UN sounds ‘Red Alert’ as world smashes heat records in 2023
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Every major global climate record was broken last year and 2024 could be worse, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, with its chief voicing particular concern about ocean heat and shrinking sea ice. The UN weather agency said in its annual State of the Global Climate report that average temperatures […]
More than 1,000 Ukrainian towns lose power due to extreme winter weather
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine’s power grid operator said on Tuesday severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged residents to conserve power as the energy system has been weakened by Russian strikes. Electricity consumption was at this week’s highest levels as temperatures fell to about -15 degrees […]
Mental health: Climate change takes heavy toll in Bangladesh
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as Bangladesh faces increasingly extreme weather from floods to storms, psychologists fear rise in anxiety and depression…
“Global boiling”: Billions already suffer in heat over 1.5 degree limit
Many people live with temperatures above the Paris Agreement’s ceiling for global warming as land heats faster than the oceans. ALISTER DOYLE, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Italian farmer battles frost, floods, heat and hail in epic year
Forli, Italy Reuters Farmer Andrea Ferrini is on the frontline of climate change in Italy and it is hurting. First his fruit and corn crops in northern Italy withered in a hard frost, then they were hit by torrential rains and record flooding, followed by an exceptional heatwave and finally hail storms. A farmer stands […]
From China to Death Valley, extreme weather blankets the globe
New York, US Reuters Asia, Europe and much of the United States baked under extreme heat on Monday as global temperatures soared toward alarming highs and US leaders sought to reignite climate diplomacy with China. The US was scorched by record-setting heat in the west and south, lashed with flood-triggering rain in the north-east, and […]
Climate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records – say climate experts
SingaporeReuters The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea. As envoys gathered in Bonn in early June to prepare for this year’s annual climate talks in November, […]
Extreme weather: Will India lightning strike deaths rise as climate change worsens?
ATHAR PARVAIZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that lightning strikes are increasing in India due to global warming and air pollution – with people living in rural areas most at risk…
World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns
Brussels, Belgium Reuters The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of the El Nino weather phenomenon, climate scientists say. Climate models suggest that after three years of the La Nina weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean, which generally lowers global temperatures […]
Wow!: Crop of the future? More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farming
CAROLINE WAMBUI, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a Kenya county is helping farmers build fish ponds in a bid to even out water availability and diversify incomes…