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BONN, Germany: Many countries are pinning their hopes on China and India to lead efforts to slow climate change+ amid a growing sense of resignation that US President Donald Trump+ will either withdraw from a global pact or stay and play a minimal role. Delegates at the May 8-18 negotiations …
The global human health impact of the diesel emissions scandal has been revealed by new research showing a minimum of 38,000 people a year die early due to the failure of diesel vehicles to meet official limits in real driving conditions. Researchers have created the first global inventory of the …
Exposure to ambient air pollution increases morbidity and mortality, and is a leading contributor to global disease burden. We explored spatial and temporal trends in mortality and burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution from 1990 to 2015 at global, regional, and country levels.
A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday projected the possibility of neutral or El Nino conditions as nearly equally favored in the Northern Hemisphere during the summer and fall this year. The Climate Prediction Center (CPC), an agency of the National Weather Service, in its monthly forecast said relative to …
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signed an agreement recognising the landmark Paris climate accord at a meeting of Arctic nations in Alaska on Thursday, but said President Donald Trump was not rushing to decide whether to leave or weaken U.S. commitments to the pact. Trump's efforts to dilute U.S. …
Kenya’s government says it is reaching out to U.S. officials so it can address concerns of “corruption and weak accounting procedures" the U.S. embassy says have prompted the suspension of $21 million in assistance to Kenya’s Ministry of Health. Kenya’s government spokesperson Eric Kiraithe sought to reassure the nation in …
MILAN: The United States and China have to lead the way in the fight against climate change, former US president Barack Obama said Tuesday. Speaking as the future of the landmark Paris climate accord hangs in the balance, he acknowledged differences with his successor Donald Trump but said the private …
Many nations urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to remain in the global agreement to combat climate change, even if he reduces the ambition of U.S. pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Trump's main advisers are due to meet on Tuesday to review his threat to quit the 2015 …
Research released last month suggested that the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill caused $17.2 billion in damages to the Gulf of Mexico’s natural resources — and a slew of other recent studies provide even more detail on just how severe those impacts were for many of the protected …
Many nations urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to remain in the global agreement to combat climate change, even if he reduces the ambition of U.S. pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Trump's main advisers are due to meet on Tuesday to review his threat to quit the 2015 …
Investors with more than $15 trillion of assets under management urged governments led by the United States to implement the Paris climate accord to fight climate change despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to pull out. "As long-term institutional investors, we believe that the mitigation of climate change is essential …
Donald Trump’s scorched-earth approach to environmental protections has shocked current and former government officials overseas who are waiting nervously to see whether the US will destabilize the Paris climate agreement by pulling out of the deal. The Guardian has spoken to a number of officials from key countries before Trump …
India can seize this opportunity to demonstrate an alternative growth model with lower carbon emissions. We have just crossed April and temperatures are touching record highs. What has generated a lot of heat is the recent Executive Order issued by the US President Donald Trump, which attempts to roll back …
India blame an excuse to betray the Paris deal President Donald Trump has given strong hints of either the US pulling out of the Paris climate deal or at least cutting back on commitments made by the Obama administration. Building his argument ahead of a decision before the G-7 summit …
The level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our planet is more dangerous than ever, as Hawaii's Mauna Loa Observatory recorded CO2 levels passed 410 parts per million (ppm) on April 18. The Keeling Curve, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography program, which have been recording CO2 levels …
Green bodies today criticised the US president's claim that "major polluting nations" like India were contributing "nothing" towards tackling climate change, saying the US was itself "doing little" to fight the menace. The climate action pledges taken by India to curb emissions were "much more" than that of US, the …
Calling the Paris Agreement on Climate Change as 'one sided', Trump promised to make big decision on the deal. President Donald Trump has said India, Russia and China are contributing “nothing” to the Paris climate deal, adding that the US is being unfairly targeted by asking to pay money. Calling …
Tornadoes ripped through an East Texas county on Saturday evening, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, while high winds, falling trees and floods killed five in neighboring states, according to news reports. Three tornadoes were confirmed by the U.S. National Weather Service in Canton, a city about 60 …
American's stocks of yellow fever vaccines are set to run out this summer, the country's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned. In the body's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report issued on Friday (28 April), it said it expected "a complete depletion of yellow fever vaccine available for …
Thousands of people across the US have marched in rain, snow and sweltering heat to demand action on climate change mass protests that coincided with president Donald Trump’s 100th day in office and took aim at his agenda for rolling back environmental protections. A sea of protesters taking part in …
