Thinking about the end of the world as we know it
“Yes, it’s a catastrophe,” Elizabeth Weil writes of climate change. “And no, you would not be better off if you continued to tell yourself otherwise.”
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How the UN’s secretary general became a forceful voice for climate action
António Guterres is at COP27 in Egypt for what is likely to be another blistering attack on complacency and foot-dragging by world leaders.
Now Anjali Appadurai calls on B.C. to declare climate emergency
The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia's top political job says she's ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become the next premier.
Nigeria races to save flood victims as death toll tops 600
The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes.
Flooding in southeast Australia could swamp or isolate 34,000 homes
Around 34,000 homes could be inundated or isolated in Victoria state as a flood emergency continues across parts of Australia’s southeast, an official said on Monday, October 17, 2022.
B.C. government prepares for flooding when drought inevitably ends
The British Columbia government says it's ready to deploy sand bags and tiger dams in case flooding follows the ongoing drought.
Washington to send more aid to Pakistan post floods
The United States has boosted assistance to Pakistan’s flood relief efforts, announcing $10 million in aid, in addition to Washington's already announced financial assistance of $56.1 million, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, September 26, 2022.
Pakistan floods ruin crops and raise fears of hunger
Like every year, Arz Mohammed had planted his little patch of land in southern Pakistan with cotton. The crop would earn him enough so that, as he puts it, his family of five wouldn’t be reduced to begging. Then came the deluge.
The Marxist, post-capitalist, green manifesto that is captivating Japan
Kohei Saito’s book Capital in the Anthropocene has become an unlikely hit among young people and is about to be translated into English.
After fall flooding, Abbotsford banks on new $84.4M water system to help it weather climate storm
The city came "perilously close" to running out of clean drinking water during last November's floods, and it wasn't the first time the problem has arisen.
Prescient extreme weather warning was issued 10 years ago
The 594-page report’s 20-page summary highlighted five case studies of climate risks from worsening extreme weather that scientists said will be more of a problem and how governments could deal with them.
UN chief makes world-wide appeal to help badly flooded Pakistan
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world for help for cash-strapped Pakistan after arriving in the country on Friday, September 9, 2022, to see the climate-induced devastation from months of deadly record floods.
India's tech hub, Bengaluru flooded after days of torrential rain
Life for many in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru was disrupted on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, after two days of torrential rains set off long traffic snarls, widespread power cuts and heavy floods that swept into homes and submerged roads.
UN seeks $160 million in aid for devastating Pakistan floods
The United Nations and Pakistan issued an appeal on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, for $160 million in emergency funding to help millions affected by record−breaking floods that have killed more than 1,160 people since mid−June.