Environment

Brazil this week began the first operations against Amazon deforestation since veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office, the Ibama environmental agency said Friday. On the campaign trail before his October election victory —...

An international crew from China and Myanmar worked on the 6-ton chainese watercraft Jin Tian. According to Chinese media, only five of the 13 people found have survived. According to Chinese media, eight people died when...

As criminal gangs take advantage of an increasing number of displaced individuals, there is evidence that climate-related disasters are contributing to an increase in human trafficking, the UN reported on Tuesday. The United Nations Office on...

Use of concrete blocks in housing and development projects can save 30 per cent cost apart from stopping damage to environment caused by burning of clay bricks widely used in construction, industry stakeholders say. They suggest...

Human action to save the ozone layer has worked as hoped, and it may recover in just decades, the UN says. An international agreement in 1987 to stop using the harmful chemicals that were damaging the...

More than four months after a national state of emergency was declared in Pakistan, up to 4 million children are still living near contaminated and stagnant flood waters, risking their survival and wellbeing, UNICEF warned. Acute...

According to the India Meteorological Department, a mid-cold wave is currently affecting portions of northern India, while Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius today. The IMD said that Aya Nagar, a...

Many European countries have seen their warmest January temperatures ever. In eight countries, national records have dropped, and regional records in three more. On Sunday, Warsaw, Poland, recorded 18.9C (66F), while Bilbao, Spain, reached 25.1C, which...

In the disaster-prone Philippines, the number of fatalities from recent floods and landslides has increased to 51, according to officials, who are distributing food packs to the hardest-hit towns. According to the national disaster service, as...

The municipality of Delemont in Switzerland experienced its warmest January day ever on Sunday, with temperatures reaching 20.2 degrees Celsius (68.4 degrees Fahrenheit). According to MeteoSwiss, Switzerland’s national meteorological and climate service, warm winds from the...