Human Rights & Public Liberties

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Prisoner 345
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Climate & Environment

El Nino storm

This year’s dry season is expected to be the most severe since 2019, with thousands of people facing food shortages as a result.

Published on: 17 September, 2023

Climate Ambition Summit

Activists want to heighten UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ call for countries to commit to no new fossil fuels and to end subsidies for fossil ..

Published on: 17 September, 2023

Africa Climate Summit

“We must see in green growth, not just a climate imperative but also a fountain of multi-billion-dollar economic opportunities that Africa and the world is ..

Published on: 6 September, 2023

WMO Report

The report will link air quality, climate change and heatwaves, arguing that they should be monitored together, not separately.

Published on: 6 September, 2023

Day 2 of the Africa Climate Summit

  The summit will among other things aim to produce a common plan for tackling climate change and propose a new international financing framework, which ..

Published on: 5 September, 2023

Day 1 of Africa Climate Summit

Africa’s environmental problems are well charted: water scarcity, biodiversity loss, drought etc. Along with much of the global south, it’s seeking money from the West ..

Published on: 4 September, 2023

Hurricane Idalia aftermath

The National Hurricane Center called it ‘extremely dangerous’, capable of leaving the area uninhabitable ‘for weeks or months’ – It is the first hurricane to ..

Published on: 31 August, 2023

Climate change and drought

Earlier in 2023, the Panama Canal’s authority began imposing restrictions, causing a backlog of vessels waiting to pass. To conserve water, canal authorities are limiting ..

Published on: 28 August, 2023

Algeria, Greece, US, and Canada are swept by severe heatwave

In Greece, devastating wildfires are continuing to sweep through Greece for a seventh consecutive day. Mass evacuations have been ordered on several Greek islands as tens ..

Published on: 25 July, 2023

South Korea devastating floods

Authorities said on Sunday that rescue workers had pulled seven bodies from vehicles trapped in a flooded underpass in central South Korea after days of ..

Published on: 17 July, 2023

Floods damaged crops in India’s Punjab

The Indian government has said it expects to produce 135.5 million tonnes of rice this year, more than what they produced last year, but the ..

Published on: 17 July, 2023

Heatwave is set to intensify

Parts of Italy could see highs of 48°C and high temperatures are expected to continue into next week as a second heatwave approaches. Death Valley ..

Published on: 16 July, 2023