Hanoi (AFP) June 20, 2023 A prominent Vietnamese climate activist detained for alleged tax evasion is being held incommunicado and has no access to a lawyer, rights groups said on Tuesday. Hoang Thi Minh Hong – the founder of now-defunct NGO CHANGE, which advocated for action on climate change and wildlife protection – is the latest environmentalist to be accused of tax evasion by Vietnam’s … Continue reading Vietnam holding climate activist incommunicado: rights groups

Kathmandu (AFP) June 19, 2023 The death toll in Nepal from weekend floods and landslides rose to six, officials said Monday, as rescuers continue to search for 28 missing people. “Rescuers are still searching for those who have remained out of contact due to floods and landslides since Saturday,” Dhruba Bahadur Khadka, spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, told AFP. A … Continue reading Death toll rises six in Nepal floods and landslides

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) June 20, 2023 Protecting the Amazon rainforest and making it an engine of sustainable economic growth, rather than plundering its resources, would bring Brazil billions of dollars in the coming decades, a study found Tuesday. By expanding sustainable industries and transitioning to low-carbon agriculture, the Amazon region could lead the way in turning Brazil into a green-economy powerhouse, adding 40 bilhttp://dlvr.it/SqyFGJ Continue reading Green growth in Amazon would bring Brazil billions: study

Paris (AFP) June 19, 2023 Europe should brace for more deadly heatwaves driven by climate change, said a sweeping report on Monday, noting the world’s fastest-warming continent was some 2.3 degrees Celsius hotter last year than in pre-industrial times. Crop-withering drought, record sea-surface temperatures and unprecedented glacier melt are among the consequences laid out in a report by the World Meteorological Orgahttp://dlvr.it/SqyFDV Continue reading Europe is world’s fastest warming continent: climate report

Novo Hamburgo, Brazil (AFP) June 19, 2023 A cyclone which tore through southern Brazil has killed at least 13 people and forced thousands from their homes, authorities said Sunday. Torrential rain and strong winds on Thursday and Friday caused damage in dozens of towns in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, including its capital Porto Alegre – the latest in a string of weather-related … Continue reading Cyclone leaves 13 dead in Brazil

Mexico City (AFP) June 18, 2023 Roberto de Jesus, a day laborer, stands beside the cathedral in Mexico City sweating a river as he waits for work, while homemaker Wendy Tijerina tries in vain to keep her food from spoiling. The latest blast of a heat wave that has killed eight people in Mexico is making life very difficult for millions of people. De Jesus, … Continue reading Mexico bakes under killer heat wave

Newark DE (SPX) Jun 18, 2023 As the world faces more climate variability and extremes in the face of global warming, sudden environmental changes add an extra layer of stress to food production in the United States and around the world. It is critical, then, to figure out how the areas in which crops are planted and harvested respond to these stressors, which can bring … Continue reading Shock to the crop system

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 15, 2023 On Friday, May 19, 2023, Impossible Sensing, along with a team of scientists and engineers from SETI Institute, NASA JPL, University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory and other institutions onboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel Nautilus expedition, successfully launched InVADER Mission’s Laser Divebot into the deep waters surrounding Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll. This ehttp://dlvr.it/Sqs5kx Continue reading Space exploration company brings high-tech laser lab to the ocean floor

Geneva (AFP) June 18, 2023 The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality. Recent opinion polls indicate strong support for the proposed law, which would require Switzerland to slash its dependence on imported oil and gas, scaling up the development and use of … Continue reading Amid melting glaciers, Swiss vote on new climate law

Berlin (AFP) June 17, 2023 Germany’s ecologist Greens called on Saturday for the European Union to reconsider its asylum reform plan, despite the fact that it has been approved by the political coalition of which they are a member. At a mini-congress in the spa town of Bad-Vilbel, Green party leaders put forward a motion calling for “improvements” to be made to the draft agreement, … Continue reading Struggling German Greens urge EU to reconsider asylum reforms