Christiane Tager, 05/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lebanon New York United Kingdom Japan Climate
There was a time when fuel prices were the main concern. Today, it’s the cost of food that’s raising eyebrows. What ends up on our plates is no longer determined solely by supply, demand or inflation. Temperature has become a key factor. Behind the sharp rise in food prices, a quieter but increasingly decisive force has emerged: climate ...
This is Beirut, 23/07 23:05 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
International Court of Justice United Nations USA climate
The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations. In a historic statement, the International Court of Justice said climate change was an "urgent and existential threat" and countries had a legal duty to prevent ...
This is Beirut, 21/07 09:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
International Court of Justice United Nations Climate
The world's top court is poised to tell governments what their legal obligations are to tackle global warming, and possibly outline consequences for polluters that cause climate harm to vulnerable countries. Wednesday's highly anticipated advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice comes in the wake of landmark international decisions ...
This is Beirut, 30/06 11:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A punishing heat wave gripped southern Europe on Monday, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as temperatures are expected to soar again. France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain have been sweltering for several days as the mercury climbed to 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) in some places. "This is unprecedented," Agner ...
This is Beirut, 11/06 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Two years after a historically devastating summer, Canada is once again facing a massive fire season, with burned areas already exceeding year-to-date averages from recent years. More than 220 active fires were burning across the country Tuesday, with half of them considered out of control. More than 3.3 million hectares (12,700 square miles) ...
This is Beirut, 30/05 10:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change, a new study found Friday. The findings underscore how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, with the effects especially under-recognized in developing countries, the ...
This is Beirut, 24/05 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
United Arab Emirates Climate Climate Change
The United Arab Emirates breached its May temperature record for the second day in a row, hitting 51.6 degrees Celsius on Saturday, according to the National Center of Meteorology. "The highest temperature recorded over the country today is 51.6C in Sweihan (Al Ain) at 13:45 UAE local time (0945 GMT)," the office said in a post on X, ...
This is Beirut, 23/05 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe climate weather Drought Crops
Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from Scotland to the Netherlands fearing the dry spell will dent harvests if it continues. Water shortages can stunt the growth of crops such as wheat, corn, rapeseed and barley, Nicolas Guilpart, a lecturer in agronomy at the Agro Paris Tech research ...
This is Beirut, 18/05 05:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United States Climate Tornadoes
Severe storms that swept through the US states of Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia left more than 25 people dead, laying waste to local communities and cutting off electricity to nearly 200,000, authorities said Saturday. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on X at least 18 people had died in the storms Friday night, while local officials in ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical conditions. But a new strain of the world's favorite cereal developed by scientists in the drought-plagued South American country has generated hope that rice can be grown in seemingly inhospitable conditions. Using ...
This is Beirut, 29/04 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lapland Climate Finland Temperature Global warming
The summer of 2024 was the warmest in 2,000 years in the Lapland region of northern Finland, Norway, and Sweden, driven by climate change, the Finnish Meteorological Institute told AFP on Monday. "Last summer's average temperature in Lapland, or northern Fennoscandia, was the highest in both direct observations, which we have from the ...
This is Beirut, 23/04 13:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Oceans Climate Environment Corals
An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists warned Wednesday. Since it began in early 2023, the global coral bleaching event has mushroomed into the biggest and most intense on record, with reefs ...