Browsing: climate change

Volunteers in Yaounde are restoring lost green spaces as urban sprawl reduces wooded areas from 28% to 5%. Students and gardeners lead reforestation efforts.

Laax ski resort in the Swiss Alps is implementing electric machinery and smart lift systems to cut emissions and reach net zero by 2030.

New research estimates 50,000 heat deaths in European cities this summer, with climate change responsible for 65% of fatalities.

New research estimates Europe heat deaths exceeded 50,000 in summer 2026, forcing the tourism industry to confront urgent safety and infrastructure challenges.

NASA researchers used two decades of satellite gravity data to map how human activities like irrigation and reservoir construction are altering global water storage patterns.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah has called for a joint climate resilience pact between India and China to address shared Himalayan disaster risks.

A new global assessment by the Lancet Commission lists 17 catastrophic threats to human health, with nuclear conflict and malicious AI use posing the highest extinction risks by 2100.

Himalayan tour operators are rerouting treks and absorbing costs after deadly avalanches and glacial floods reveal the region’s climate fragility.