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Indonesia Floods, Landslides Death Toll Nears 1,000; Over 1 Million Displaced

Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said Monday that the death toll from recent floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra has risen to 961, with 293…

2025 Set to Rank Among Warmest Years on Record, EU Climate Service Says

The year 2025 is on track to tie with 2023 as the second-warmest year ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Monday, underscoring the accelerating pace of…

Deadly Wave Hits Tenerife, Leaves Three Dead and Several Injured

A giant wave struck a natural swimming pool on the western coast of Tenerife, killing three people and injuring three others, emergency services on the Canary Islands said Sunday. One…

Climate change is affecting your food – and not in your favour

Sterre ter Haar, Leiden University Scientists thought they had finally stumbled upon a possibly positive side effect of climate change. While rising CO₂ levels have been linked to various effects,…

Tasmania Bushfire Destroys 19 Homes, Damages 14 in Dolphin Sands

More than 30 homes have been damaged or destroyed by a bushfire in Tasmania, with authorities warning evacuated residents it is not yet safe to return. Officials said Sunday night…

Sweden’s mining industry is threatening the Indigenous Sami people’s way of life

Georgia de Leeuw, Lund University “There is so much intrusion from all sides and corners,” a Sami reindeer herder tells me, reacting to a government decision to grant a mining…

Storm Byron batters Greece with floods; no casualties reported

A powerful storm named Byron continued to pound Greece for a second day Friday, unleashing heavy rains and floods that swamped homes, businesses and farmland across much of the country.…

UN Warns Arab Region Heating Twice Global Average

The Arab region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, with 2024 bringing record heat, destructive storms and worsening water scarcity, UN weather experts have confirmed. The…

UN Recognizes New Ecosystem Restoration Flagships in Australia, Canada, South Africa

Three new World Restoration Flagships were recognized Thursday by United Nations agencies for advancing agrifood systems transformation, biodiversity protection and climate action through indigenous knowledge. The projects, based in Australia,…

UN Says Deadly Storms Batter South, Southeast Asia

Climate‑driven cyclones and monsoon rains have unleashed one of the deadliest weather patterns in years across South and Southeast Asia, killing more than 1,600 people and displacing hundreds of thousands…

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