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Unesco strengthens emergency support for countries hit by natural disasters

Paris – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has announced increased support for ten countries facing emergency situations, many of them linked to natural disasters and extreme weather events recorded during the autumn of 2025. According to the......

Swiss court allows islanders’ climate case against cement giant

A Swiss court has accepted a landmark lawsuit filed by residents of an Indonesian island against Holcim, the world’s largest cement producer, in what could become a defining case for corporate accountability in climate change. The Cantonal Court in Zug ruled that the complaint filed by four residents......

Baghdad Airport temporarily closed due to heavy fog

Baghdad International Airport was forced to suspend operations from late Wednesday into early Thursday due to dense fog blanketing the Iraqi capital, the Ministry of Transport announced. According to the statement, the airport closed at 12:30 a.m. local time because visibility had dropped below acceptable......

NOAA hurricane hunters track powerful Pacific Northwest storm as major flooding looms

A major atmospheric river storm battering the Pacific Northwest has prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy its hurricane hunter aircraft for a rare midwinter mission. The specialized plane, typically used during Atlantic hurricane season, is gathering real-time......

2025 set to become one of the hottest years ever recorded, EU climate data indicates

European climate scientists report that 2025 is almost guaranteed to rank as the second- or third-warmest year ever measured, continuing a worrying pattern of escalating global temperatures. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, global average temperatures from January to November were......

Asia floods trigger race against time to rescue survivors

Massive flooding and deadly landslides across parts of Asia have left more than 1,160 people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, prompting an urgent mobilization of rescue teams in Indonesia and Sri Lanka — the two countries hit hardest by the catastrophe. In Indonesia, where torrential......

Asian militaries mobilise as floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia kill nearly 1,000

Severe flooding across Southeast Asia has claimed nearly 1,000 lives and forced widespread military mobilization to assist affected populations. Torrential rains struck Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia, causing landslides, submerged villages, and infrastructure damage. In Indonesia,......

Farmland innovations hold key to climate change mitigation, study finds

An international study led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) highlights the critical role of farming practices in addressing climate change, emphasizing the potential of plant agriculture and synthetic biology to significantly reduce carbon emissions. The research identifies the reduction......

At least 31 dead as heavy floods devastate Sri Lanka

Severe flooding and landslides triggered by a week of relentless rainfall have left at least 31 people dead in Sri Lanka, according to the country’s Disaster Management Centre. The central regions, already vulnerable during the monsoon season, were hit particularly hard as soil saturated by days......