Environment
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UN experts challenge Saudi Aramco over climate change
Aug 28, 2023UN experts have written to Saudi Aramco and its financial supporters, confronting them over claims that their operations are causing adverse effects on human rights related to climate change. Exactly two months after it was delivered,... -
Water levels in 55 rivers rise, 52 fall
Aug 18, 202355 river stations that the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) monitors have seen an increase in water levels, while 52 sites have seen a decrease. According to a bulletin sent by the FFWC here today,... -
Morocco breaks heat record
Aug 14, 2023Morocco’s meteorological service reported Sunday that temperatures there reached 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time in recorded history under an intense heatwave. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, the weather station... -
Record heat warning as forest fires rage in Spain and Portugal
Aug 10, 2023Temperatures surged in Spain and Portugal on Wednesday, as the two countries endured their third summer heatwave. As massive forest fires blazed throughout southern Portugal for the sixth day in a row, Spain’s weather agency warned... -
Amazon nations launch alliance to fight deforestation at summit
Aug 9, 2023At a summit in Brazil on Tuesday, eight South American countries decided to form an alliance to combat deforestation in the Amazon, vowing to prevent the world’s largest rainforest from reaching “a point of no return.”... -
Biden to tout climate policy in visit to baking US southwest
Aug 7, 2023President Joe Biden will kick off a series of visits pitching his climate program in the southwestern United States on Monday, which has seen a torrid summer of record-breaking heat. His first stop on his tour... -
South Korea orders air-conditioned buses for heat-struck scouts
Aug 4, 2023After hundreds of scouts at a big jamboree suffered heat-related illnesses, South Korea’s presidential office held an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday and ordered the deployment of air-conditioned buses and freezer trucks. Scouts from the United... -
3 killed, 16 missing in India landslide
Aug 4, 2023Officials reported Friday that at least three people were dead and 16 others were missing after a landslide in northern India’s Himalayas swept away stores. The “heavy landslide” on a renowned Hindu pilgrimage path was caused... -
Lula says ‘world must help’ Brazil save the Amazon
Aug 3, 2023President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated on Wednesday that the “world must help” Brazil protect the Amazon, ahead of a summit next week on the world’s largest rainforest, which serves as a critical buffer against... -
South Korea’s heat wave death toll rises to 23
Aug 3, 2023The death toll from this summer’s heat wave in South Korea has risen to at least 23, according to Yonhap news agency, citing fire authorities. Two more heatstroke deaths were confirmed on Tuesday, bringing the projected...