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The UNWFP warned on Friday that 58 million people are at risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency's 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently.
Rain and cooler temperatures are helping South Korean fire crews as they battle the country's worst-ever wildfires on Friday, as the governor of the hardest-hit region called for overhauling response strategies to respond to the climate crisis that he says worsened the disaster.
NAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, and partners on Thursday launched a project to protect civilians from climatic shocks, conflict and displacement.
NAIROBI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- African governments should move fast to enact forward-looking laws aimed at boosting the fight against climate change, a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) official said on Thursday.
BENEATH the grey waters off southern England, 400 million mussels cling to ropes dangling from buoys spread across an area the size of the country's largest airport.
The Asean multilateral emergency rice reserve agency is gearing up to address potential climate change-triggered disasters that could threaten Southeast Asia’s food security this year.
“Climate change isn’t waiting for international pledges, and neither can the world’s most vulnerable nations, because every delayed dollar costs lives, livelihoods and a chance at survival.”
From DR MUHAMMAD HAFIZ BADARULZAMAN, Senior lecturer, School of Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
NAIROBI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A dialogue on China-Africa green cooperation was held in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, bringing together senior officials, diplomats, environmentalists and scholars.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (March 27, 2025)
A collaborative study by Chinese and US scientists has revealed how a massive carbon release 56 million years ago impacted ocean chemistry, offering critical insights into the effects of modern climate change.
Iconic landmarks and city skylines around the world went dark on Saturday as millions joined Earth Hour, a global campaign by environmental group WWF calling for urgent action to tackle climate change and halt nature loss.
NAIROBI, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday expressed concern about several public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox, and viral hemorrhagic fevers, which it said pose a major threat to the safety and well-being of millions of children in eastern and southern Africa.
HAMM, Germany (Reuters) - A German court on Monday resumes hearing a landmark case brought by a Peruvian farmer who argues that the German energy giant RWE's emissions have contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, increasing the flood risk to his home.
THESE should be wonderful times at Finca El Puente, a coffee plantation carved into the mountains of southwestern Honduras.
NAIROBI, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- About 67.4 million people in the Horn of Africa are food insecure, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said in a joint report released Friday.
Richer countries must put more money on the table to support the world’s developing and emerging market economies tackle climate and development challenges, or risk undoing recent progress, the G24 group of nations says.
The United States has once again distanced itself from global climate action.
The time for incremental change has passed; we must now embrace a strategy that places planetary health at the heart of our national agenda.
