Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

Typhoon Gaemi

The deaths were the first in China that appear linked to Typhoon Gaemi, which weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall on Thursday.

29 July, 2024

Gaemi hits China & Taiwan

All construction projects have also been stopped.

28 July, 2024

Ethiopia’s landslides

Women, children and police officers are among the dead.

24 July, 2024

Sudan floods

Above-normal rainfall for most of the Greater Horn of Africa is forecast this summer, potentially a disaster for Sudan’s already flood-prone areas.

14 July, 2024

Sudan floods

Floods in Oroma and Kassala in eastern Sudan. Several villages have been flooded on Wednesday.

11 July, 2024

Sulawesi island landslide

Deforestation and un-regulated mining operations in remote districts have added to landslide risks in the country.

10 July, 2024

Cape Town Storms

Authorities have issued weather warnings for the city through to the weekend. They’re predicting torrential rain, strong winds, flooding and possible mudslides.  

10 July, 2024

Heat impacts agriculture in Kashmir

The soaring temperature in Kashmir, a major producer of strawberries and cherries, is impacting the produce of the local farmers.

24 June, 2024

A steaming hot summer

  In the US, nearly 100-million people are under dangerous heat advisories.

23 June, 2024

Bangladesh heatwave

Despite the heat, about 33M children returned to school on Sunday, with hospitals still receiving a big number of patients suffering heatstroke, dehydration, exhaustion and…

1 May, 2024

Climate change and health hazards

More than 26M million people worldwide living with chronic kidney disease linked to workplace heat stress.

23 April, 2024