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Climate endgame: Risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
Aug 07, 2022 10:04Dr Luke Kemp, a climate scientist at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk said “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” adding, “Climate change has played a role in every mass extinction event. It has helped fell empires and shaped history.
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Extreme heatwaves: Surprising lessons from the record warmth
Aug 07, 2022 09:44Unprecedented temperatures are coming faster and more furiously than researchers expected, raising questions about what to anticipate in the future.
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Macron begins visit to Africa in bid to dull France's brutal colonial past
Jul 26, 2022 14:30French President Emmanuel Macron has gone on a charm offensive in Africa, amid new questions about France's involvement in the so-called "war on terror" and its brutal colonial past in the continent.
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WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency
Jul 25, 2022 10:42The World Health Organization on Saturday July 23 formally classified monkeypox as a "public health emergency of international concern," warning that the viral disease is spreading rapidly across the globe.
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UN report finds humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive
Jul 13, 2022 22:44According to a UN report, a market-based focus on short-term profits and economic growth means the wider benefits of nature have been ignored, which has led to bad decisions that have reduced people’s wellbeing and contributed to climate and nature crises.
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UN agencies warn of ‘looming catastrophe’ as world hunger rises
Jul 07, 2022 00:07World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies.
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Monkeypox in Africa: The science the world ignored
Jul 01, 2022 15:04African researchers have been warning about monkeypox outbreaks for years. As vaccines are deployed globally, they worry they will be left behind.
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G7 unveils $600bn infrastructure plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative
Jun 28, 2022 06:33The Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to raise $600 billion in funding for advancement projects in the developing world in a move designed to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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Johnson defends UK plan to electronically tag some asylum seekers
Jun 19, 2022 01:29British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended his government’s plan to electronically tag some asylum-seekers who enter the UK on boats or trucks.
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Thousands take to streets to protest Tunisian president’s bid to overhaul constitution
Jun 19, 2022 01:26Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tunisia’s capital to protest President Kais Saied’s bid to overhaul the country’s constitution.