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Australia river agency pilloried amid mass fish deaths
AFP, Published on 31/01/2019
» SYDNEY: The authority that oversees Australia's largest river system was accused of "maladministration", "gross negligence" and ignoring climate science Thursday, as its waterways were carpeted with hundreds of thousands of dead fish.
World Bank promises $200bn in 2021-25 climate cash
AFP, Published on 03/12/2018
» KATOWICE, Poland: The World Bank on Monday unveiled US$200 billion in climate action investment for 2021-25, adding this amounts to a doubling of its current five-year funding.
Climate extremes 'key driver' behind rising hunger: UN
AFP, Published on 11/09/2018
» PARIS: Extreme weather events were a leading cause of global hunger rising last year, with women, babies, and old people particularly vulnerable to the worsening trend, a UN report said Tuesday.
City 'struggling to stay afloat'
News, AFP, Published on 03/09/2018
» As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade.
El Nino dries up Asia as its stormy sister La Nina looms
AFP, Published on 29/04/2016
» Withering drought and sizzling temperatures from El Nino have caused food and water shortages and ravaged farming across Asia, and experts warn of a double-whammy of possible flooding from its sibling, La Nina.
Parched fields force Thailand to look beyond rice
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» Thailand has long served as one of the globe's main rice bowls, but chronic water shortages are pushing the country to move away from a grain that dominates its fields and has defined a way of life for generations.
Isan youths' development stunted as parents go to Bangkok
AFP, Published on 23/03/2016
» With a bit of luck eight-year-old Chayanit will see her mother twice this year.
Extreme weather: The record El Nino
AFP, Published on 29/12/2015
» PARIS - Deadly extreme weather on at least five continents is driven in large part by a record-breaking El Nino, but climate change is a likely booster too, experts said Monday.
UN: Climate pledges 'far from enough' to halt global warming
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» PARIS - Carbon-cutting pledges from 146 nations are "far from enough" to stave off dangerous global warming, the UN warned Friday, three weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit in Paris.
Brazil builds climate tower in pristine Amazon jungle
AFP, Published on 26/08/2015
» SAO SEBASTIAO DO UATUMA (BRAZIL) - Deep in the pristine Amazon jungle, Brazil's newest skyscraper has a mission unlike any other: to save the world.