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Ukraine's Zelensky tells COP27 Russia's war harms climate efforts
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - A fast-heating world "cannot afford a single gunshot", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN climate summit on Tuesday, arguing that Russia's invasion threatened international efforts to tackle global warming.
At least 15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» COPENHAGEN - At least 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather in 2022 so far, the World Health Organization said Monday, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries.
COP27: Financing for climate damages gets a foot in the door
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH: UN climate negotiations on Sunday offered a sliver of hope and "solidarity" for developing countries battered by increasingly costly impacts of global warming, in agreeing to discuss the thorny issue of money for "loss and damage".
Climate change is speeding up, warns major UN report
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any year prior to 2015, the UN said Sunday, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of global warming.
COP unlikely to meet Africa's climate needs
AFP, Published on 04/11/2022
» PARIS: It is being billed as the "African COP" but scientists and campaigners on the continent least responsible for climate change fear the UN summit that begins on Sunday in Egypt will once again leave them sidelined.
Millions at risk of severe hunger in South Sudan: UN
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» JUBA - Almost eight million people in South Sudan, or two-thirds of the population in the deeply troubled country, are at risk of severe hunger, the United Nations warned on Thursday.
UN calls on nations to 'urgently' boost climate funds
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» PARIS: Climate change impacts battering vulnerable countries threaten to outstrip efforts to adapt to global warming, the UN warned Thursday, with a "significant" amount of international funding help recycled from other purposes.
Ethiopia fractured and fragile after two years of war
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» ADDIS ABABA - Two years after war broke out in northern Ethiopia between federal forces and Tigrayan rebels, the country remains in deep crisis, with its once-vibrant economy in ruins and a humanitarian disaster roiling Tigray.
Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» GENEVA: Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday.
Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the sea
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» ALTY (SUDAN): The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.