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Australia: Fossil fuel phaseout, not extreme weather, should be our ‘norm’

A new study by World Weather Attribution released on Thursday, January 22, 2026, reveals that fossil fuel emissions made the Australian wildfires this month five times more...

US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires...

Extreme weather kept nearly 250m kids out of school in 2024 – UNICEF

Extreme weather caused significant disruptions to education worldwide in 2024, with around 242 million students in 85 countries missing lessons due to heatwaves, storms,...

Recent natural disasters have been most impactful stretch of extreme weather in America in 90 years – AccuWeather

Experts at AccuWeather say extreme weather events and disasters in the past 12 months have had the costliest and most widespread impacts that Americans...

Wars, extreme weather conditions displace 35m people in Africa – Report

Wars and extreme weather conditions have driven up the number of people in Africa who are fleeing within their own country. A report by the...

Kofi Domfeh: Our vulnerabilities are exposed by the extreme weather incidents

In just two hours of rainstorm in parts of Ghana, tens of families and households are displaced as their homes are devastated by the...

WMO report highlights threats of climate change, extreme weather

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has highlighted that the relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities in 2022,...

Climate change leading to more extreme weather events, says study

The number of extreme weather events occurring around the world is increasing as a result of climate change, according to a study. Some two-thirds of...

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New era of climate action can deliver stability in an unstable world – Stiell

Speaking in Istanbul on Thursday, February 12, 2026, alongside incoming COP31 President Murat Kurum of Türkiye, United Nations Climate...
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Renaissance honoured as SAIPEC Pioneer, showcases transformational local content leadership

Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited reaffirmed its thought leadership position in the advancement of Africa’s local content as the...

Study reveals youth exposure, policy gaps in Nigeria’s nicotine regulations

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government to fully regulate all nicotine...

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New era of climate action can deliver stability in an unstable world – Stiell

Speaking in Istanbul on Thursday, February 12, 2026, alongside...

Renaissance honoured as SAIPEC Pioneer, showcases transformational local content leadership

Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited reaffirmed its thought leadership...
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