Climate
JM | Sep 19, 2022
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Dr Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie, CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), is urging the Government to be more reactive to the looming crisis climate change poses to the country, as new…
The Andrew Holness-led Government is being urged to do more at the local level to help Jamaica’s coral reefs survive climate change. The call comes as the Arizona-based Allen Coral…
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country’s biggest lake bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding, while the disaster management agency on Monday…
JACOBABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from…
Durrant Pate/Contributor Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis has called for his fellow Caribbean leaders to “make developed countries honour past pledges for climate assistance”, as they convened in the recent…
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country’s climate change minister said on Thursday…
China says it is mobilising resources to combat a rare drought and ensure production and livelihoods as scorching heatwaves sweep through vast parts of the country. According to an August…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) Nearly two-thirds of European territory is in a state of drought alert or warning due to heatwaves and low rainfall, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the yields…
HOSTENS, France (Reuters) Wildfires tore through parts of France, Spain and Portugal on Thursday (August 11) as heatwaves baked Europe and the head of the European Space Agency (ESA) urged…
LONDON (Reuters) Britain’s weather service on Tuesday issued an amber “Extreme Heat” warning for parts of England and Wales, with no respite in sight from hot dry conditions that have…
(Reuters) Scientists say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of lightning strikes across the United States, after lightning struck at a square near the White House, leaving two people…
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is urging citizens to take seriously the heat wave warnings that Jamaica is presently experiencing. In a statement today (August 5), the PNP said…