The Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia is a lifelong aspiration for every Muslim. In developing countries like Pakistan, where I come from, this dream often requires immense financial sacrifice. Many forgo significant life milestones like buying a …
We’ve added new country, regional and city level data to the Climate Risk Dashboard. Now users can explore the impact of climate change on glaciers, biodiversity and on the impacts of heat stress on people in urban areas. The dashboard is an interactive …
3 days ago By Zahra Fatima and BBC World Service, BBC News Hundreds of people are thought to have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia - most of them due to extreme heat as temperatures soared past 51C (123F). AFP news agency quoted an Arab …
Cathy Newman: Now more than a thousand people are reported to have died during this year’s hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia – in scorching temperatures which rose above 50 degrees celsius. Around 1.8 million people have taken part in this year’s hajj, most …
Lomé accueille depuis ce mardi 18 juin 2024 et ceci pour trois jours l’atelier national de validation des visions sectorielles et nationale de la stratégie de développement à long terme à faible émission de carbone et résilient aux changements climatiques …
Every day since March last year, daily heat records are reaching new heights and multiple climate records have been broken. The "extraordinary" and unexpected phenomenon has concerned the world's climate scientists, who fear the severe …
rom misting systems to heat-reflective road coverings, Saudi officials are trying to aid haj pilgrims in coping with heat, but scientists caution that climate change may outpace these efforts. The annual pilgrimage, one of the world's largest religious …
As the climate negotiations wrap up in Bonn, Bill Hare, CEO and Senior Scientist, Climate Analytics, comments: “Bonn climate talks are typically less intensive than COPs as they focus on laying a technical foundation for the decisions and accompanying …
This April and May, large regions of central Asia were hit by a series of storms resulting in heavy downpours and flash flooding. The worst affected country was Afghanistan, where 540 fatalities have been reported since March (WFP, 2024). In Pakistan, at …
This year, for the first time, the UNFCCC is explicitly inviting interested countries to report information specifically on loss and damage. Drawing lessons from the Caribbean, we take a look at the types of costs that can be reported, what makes an event …
For a second year in a row, the world continues to break temperature records as greenhouse gas emissions rise, leading to more extreme heat and flooding events that are taking lives and displacing many around the globe. Governments are expected to submit …
Landmark Report Reveals Larger Extent of Loss and Damage in Caribbean On the margins of the Bonn Climate Conference (SB60) in Germany, Climate Analytics Caribbean presented the findings of its newly published report, “A review of loss and damage in the …
Bonn, Germany, 5th June 2024 On the margins of the Bonn Climate Conference (SB60) in Germany, Climate Analytics Caribbean presented the findings of its newly published report, “A review of loss and damage in the Caribbean (1994 to 2024)”, to an audience of …
11 hours ago Hannah Ritchie,BBC News, Sydney SunDrive's Maia Schweizer thinks Australia has what it takes to become a solar panel manufacturing hub Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a …
Loss and damage from climate change has been the lived reality of Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) for decades. Despite efforts to adapt, it is reversing development gains, leaving lasting financial stress, and causing irreparable damage, …
Just transition discussions in the context of climate action have recently gained significant prominence. This increasing awareness of the importance of ensuring just transitions in line with Paris Agreement goals led to the establishment of the Just …
Our own calculations show that successive governments have kept increasing their projections for how much carbon they believe the land use sector is storing. That’s happened every year since 2018. If you keep changing how big a carbon sink land use is, you …
This article was first published on Climate Home News on 30 May 2024. Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh has been sweltering under 52°C heat in recent days. Not in the news however is that wet-bulb temperatures in the region – a more accurate indicator …
Governments will gather in Bulgaria over July and August to agree on the schedule for the IPCC’s seventh assessment cycle, shaping its work for the next five to seven years. Yet despite its climate vulnerabilities, Africa was highly underrepresented in the …
When the war in Ukraine upended the global energy supply in 2022, South Korea suddenly found itself competing for natural gas. Cut off from Russia’s supply, an energy-starved Europe began buying up supplies worldwide. In 2022 alone, South Korea saw …
