More: Climate Crisis
Climate chaos to continue in 2018: Will the world rise to challenge?
Climate change “is still moving much faster than we are,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Thursday, calling for the political will, innovation...
Low carbon development in Africa’s manufacturing sector
Over 150 experts took part in a three-day meeting to discuss the benefits of low-carbon and climate-resilient development in Africa’s manufacturing sector. The workshop...
Report: Drought and conflict leave millions more hungry in 2017
Driven largely by climate disasters and conflict, levels of acute hunger surged in 2017, leaving some 124 million people across 51 countries facing hunger...
Category 5 storms: A norm or exception?
Compared to their larger counterparts, small states are at a higher risk of extreme weather events, which threaten to wipe out their developmental gains,...
Climate Change Could Force Over 140 Million to Migrate Within Countries by 2050
The worsening impacts of climate change in three densely populated regions of the world could see over 140 million people move within their countries’...
Global Energy Transition Must Accelerate to Thwart Climate Change
A new report, Fostering Effective Energy Transition, published today by the World Economic Forum presents its Energy Transition Index 2018, benchmarking 114 countries according...
Building for green growth in Thailand
Thailand seems likely to emerge as a model of green building in Asia, a region that is urbanizing more rapidly than any other in...
Why financial services matter in the fight against climate change
As extreme weather events increase in intensity and frequency, building up the resilience of the poorest communities – often the most exposed to climate...
Conserving Iran and Iraq’s wetlands
There’s growing awareness in the Islamic Republic of Iran that wetlands are valuable and sustain livelihoods.
Ramsar, “the gem of northern Iran”, is the town...
Maldives’ Wetlands Help Fight Climate Change
The lighthouse stands guard over the wetlands. Perched at one end of Koattey, it was built by the British who had a military base...