How climate change fuels extreme heat
TOKYO, June 22, 2023 (AFP) - Heatwaves across Asia and beyond have already broken records this year, while the…
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Environment
Europe is world’s fastest warming continent: climate report
PARIS, June 19, 2023 (AFP) - Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping…
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Himalayan glaciers melting 65 percent faster than previous decade: study
KATHMANDU, June 20, 2023 (AFP) - Himalayan glaciers providing critical water to nearly two billion people are melting faster than…
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Cyclone leaves 11 dead, 20 missing in southern Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18, 2023 (AFP) - At least 11 people were killed and 20 were missing after a…
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Forest fire risks mount in drought-hit Nordic nations
LYNGE, Denmark, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - "I need water", pleads farmer Lars Jonsson, casting a desperate eye over a…
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Record UK drinking water demand sparks water use restrictions
LONDON, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - Millions of people across parts of southern Britain will be banned from using garden…
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Beijing roasts in record mid-June temperatures
BEIJING, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - Temperatures in Beijing hit a record for mid-June of 39.4 degrees Celsius (103 Fahrenheit)…
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Not phasing out fossil fuels is ‘death sentence’: Greta Thunberg
BONN, June 13, 2023 (AFP) - Failure to end use of fossil fuels will be a "death sentence" to millions…
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Extreme weather killed 195,000 in Europe since 1980
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more…
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires detected in Norway
OSLO, June 9, 2023 (AFP) - Smoke from Canadian wildfires has been detected thousands of kilometres away in Norway this…
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