Environment

Late this month, The Gambia saw its worst floods in “almost half a century,” which resulted in the internal displacement of more than 5,000 people and the deaths of 11. The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA)...

Typhoon Mulan, the seventh of the year, is predicted to make landfall in the coastal regions of the provinces of Hainan and Guangdong during the daytime on Wednesday, prompting China to issue a yellow alert. The...

Spain is rethinking how it uses its water resources, which are primarily used to irrigate agriculture, in the face of a historic drought and the threat of desertification. “We must be extremely careful and responsible instead...

The US Senate this weekend will begin debating a major health and climate investment bill, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday, expressing confidence that it will be passed. The bill, a trimmed version of President Joe...

To better comprehend and plan for the potentially catastrophic effects of global warming that governments have not yet considered, experts cautioned Tuesday that the world must prepare for a “climate endgame.” The sophistication of climate models...

The European Commission on Wednesday urged EU member states to re-use treated urban wastewater as irrigation on the continent’s parched farms. Much of Europe has been hit by a lengthy dry spell this year, and the...

Governor Andy Beshear announced on Monday that at least 37 people, including four children, had died as a result of the floods caused by the region’s severe rains. He also issued a warning that more catastrophic...

Portugal and France on Sunday battled major forest fires as temperatures rose sharply this weekend. In Portugal, a blaze broke out in the Mafra area, north of Lisbon, while in France at least four firefighters were...

Officials said on Sunday that nine people had died and that many more were thought to have perished in flooding in the city of Mbale in eastern Uganda as a result of two rivers bursting their...

Friday saw the approval of a historic resolution by the UN General Assembly that recognized for the first time that everyone, everywhere, has a human right to live in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Bangladeshi...