Fri 15 August 2025: As the UN meets to negotiate an international treaty to curb plastic pollution, many favour carbon credit-like offsetting. Each year, the world produces about 400 million tonnes of plastic waste – more than the combined weight of all the people on Earth. Just 9 percent of it is recycled, and one study predicts […]
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Thu 14 August 2025: A new heatwave has gripped parts of Europe, sending temperatures up to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 degrees Fahrenheit), with wildfires wreaking havoc and forcing evacuations as the impact of global warming is keenly felt on the continent. Heat alerts were issued in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans on Tuesday, with temperatures expected to […]
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Wed 13 August 2025: Shop manager Olarewanju Ogunbona says he uses Styrofoam and plastic packs at least five times a day — nothing unusual in the megacity of Lagos, one of the world’s most plastics-polluted urban areas. The city’s over 20 million people contributed 870,000 tons of the world’s 57 million tons of . Lagos state authorities last month […]
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Wed 13 August 2025: Home to 44 000 African savanna elephants and a population that continues to grow, South Africa’s conservation efforts have demonstrated success when compared to the decline of elephant numbers in some other countries. “Our elephants are a national treasure, a keystone species, an integral part of our heritage and plays a […]
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Tue 12 August 2025: On Sunday evening, three reactor units at the Gravelines nuclear power station, located on the English Channel, were automatically shut down due to a large influx of jellyfish clogging the plant’s water pumping systems, according to France’s energy company, Electricite de France (EDF). A fourth reactor was taken offline early Monday […]
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Tue 12 August 2025: A severe heat wave hit eight Arab countries on Monday, with meteorological agencies warning that extreme temperatures, high humidity, and wildfires would continue through the weekend, with the heat expected to subside by Friday or Saturday. Egypt The Egyptian Meteorological Authority said the country is experiencing “extremely hot weather across most […]
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Mon 11 August 2025: With the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC 5.2) on Plastic Pollution underway in Geneva, Switzerland, South Africa has reaffirmed its support for a legally binding global treaty to tackle plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is already harming communities, economies and ecosystems – from land to rivers to oceans. “Plastic […]
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Fri 08 August 2025: Global food prices are on the rise with extreme weather conditions caused by climate change, as prices of coffee, cocoa, and rice increased in various countries as a result of floods, storms, and high temperatures. The impact of climate change on food prices, based on various reports from different countries, was evaluated in […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: French Prime Minister François Bayrou called the raging wildfire in southern France’s Aude region a “catastrophe on an unprecedented scale,” tying it directly to climate change and prolonged drought. Visiting the devastated area, where flames have consumed a region larger than Paris, Bayrou highlighted the crisis’s severity. Since Tuesday, the inferno […]
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Mon 04 August 2025: A giant hole on the Sun‘s surface has ejected a record amount of rare helium-3 gas into space. In October 2023, this gas was measured at a concentration 180,000 times higher than normal, marking a significant discovery that could unlock new insights into the Sun’s mysteries. Toward the end of October 2023, astronomers detected […]
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