Scrap-metal trader MD Alam was sleeping in his riverside cabin along the Teesta River in northeast India on Oct. 4 when he received an urgent phone call.
In India’s Himalayan region during the past two months, intense rainfall have caused landslides, flash floods, and other major destruction. Shift in weather patterns that are bringing more rain than snow to mountainous regions in the northern hemisphere are one reason, according to a recent study. The Himalayas are said to be more vulnerable to climatic change.
According to a recent study, India’s development is at risk because of the health and economic costs associated with more frequent and intense heat waves.
In Kenya, the number of the world’s tallest animals is declining, and giraffes are considered as endangered species. The regular killing of giraffes for their meat and the harsh effects of climate change, according to officials, result in the loss of four to five of them daily.
The Tanzanian government is encouraging drivers to switch from filling their tanks with gasoline to compressed natural gas (CNG). The initiative tries to lower carbon emissions that cause global warming. Some drivers are also expecting that switching would result in long-term savings in money.
Despite being so small that it’s hard to find on Google Maps, the village of Pono in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province continues to draw attention from around the world.That’s because the village is designed to show how communities that are most susceptible to climate change can become resilient to the effects of change and self-sufficient using traditional techniques
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has praised Zimbabwe’s initiatives to switch to climate-resistant grains like millet to improve food security. In Zimbabwe, an FAO team is promoting the grains and celebrating the International Year of Millets
Kiribati said it would rejoin a diplomatic grouping of Pacific Island countries this year, potentially ending a rift that raised questions about the relevance of the Pacific Islands Forum at a time of increased U.S.-China rivalry in the region.
In a contest held by the environmental group The Nature Conservancy, nature photographers from all around the world expressed their sentiments about a planet that is ever changing.
According to a recent report by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, coastal communities will experience more frequent “once in a hundred years” floods as a result of increasing sea levels caused by climate change.
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