Keywords: Climate change


Morocco faces growing climate risks from heat, drought and water stress

Morocco is among the African countries facing significant exposure to climate-related risks, with rising aridity, water stress, extreme heat and recurring agricultural drought emerging as major challenges. A new report by the OECD, the Global Green Growth Institute and the World Bank places Morocco within......

France stages nationwide climate protests after record-breaking summer

Thousands of people took to the streets across France on Saturday, September 26, calling for stronger action on climate change after a summer marked by exceptional heat, drought and wildfires. The nationwide mobilisation, organised under the banner of climate, biodiversity, peace and social justice,......

Greenland and Antarctica lose more than 11 trillion tonnes of ice as seas continue to rise

Greenland and Antarctica lost more than 11 trillion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023, contributing around 31.4 millimetres to the rise in global sea levels, according to a major international assessment published in the journal Scientific Data. The study combines 42 independent estimates based on......

UN urges urgent global action as rising seas threaten coastal communities

The United Nations is calling for urgent international action to address the accelerating threat posed by rising sea levels, warning that coastal communities, small island states and low-lying countries are facing increasingly severe consequences from climate change. The appeal came during a high-level......

Nepal's floods send a warning to the world on climate change

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah has used his address at the United Nations to warn world leaders that the country's devastating floods are a stark reminder of the growing consequences of climate change for vulnerable communities. Speaking during the high-level United Nations General Assembly......

Super El Niño 2026: Up to 451,000 heat-related deaths projected worldwide

A powerful El Niño episode developing across the Pacific could intensify heat-related health risks around the world, with as many as 451,000 additional deaths potentially occurring between September 2026 and February 2027, according to an estimate from the Climate Impact Lab. The figure represents......

FAO says it is too early to warn of a global coffee shortage

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says it is still too early to conclude that the strengthening El Niño weather pattern will trigger a global coffee shortage, despite growing concerns over its potential impact on major producing regions. The organization stressed......

WMO urges cities to strengthen preparedness as El Niño raises heat risks

The World Meteorological Organization is calling on cities to strengthen their preparations for extreme heat as a rapidly intensifying El Niño adds to the risks posed by an already warming climate. The organization says governments and urban authorities should act before dangerous temperatures......

France faces historic drought after an exceptionally dry September

France is facing an unusually severe drought as September draws to a close, with rainfall almost entirely absent across much of the country following a summer marked by persistent heat and dry conditions. According to data from France’s national weather service, only one day between September......