Climate change: US and China take ‘small but important steps’

The US and China have agreed on measures to tackle climate change but stopped short of committing to end fossil fuels, a joint statement said. The world’s biggest carbon emitters will step up co-operation on methane and support global efforts to triple renewable energy by… Read More

Indonesian villagers dig up dry river bed in drought

Desperate for a drink: Indonesian villagers dig up dry river bed in drought KARANGANYAR, Indonesia, Aug 9 – It’s been four, long, hot months since Sunardi’s village has seen any rainfall as an El Nino-induced drought parches Indonesia, so the tobacco farmer does the only… Read More

‘I lost hope in farming’: Extreme weather devastates South Korean watermelon farmer

Kwon Gye-soon has been farming for more than a quarter of a century but she is not hopeful she can get back on her feet this time after climate change-driven flooding in July devastated her watermelon farm and her damaged crop now rots in extreme… Read More

Floods hit China’s grain belt as storms following Doksuri head northeast

Rain pelted swathes of China’s biggest grain producing province on Friday, submerging farms and worsening floods that have already swamped cities around the country as rescue workers scramble to contain the havoc caused by Typhoon Doksuri. Northeastern Heilongjiang, known as China’s “great northern granary”, is… Read More

Admit your failures, climate summit host Al Jaber tells nations: COP 28

Governments must face up to their failures to tackle climate change at the next UN climate summit, the president of COP28 has told governments. The meeting in November should agree to triple renewable energy by 2030, Sultan al-Jaber told leaders in Brussels. Green groups welcomed… Read More

US refuses climate reparations for developing nations

The US says it will not “under any circumstances” pay reparations to developing countries hit by climate change-fuelled disasters. Climate envoy John Kerry made the remarks at a Congress hearing before flying to China to discuss the issue. Some countries want major economies – which… Read More

US, China aim to revive climate talks as planet reels under extreme weather

BEIJING, China – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said it was “imperative that China and the United States make real progress” in the four months before U.N.-sponsored climate talks begin in Dubai, as waves of extreme heat and rainfall hit large parts of the globe.… Read More

UAEU launches its COP28 roadmap

AL AIN- This United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) today launched its strategic plan of action leading up to the meeting of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP28 will be hosted by the UAE in… Read More

Mexico swelters as ‘atypical’ heat wave grips nation

MEXICO CITY / MONTERREY, Mexico – Climate Change – Earth Rally – Mexican authorities urged people across the country to take safety precautions on Thursday as an unusual late Spring heat wave sent temperatures soaring, with cooler days possibly weeks away. Health ministry data through… Read More