TLEDESK: At least 55 people have died after a week of intense flooding in south-central Vietnam, with 13 others still missing, according to the environment ministry. Heavy rainfall has pounded the region […]
Category: Climate
Climate Finance and the North-South Divide: A Call for Justice and Solidarity
Azizul Hakim Rakib: Often, the world’s poorer populations, who have done the least to warm the planet, are the ones most affected by climate change. The coasts of South Asia are often […]
Last chance saloon for global plastic pollution treaty
TLE DESK: Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution have less than 24 hours to salvage a deal on Thursday after the talks plunged into […]
Climate heat extremes driving tropical bird decline: study
TLE DESK: Tropical bird populations have plummeted not only due to deforestation but also extreme heat attributable to climate change, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Intensifying […]