Latest in: Natural Disasters
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Climate change hits poor communities the hardest with no easy way forward
There is a growing evidence that climate change is taking the largest toll on poor and vulnerable people – due mainly to inequalities that persist as a result governmental failures. The protection against climate hazards lies...October 4, 2016 918 0 -
Hottest Year : UN for advisories to save lives
FEATURED IMAGE above shows Thorn Tree Sossusvlei Namib Desert Namibia Luca Galuzzi, Photo by Luca Galuzzi via Wikimedia Commons. Amid growing risk for increase in heat-related deaths from climate change effects, the United Nations Office for...July 28, 2016 855 0 -
Heat of the moment
The 2016 election season in the United States may be getting hotter with each passing day but sweltering summer in several parts of the world is into an unprecedented streak of high temperatures, raising alarm for...May 28, 2016 922 0 -
As reports link Canada fire to El Nino, UN urges action
As reports said El Nino phenomenon had contributed to spell that has seen fires raging through Canada’s Alberta province, the United Nations has asked called for coordinated efforts to prevent weather extremes resulting from disturbed atmospheric patterns. A...May 7, 2016 1112 0 -
Leonardo DiCaprio’s fervent call to save planet
American actor Leonardo DiCaprio made an fervent case for bold action to stem climate degradation at the United Nations on Friday, as leaders from 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement to save the planet. The Academy...April 23, 2016 902 0 -
Eye-opening report on human toll of hottest 2015 year
A new analysis on the year 2015 – the hottest on record – tells of eye-opening implications of climate changes, showing that weather and climate-related disasters now dominate disaster trends linked to natural hazards. The United...February 11, 2016 980 0
