Climate & Environment

Punjab floods
The majority of the deaths were in the eastern province of Punjab and were mainly due to electrocution and building collapses.

Coal plants pollute South Africa
South Africa pledged to close some coal plants and replace them with solar and wind facilities at the most recent COP meeting, and the country ..

Pakistan riverfront city
The government says it will control urbanisation. But critics have pointed to the ailing economy and a lack of foreign investment

Philippines’ Mount Mayon volcano
The evacuations began after the volcano began showing signs of renewed restlessness last week.

The cyclone Biporjoy
The cyclone named Biporjoy was predicted to be headed towards the Pakistan coast earlier but now has changed direction. Weather officials say heavy wind resulting ..

Orontes River’s impact on Syrian farmers
Farmers whose land is around the Orontes River are struggling because of the damage caused by February’s earthquakes.

Canadian wildfires
Northern Quebec’s largest town was being evacuated on Tuesday as firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes in remote communities in the northern ..

The weather in South Asia is becoming intolerable
Just weeks ago, people faced extreme heat – Intense heat in northern parts of Bangladesh has reduced tea yield and farmers are concerned that with ..

Paris plastics industry negotiations
One approach is to reduce and ban specific high-risk plastics, identified through research, which lasts for far longer in the environment than their initial use ..

Philippines’s oil tanker spill
The MT Princess Empress was carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil when it sank on February 28th off the central island of Mindoro, south ..

WMO report
On Monday, the WMO reports the rising costs of weather-related events, reporting that 2 million people (deaths) and $4.3t have been lost since 1970 due ..

Italy floods
Local mayors warned that some remote villages were still completely cut off because landslides had made roads impassable and phone service remained severed.