Environmental activists demand delay to Glasgow climate talks if costs and travel restrictions block attendance of those worst-hit
The Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow should be postponed until the…
The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency can no longer be seen as separate crises, researchers say.
Climate change should be treated with the same urgency as the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
Virus detected in two districts near the country’s capital, Porto Novo, agriculture ministry says.
Benin has identified an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 avian flu in two districts near the…
‘It’s a horrible combination – together, the wildfires and Covid-19 make us even sicker’
Wildfire smoke is linked to at least 19,000 additional cases of Covid-19 on the West Coast, and 700…
Overlapping crises have pushed the fragile east African country to the ‘cusp of humanitarian catastrophe’, with one in four facing food insecurity.
Such was the horror that erupted in her village…
The UK government has announced that all 16 to 17-year-olds will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks. Many countries are already vaccinating children over 12,…
Heavy rains in southern Bangladesh this week have flooded and destroyed dwellings at camps hosting more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees.
“The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said more than 12,000…
Trillions of dollars poured into rescuing economies around the world from the Covid-19 crisis have been spent in ways that worsen the climate crisis and harm nature because governments have failed to…
Greece’s intention to donate 80,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Kenya was announced by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.
As he noted in a Twitter post, “following our recent meeting in Rome, I had a…
Vital signs – Temperature check:
Never before did I even think that this planet of ours would be affected by the three simultaneous threats of global warming, air pollution and COVID-19, any one of…
Reducing global heating could save millions of people from mosquito-borne diseases, study finds
More than 8 billion people could be at risk of malaria and dengue fever by 2080 if greenhouse gas…
But watchdog warns government that costs will double if it delays action to cut emissions
The UK’s climate targets will cost the government less over the next 30 years than the price of battling the…
Anti-poverty groups, climate campaigners, and public health experts reacted with outrage and howls of disappointment Sunday after the G7 leaders who spent the weekend at a summit in Cornwall, England…
As the pandemic and extreme weather disrupt electricity supplies for Kenyans, alternative energy sources like solar power are providing sustainable options.
One in four Kenyans - mostly in rural…
The legendary primatologist urged people to develop a new, more sustainable relationship with the natural world.
Legendary primatologist Jane Goodall says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the…
As the world fights the Covid-19 pandemic, we must not forget the bigger threat of climate change.
According to the UN, climate change threatens to adversely affect economic growth worldwide, and…
People all over the world are reeling from the one-two punch of climate change and COVID-19. The overlapping crises are exposing and intensifying patterns of disadvantage, marginalization and…
Africa’s recovery pathway offers enormous opportunities, African Development Bank (AfDB) head said at the European Union-Africa Green Investment Forum.
AfDB President Dr Akinwumi Adesina reminded…
Renewables supplied only a third of Africa’s electricity demand growth in 2020 according to energy think tank Ember’s The Global Electricity Review.
The Global Electricity Review showed that wind…
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