Tag: climate change
Paris Mortuaries ‘on the Brink’ as Heatwave Moves East
Forecasts warn that a new scorching wave is already building, peaking by mid-July.
Half of the World’s Children Now Face at Least Three Climate Hazards
A new report maps for the first time how multiple, overlapping climate threats are affecting children internationally.
World’s Largest Banks Drive $906B Surge in Fossil Industry
The increase is incompatible with achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and limiting global warming to 1.5°C, new report says.
Climate Inequality Kills 100,000 People in Europe Each Year, New Study Says
A landmark research in Nature Health maps how poverty and economic disparity drive a massive surge in heat and cold-related mortality across the continent.
The Worker is Dead, Long Live the Worker!
May Day once again reminded us that organized labor remains one of the most influential non-state actors on the global arena. From Manila to São Paulo, and from Berlin and Mexico City, millions took the streets as one—and not only for a better wage.
Turbulence in Eastern Mediterranean: How Warships and Warming Seas Strangle Fish and Fishermen
With military tensions soaring, the Eastern Mediterranean is increasingly criss-crossed by military vessels, and at the risk of the same environmental damage seen on its neighboring seas. With world leaders openly talking of a global conflict just round the corner, what is to happen to the seas that we hardly got to know?