European State of the Climate Report 2024
<p>Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change are clear. 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe. Storms were often severe and flooding widespread, claiming at least
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Zimbabwe: Harare Left With 18 Months' Water Supply
Harare's main water supply dam, Lake Chivero, is now left with water to last only 18 months largely due to siltation, droughts and algae, which has also affected water quality. Harare city officials say
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Climate, conflict and forced migration
<p>Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to
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Severe Drought in Zimbabwe Threatening Livelihoods
Some villagers in one of Zimbabwe's driest areas are appealing for food and fear their livestock, their source of livelihoods, will die due to a lack of water. The World Food Program is asking for funds
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Climate report Trump tried to bury: key findings No 1 – air pollution kills
Donald Trump doesn’t believe his own government’s major report on climate change – which the administration tried to bury over the Thanksgiving break. It warns that rising temperatures are already harming
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Nor any drop to drink
The Gonella Hut, more than 3,000 metres up on the Italian side of Monte Bianco, should be bustling with climbers in August. Instead, it is empty. Davide Gonella, the manager, closed it at the end of last
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Climate change could see Africa's Sahel turn lush and green in our lifetimes
The emission of greenhouse gases by human activity is set to lead to drought, rising sea levels and flooding in many parts of the world. But in Africa's Sahel region, at the southern edge of the Sahara
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The wrong model for resilience:How G7-backed drought insurance failed Malawi, and what we must learn from it
The G7-backed African Risk Capacity (ARC) drought insurance policy was an experiment that failed Malawi, and in particular its women, in the face of a drought that need not have become a disaster. The
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More children suffer from malnutrition, disease in Somalia: UN
UNITED NATIONS, (Xinhua) -- As a possible famine looms, an increasing number of children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, cholera or acute watery diarrhea in Somalia, the UN Children’s Fund
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Disasters Emergency Committee makes East Africa appeal
UK aid agencies have launched a fundraising appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in East Africa. The Disasters Emergency Committee says at least 16 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
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More than 2.7 million people need relief assistance in drought-hit Kenya
As a result of the drought, a total of 174,000 children are not attending school in the affected counties, and 1,274 schools have no access to water, affecting 246,000 children. Highlights About 2.7