia a more difficult place to live: PM Scott Morrison
“Australia is becoming a harder country to live in because of these natural disasters,” Morrison told reporters on Wednesday, adding that the world was dealing with “a different climate to the one we were dealing with before” Prime minister Scott Morrison Australia’s...
Australia to declare east coast floods a national emergency
The declaration means flood victims won't have to provide identification documents to receive support payment and in some circumstances the federal government can act independently in areas where the state governments haven't requested help. Canberra: Australia's...
The disasters that never happened: how to soothe rising climate anxiety
A growing mental health crisis linked to climate change - often dubbed "eco-anxiety" - has come under the spotlight in recent years, from heat-linked suicides in Mexico and the United States to people who fear the future is too uncertain to have children "We have to...
Russia-Ukraine War: Chernobyl nuclear plant no longer transmitting to IAEA
"I'm deeply concerned about the difficult and stressful situation facing staff at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the potential risks this entails for nuclear safety," said International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi Vienna: The Chernobyl...
Climate change to uproot millions, especially in Asia:
By one estimate, as many as 40 million people in South Asia may be forced to move over the next 30 years because of a lack of water, crop failure, storm surges and other disasters No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically...
Maha, MP, Odisha suffered most from extreme weather in 2021: IMD chief
Indian Ocean is the fastest warming ocean basins in the world, and this will have serious impacts on the South Asian region. Heavy rainfall and flood-related incidents last year had claimed over 750 lives across the country, with Maharashtra recording the highest...
Sydney told to brace for heavy rains, floods in ‘one-in-a-one thousand’ year event
Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, received around 80% of its annual rainfall over the last three days, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Tuesday. New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet described the wild weather as a "one-in-a-one thousand...
‘Delay means death’ – UN climate report urges immediate, drastic action
On nearly all counts, the report makes clear that climate change is impacting the world far faster than scientists had anticipated. Noting that nearly half the world's population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for...
People flee to rooftops as ‘weather bomb’ submerges Australian towns
Several regions have seen rainfall records for February broken because of the relentless downpour, with some places getting more than a month's or more than a year's rains in one day Insurer Suncorp on Monday said it had received more than 5,000 claims related to the...
Storm Eunice: how forecasters predicted super-strong winds days before it even formed
The improvement in the forecast is partly because of the hugely improved resolution of the supercomputer models. We can now simulate the earth in great detail, in four dimensions (including time). We also just have a better understanding of the science, and how...