Keywords: Climate change


England records unprecedented number of wildfires in July 2026

England recorded a record 624 vegetation fires in July 2026, as prolonged heatwaves and dry conditions increased the risk of fires spreading across rural areas, according to provisional government figures reported by British newspaper The Guardian. The number of vegetation fires recorded across the......

El Niño strengthens as UN warns of major global weather disruptions

The El Niño climate phenomenon is intensifying and is expected to reach its peak in December, prompting renewed concern over its potential impact on temperatures, rainfall and extreme weather conditions worldwide. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations agency, said Thursday......

FAO calls for urgent agricultural aid as hunger worsens across the Middle East

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is calling for urgent funding to support agriculture across the Middle East and North Africa, warning that more than 45 million people in the region are facing crisis-level food insecurity or worse. The UN agency said prolonged conflicts, forced......

El Niño threatens to expose more than 347 million children to extreme weather

More than 347 million children across nearly 100 countries and territories could face unusual rainfall patterns between October and December 2026 as the El Niño climate phenomenon intensifies, UNICEF has warned. The United Nations children’s agency said the expected weather disruption could......

UN warns extreme heat is putting pregnancies and newborns at greater risk

The United Nations has warned that increasingly intense heat linked to climate change is creating growing health risks for pregnant women and newborns, including premature births, stillbirths and low birth weight. The warning was issued as Fiji and Tuvalu host climate discussions aimed at highlighting......

Drought puts Hungary’s paprika production under growing pressure

Hungary’s traditional paprika industry is facing growing pressure from drought, rising temperatures and shrinking cultivated areas, adding climate-related challenges to existing competition from cheaper imports and changing food habits. Paprika has long been associated with Hungarian cuisine and......

Global warming linked to a significant rise in mortality, study finds

Global warming may have a far greater impact on human mortality than the direct health effects of local heat exposure, according to a study by researchers from Stanford University and Northwestern University. The research, published in September 2026, estimates that a sustained 1-degree Celsius increase......

Switzerland glaciers lose nearly 20% of their volume in just five years

Switzerland’s glaciers are shrinking at a pace that is increasingly difficult to ignore. Nearly one-fifth of the country’s glacier volume has disappeared in just five years, according to a study published on October 1 in Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland, highlighting the accelerating effects......

El Niño puts 25.8 million children at risk across Latin America

An estimated 25.8 million children and adolescents across Latin America could be exposed to climate-related risks linked to the return of El Niño, according to UNICEF. The weather phenomenon is expected to bring contrasting conditions across the region, ranging from prolonged drought in some areas......