According to the U.N. Environment Program, communities in drylands are most impacted by climate change, since frequent droughts and subsequent floods make conventional livelihoods like farming and livestock keeping nearly impossible. Kenyan conservation experts are helping these communities in creating alternative, climate-resilient livelihoods, including beekeeping,to help them cope with changing weather Patterns.
Toxic air is choking Pakistanis. As cooler weather arrives, the perpetually poor air quality has risen to hazardous levels, disrupting with everyday activities. According to experts, the problem that returns each winter will get worse over time.
In Baku, Azerbaijan, a country whose economy is heavily dependent on the sale of fossil fuels, the COP29 climate summit is set to get underway on Monday. Despite warnings that efforts to curb global warming are way off track,world leaders and thousands of delegates will try to negotiate ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions over 12 days.
The effects of the recent extreme weather events in Southeast Asian countries are far reaching, ranging from health advisories and school closures to droughts. While El Niño phenomena, a cyclical weather trend, contributed to the situation this year, climate change is still a part of the problem
According to a new report by Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, which was published in the journal Nature, the average income of people around the world will be cut by one-fifth by the middle of the century due to climate change.
In Mozambique, two female entrepreneurs started businesses that lessen pollution and combat climate change.
The United Nations, which is marking World Water Day on Friday, says that as climate change takes effect, there is a growing risk of conflict over water resources.
This week, in Nairobi, the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA-6, is meeting to discuss how to address the triple planetary crisis of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
As an important trade route connecting the Pacific and Atlantic oceans for more than 100 years, the Panama Canal is among the most important in the world.
According to the UN, over one-third of all plastic produced is used for packaging, making it one of the biggest drivers of the world’s plastic pollution problem. A Kenyan company is using agricultural waste to make compostable food packaging products free of harmful chemicals in order to address the problem.