Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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On a Hunt for Fishless Lakes, Teeming With Life
Many people scour the Maine woods for lakes with big trout, but just a few seek places like this unnamed four-acre lake near the Machias River. Like thousands of other Maine lakes, it is scenic and remote, but it claims a rare distinction: it has no fish.
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How Does Climate Change Hit GDP? (Q+A)
Southeast Asia faces one of the world's highest climate change bills, the Asian Development Bank said on Monday, unless the region adapts to climate change and joins the rest of the world in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Droughts in Africa echo over 3,000 yrs
NYT News Service As if some spells of droughts persisting over three centuries are not enough, Africa will experience more such mega droughts if studies are to be believed, writes Andrew C Revkin
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Madagascar Drought Puts 250,000 Children At Risk
Up to 250,000 children are at risk of malnutrition and disease in southern Madagascar as a political crisis and tropical cyclones exacerbate severe food shortages, the UN children agency said. UNICEF said that the rains had failed again in the Indian Ocean island's southern region, devastating the last harvest and reducing the amount of safe water available for human consumption.
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Rich Nation Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise In 2007
Greenhouse gas emissions from industrialized nations rose by nearly one percent in 2007, led by strong gains in the United States, official data showed. Carbon emissions from countries signed up to the Kyoto Protocol climate pact edged up by 0.1 percent in 2007, mainly due to rises in Japan and Canada.
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U.N. Calls At Climate Talks For G8 To Do More
The United States and other rich nations must do more to help clinch a landmark deal on climate change this year, a top U.N. official said at a meeting of global environment ministers.
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Growing Antarctic Sea Ice Linked To Damaged Ozone
An expansion of sea ice around Antarctica is linked to a hole in the ozone layer high in the atmosphere, according to a study on Tuesday that helps clear up a mystery about global warming.
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Climate Change, Wars Could Sink Aid System: Oxfam
The world's relief agencies will be overwhelmed by a rise in the number of people affected by climate-related disasters by 2015 unless the quantity and quality of aid improves, a report said on Tuesday. "There is nothing inevitable about a future in which greater numbers of people die and are made destitute by natural hazards and conflict," the report by international aid group Oxfam said.
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Forests could flip from sink to source of CO2
Forests that today soak up a quarter of carbon pollution spewed into the atmosphere could soon become a net source of CO2 if Earth
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30 pc fall in mango output likely due to drought in Rajshahi
Mango production in the region is appeared to fall around 25 to 30 percent this season due to the continuous drought like climatic condition frustrating the farmers and the traders concerned. Horticulture scientists and the farmers said that the green mangoes are falling abnormally for the last couple of days due to long-time absence of rainfall along with high temperature.