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Climate Change | How Farmers in Manipur are Bearing the Brunt
In recent years, erratic weather conditions caused by climate change have affected our society and will continue to have harsher effects in the future. Today, the physical and chemical changes caused by human activities are being felt in our...

JTF Launches Tree Planting to Fight Climate Change in Plateau
The Joint Task Force, Operation Ensuring Peace, on Saturday held a tree planting exercise in Plateau State to reduce the effects of climate change. Maj Gen. Folunsho Oyinlola, the commander of the operation, said the initiative was introduced by...

Serbia’s Vučić brands European Green Party officials ‘scum’ amid deepening unrest
The European Green Party has denounced threats from Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, who said he would prosecute two senior party officials who took part in an anti-government demonstration on Friday night. Serbian police forcefully dispersed...

New Green Party leader’s shoplifting comments are appalling but there is another reason his victory is truly terrifying
SHOULD we always trust our politicians? Don’t be silly. The antics of Angela Rayner have drummed that home to us loud and clear this week. But even though they often don’t have the style, fun or glamour needed to boost an Instagram account, our...

Climate change hero? Think twice before planting a tree
Planting trees is often hailed as a simple solution to climate change. But when done indiscriminately, tree planting in Africa can cause more harm than good – displacing biodiverse and unique grasslands, reducing water availability and undermining...

Climate change increasing chance of crop failure, UBC researchers say
“If you go for a run and you’re really well-hydrated, your body will sweat and that will cool you down, because the evaporation of water cools your body in the same way a wet field can cool by evaporating some of that water,” he said. “If you’re...

‘Our Tent Onstage Flew Off Like a Parachute’: How Climate Change Hit This Summer’s Tours
In late July, Willie Nelson was onstage during his set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour in Raleigh, North Carolina, when tour manager John Selman noticed an abrupt shift in the weather. During his 20-plus years working with Nelson, Selman has...

Australia supports SICAN tackle climate change
Members of the Solomon Islands Climate Action Network (SICAN) recently endorsed a set of new organisational and governance policies to strengthen and enable their work, supported through funding from the Australian Government. The policies for...

HEDA to train media, creatives on climate change action
By Henry Uche In a bid to close the gap between the lived realities of climate change and the urgent need for more innovative, impactful storytelling that can influence policies and drive climate-smart local action in frontline communities, the...

The science of climate change is far from ‘settled’
Science is nuanced. This basic truth certainly holds for the field of atmospheric science, where the complexities of the airy environment are investigated.The climate science subdiscipline explores one of the most complicated and serious issues of...

Research measures impacts of climate change, deforestation in Amazon
The dry season in the Brazilian Amazon is becoming more severe, and the forest’s temperature increased by 2 degrees between 1985 and 2020, according to a study led by scientists from the University of São Paulo. The analysis reviewed 35 years of...

Locals angry as Porsche boss’s road tunnel gets green light
Frequented by Mozart and once owned by the author Stefan Zweig, the Paschinger Schlössl, a 17th-century villa on a wooded hill overlooking Salzburg, had fallen into a fairytale-like slumber until another illustrious name, Wolfgang Porsche, came...

AI Revolutionizes Weather Forecasting to Boost Farm Yields Amid Climate Change
In the heart of America’s farmland, where unpredictable weather can make or break a harvest, artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful ally for farmers. Once confined to experimental labs, AI-driven weather forecasting tools are now...

Climate change issues require innovative media storytelling – SOS director
Environment COUNTRY director of SOS Children’s Villages, Nigeria, Eghosa Erhumwunse, has called on media professionals to report more about climate change issues, amplify conversation on it and drive meaningful action. Erhumwunse made the call in...

Withdrawal from action on climate change undermines US image globally
Smog lingers over the city overlooking the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles as seen from Signal Hill in California, US, on March 10, 2025. Photo: VCG Editor's Note: The US government has carried out yet another action that hinders the global...

India News | National Mobility Summit: Gujarat Road Transport Corporation Leads Way in Advancing India's Green, Integrated Transport
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 6 (ANI): The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) successfully hosted the "National Mobility Awards and Summit-2025" at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, themed "Accelerating Future Mobility: Green,...

Climate change turns Pakistan’s summer oases into deadly flood zones
NARAN, Pakistan - Fasih Qazi escapes the scorching summers of southern Pakistan each year to work as a tour guide in the country’s alpine north. Some of the world’s highest mountain ranges - the Karakoram, the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush -...

Reform UK holds Wales in 'contempt' says new Green Party leader
The new leader of the Green Party has said Reform UK is using Wales as a "stepping stone" to UK Government and that it holds Wales in "contempt". Zack Polanski, appointed this week, said by refusing to name a leader in Wales the party led by Nigel...
Climate Change and You: Do rivers have a memory?
Dear reader, This is a season of grief for many in India. Wayward rains, cloudbursts, landslides, and floods are wrecking Northwest India and the western Himalayas. The images are haunting. The River Beas swallowed an eatery in Manali, Himachal...

Attleboro to welcome its first Miyawaki Forest - a step towards mitigating climate change, flooding, and improving the habitat of right whales
A Miyawaki forest, a concept that originated in Japan during the 1970s, will soon take root in Attleboro’s Capron Park. Also known as “pocket forests,” the areas of dense, manmade woodlands in urban areas feature a variety of tree life and seek to...