Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

Monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has asked for international help as rescuers struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas.

28 August, 2022

Climate change hits Chad

Chad is one of the countries most affected by global climate change.

22 August, 2022

Drought affect the Rhine

Ships are forced to use smaller vessels or to split cargoes into multiple shipments.

15 August, 2022

US Congress has passed an unprecedented bill

The bill will authorise roughly $370 billion for energy and climate programs, which would be the biggest clean energy investment by the federal government in…

14 August, 2022

Climate change/Wildfires

Fires have broken out across Germany, exacerbated by the extremely hot weather seen on the continent in recent weeks.

3 August, 2022

Kenyans are looking for charcoal

Environmentalists are worried about illegal logging in protected forests.

1 August, 2022

Climate change impact on Pakistan

In some areas, Pakistan Army soldiers have been deployed to supply basic food necessities and medical care to the affected population.

28 July, 2022

Kampala Summit of Climate Change

Leaders are expected to call for a more integrated approach and response to climate change, ahead of the 27th session of the Conference of the…

28 July, 2022

The current climate change/heatwaves & Wildfires

Hundreds of tourists and residents were evacuated on Saturday from a popular resort on the island of Lesbos as a wildfire destroyed homes in the…

27 July, 2022

Climate change/Australia

A spate of recent disasters – flooding and fires – has pushed the environment high up the national agenda, and was a big factor in…

20 July, 2022

An extreme heat wave hits UK

Scientists say there is evidence that the increase in heatwaves over Europe is three to four times faster than in other mid-latitude regions such as…

18 July, 2022

Predicting climate change

The tree, nicknamed Great Grandfather, is said to be more than 600 years older than the current record holder.

17 July, 2022