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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 06 (IPS) - Since late August, severe flash floods and monsoons plaguing Bangladesh have affected nearly 6 million people. Bangladeshi officials have declared the floods to be the country's worst climate disaster in recent memory. ...

GREAT RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Sep 06 (IPS) - Between 2001 and 2022, the Mau Forest's deforestation resulted in the loss of about 533 square kilometers of tree cover. Now, a group of women, under the aegis of the Paran Women Group, are preparing to plant ...

Icelands glaciers are retreating so rapidly that future generations may wonder how the ancient island nation got its name. No surprise then that the land of the Vikings was chosen to house the world's first global glacier graveyard which was unveiled ...

Recent "catastrophic and massive floods" in Bangladesh have affected millions of people across the country, including those in Cox's Bazar where nearly one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar live alongside host communities, spokesperson William . ...

Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.

NAIROBI, Sep 05 (IPS) - With fewer than 100 days to go to COP29, the highest decision-making body on climate issues under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is getting shorter and the need for creative and innovative ...

Unprecedented floods and winds have displaced thousands of families, destroyed homes, and severely damaged critical infrastructure, impacting over half a million people in Yemen, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Thursday.

Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have "a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture", with millions of deaths attributed to dirty air, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on ...

ROME, Sep 03 (IPS) - Marco Knowles leads the FAO's Social Protection TeamUrgent climate action is key to eradicating hunger and poverty, but climate mitigation policies can inadvertently exacerbate these issues in rural areas. Countries must design . ...

LONDON, Sep 02 (IPS) - A New Zealand bill that would roll back Indigenous rights is unlikely to pass - but it's emblematic of a growing climate of hostility from governing politicians. A recent survey shows that almost half of New Zealanders believe ...