Climate crisis

Climate crisis

Disadvantaged groups are more exposed to climate effects and less able to recover from damages. A Bangladeshi family travels to a safer location as water enters new areas after the cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh in 2009. Photo: Abir Abdullah

Climate and inequality entwinement imperils us all

Especially as the United Nations climate summit, COP28 draws near, discussions about ways to distribute finances from wealthy countries are growing in importance

A thermal power plant is seen near residential buildings in Beijing, China November 21, 2018/ Reuters

Analysis - China turns to households in fight to slash carbon emissions

The Cop28 summit would be held in Expo City in Dubai, the UAE. Photo: Collected

Making sense of an oil kingdom's climate summit

A file photo of Sultana Kamal. Photo: Collected

Current climate crisis manmade: Sultana Kamal

Cracks run through a partially dried-up river bed. Photo: REUTERS

Hottest October globally marks fifth record-shattering month

FILE PHOTO: Activists with Glasgow Actions Team and 350.org hold a floating "invisible banner" that will appear to transform the Eiffel Tower into a wind turbine to welcome world leaders on the eve of the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, at the Trocadero Square in Paris, France, June 21, 2023. The slogan reads "End Fossil Finance" and "Make Polluters Pay". REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says

World risks focusing on the wrong things at Cop28

World risks focusing on the wrong things at Cop28

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

UN chief puts spotlight on 'movers,' excludes US, China at climate summit

FILE PHOTO: A sample that tested positive for tuberculosis is seen from a microscope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Magali Druscovich/File Photo

Climate change hitting fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

Traditional dancers entertain delegates during the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, September 5, 2023. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

World losing race to meet climate goals, COP28 president says

A member of the civil society holds a placard as others queue during a peaceful protest against the continent's inaugural climate summit, marching against the use of fossil fuels in the region while demanding that governments and industries transition to renewable energy in Nairobi, Kenya September 4, 2023. REUTERS/John Muchucha

Hundreds of millions of dollars pledged for African carbon credits at climate summit

Of dengue, climate change and El Nino

Of dengue, climate change and El Nino

Crushed plastic bottles and containers bound in bales in China. Photo: Bloomberg

Net zero is stalling out. What now?