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NGO hosts international symposium on climate change
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance Executive Director Mwenda Mithika addresses a past press conference on climate action. [File, Standard] The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, in partnership with Addis Ababa University, is hosting this...

Climate risk and the future of portfolio management
The Climate Risk Index 2025 ranks India as the sixth most affected nation by climate-related disasters from 1993 to 2022, with over 80,000 fatalities and economic losses of USD 180 billion, according to Germanwatch. Mark Carney, the Governor of...

Climate change drives record temperatures in Japan and South Korea
Japan and South Korea endured their hottest summer on record in 2025, as climate change drives global warming, extreme weather, and historic heatwaves. Both Japan and South Korea experienced unprecedented summer heat in 2025, according to their...

Global leaders to gather in UAE for IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
Abu Dhabi: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will host its World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi from October 9 to 15, co-organized with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and the Environment Agency...

International Primate Day: Listening to the voices of the wild
September 1 is International Primate Day – a day to honor the creatures swinging through forests and cracking nuts with stones. First established in 2005, this day calls attention to the vital role primates play in shaping forests, spreading...

National AI congress in natural resources to spotlight challenges in education, research
TEHRAN – The first national congress on artificial intelligence (AI) in natural resources aims to focus on challenges in education, research, and its applications in agriculture, natural resources, and the environment. The two-day event will be...
Global review identifies opportunities to improve monitoring of juvenile fish habitats
The viability of fish populations relies on healthy habitats where juveniles can spawn, feed and develop. A cornerstone of sustainable fisheries management, these habitats are facing increased pressure from coastal development, climate change,...

Environmental laws need revision
To the honorable ministers of law and legal reform, environment, tourism, aviation and investment, and finance, I address this open letter to you, compelled by a profound concern for the integrity of our nation’s environmental and legislative...

Global Sumud Flotilla sails from Barcelona
An international aid flotilla made up of activists, politicians, and artists from more than 44 countries set sail from the Spanish city of Barcelona toward Gaza on Sunday, intending to break Israel's blockade of the besieged enclave. The Global...
Stockholm University experts call for major reforms at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
A new paper on the science-policy interface by climate experts Svante Bodin and Örjan Gustafsson at the Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, calls for urgent reform to the relationship between the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries move closer to new global ocean treaty at UN meeting
Countries have taken another big step towards bringing a new international treaty on the high seas into action. The treaty, known as the Agreement on Marina Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) or the High Seas Treaty, will set rules...

Enhancing Crop Resilience Amid Unpredictable Climate Changes
As climate patterns become increasingly erratic due to global warming and other anthropogenic influences, the pressing challenge of maintaining agricultural sustainability has come to the forefront of scientific inquiry. This urgency is...

Scorching Realities: How Climate Change Threatens Breastfeeding Mothers
It was 36 degrees in Khairthal on an early August afternoon, the kind of heat that clings to the skin, heavy with humidity yet parched in the air, leaving both body and breath restless. In a one-room house with a tin roof, Priyanka, a 27-year-old...

Business News | Samunnati's 5th National FPO Conclave to Convene 1,000+ FPO Leaders and Agri Stakeholders in Hyderabad
VMPL Hyderabad (Telangana) / New Delhi [India], September 1: Samunnati, India's leading agri value chain enabler, in collaboration with NABARD, will host the 5th National FPO Conclave on 3rd and 4th September 2025 at the Hyderabad International...

How a Rock Band Bassist Is Remixing Climate Activism
Imagine if every climate policy rollback was met with the same unshakable loyalty Swifties show when Taylor drops a breakup song. What if climate action had the same unstoppable energy as Beyoncé’s BeyHive, marching full speed ahead toward a green...

How scientists unmask climate change’s role in extreme weather
How do scientists determine whether climate change is driving extreme weather events like the floods, heat waves and droughts that we’re experiencing today? To find out about the science of attribution, Mongabay’s Kristine Sabillo recently...

World running out of time to act on climate change without cooperation: COP30 president
New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) The world risks “running out of time” to act on climate change without cooperation, COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago warned on Monday and stressed on the need to bridge the political and financial divide between...

EnvGPT: A Specialized AI Tool for Climate, Water, and Soil Science Challenges
Newswise — Environmental science integrates diverse disciplines like ecology, hydrology, and climate science, requiring models that understand specialized jargon and heterogeneous data. While general-purpose Large language models (LLMs) have...

How Geopolitical Shifts Are Influencing International Trade Policies
In today’s interconnected world, international trade policies are deeply affected by political relationships between countries. Geopolitical shifts such as changes in global alliances, conflicts, sanctions, and leadership transitions are playing a...

Türkiye secures $200M from AIIB for climate, digital transformation
The Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye (TKYB) has signed a $200 million financing agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to support the country's climate action and digital transformation agenda, a statement said on...