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Canada battling more than 800 active wildfires from coast to coast

Hundreds of wildfires are currently raging across Canada, with over 800 active fires, 223 of which are out of control. According to the latest report...

Wildfires threaten unique Brazil ecosystem

Firefighters are battling wildfires in Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetland. The Pantanal is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area,...

Canadian city declares state of local emergency due to wildfires

Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, Canada, declared a state of local emergency due to surrounding wildfires on Monday night. The declaration was...

Climate activists demand rapid system change as heatwaves, fires, floods hit home

The deadly extreme weather currently devastating communities, infrastructure, businesses and ecosystems across the globe has sparked renewed demands from climate activists for a rapid...

Forest fires rage as heatwave continues to grip Türkiye

Wildfires broke out in the southern and western provinces of Türkiye over the weekend as summer heat gripped a large swathe of the country,...

Wildfires in Canada force evacuation of 29,000 people

Wildfires in the Canadian province of Alberta continue to spread despite rain and falling temperatures, authorities said on Sunday, May 7, 2023. More than 375,000...

South Korea designates 10 wildfire-hit areas as special disaster zones

South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, designated 10 areas hit by wildfires as special disaster zones. According to the president’s...

Floods, droughts, heatwaves, extreme storms, wildfires going from bad to worse – Guterres

The number of weather, climate and water-related disasters has increased by a factor of five over the past 50 years. Floods, droughts, heatwaves, extreme storms...

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Lagos gives Island residents two-week ultimatum over environmental issues

The Lagos State Government, through its relevant agencies, on Friday, December 6, 2024, issued a two-week ultimatum to residents...
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Images: The sight and colours of COP29

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Stakeholders call for amendments to strengthen Nigeria’s EIA Act

Cross-cutting experts in the environmental community have called for urgent changes in Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act to...

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Lagos gives Island residents two-week ultimatum over environmental issues

The Lagos State Government, through its relevant agencies, on...

Images: The sight and colours of COP29

The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties...
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