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COP25: Stop the climate emergency – and step up investment in adaptation and risk reduction

COP25 Governments meeting at COP25 must invest more in risk-reduction strategies and minimise the loss and damage experienced by poorer…

5 years ago

Poor nations pay price as millions flee ‘climate chaos’, Oxfam says

People are three times more likely to be displaced by cyclones, floods or fires than by conflicts By Laurie Goering…

5 years ago

At least 18 Indians killed in factory fire in Sudan: Indian Embassy

KHARTOUM: At least 18 Indians were among the 23 people killed and over 130 injured in a horrific LPG tanker…

5 years ago

World shows no end to heating up

We are heading towards a three-degree hotter world, the World Meteorological Organisation tells the UN climate summit in Madrid The…

5 years ago

Typhoon Kammuri kills 4 people, forces Manila airport closure as heavy rains hit the Philippines

Policemen remove branches from a damaged tree following the passage of Typhoon Kammuri south of Manila. (CNN)A powerful typhoon killed…

5 years ago

Climate Emergency CoP 25: 22 million people will be displaced in 2019 by extreme weather events, says WMO

A whopping 22 million people would be displaced by December 31, 2019, due to extreme weather events. That is according to…

5 years ago

More than 150 NGOs sign open letter calling for loss and damage fund with debt relief

ActionAid is among 152 organisations, movements and unions, that have signed an open letter calling for a new fund to…

5 years ago

More than 60 fires still burning in NSW

Aircraft are searching for new bushfires from lightning strikes during overnight thunderstorms, with NSW firefighters continuing to battle dozens of…

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Subsidised cyclone insurance for northern Australia back on agenda

The federal government has stepped up plans for a controversial scheme to subsidise cyclone insurance across northern Australia after rebuffing…

5 years ago

This Caribbean island is on track to become the world’s first ‘hurricane-proof’ country

Ten days after Hurricane Maria struck Dominica, aerial photos showed devastation so complete, it was routinely described as a “war…

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