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Asia Pacific
At least nine people have been killed by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake which has rocked large swathes of Pakistan and Afghanistan . The deaths were caused by the collapse of roofs
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Sea ice in Antarctica has dropped to the lowest levels ever recorded. The quantity of sea ice in the southern hemisphere summer of 2022 decreased to 1.92 million
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Greta Thunberg was detained by police at a demonstration against the destruction of a German community to make way for a coalmine. Thunberg was detained alongside other climate activists as
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Asia Pacific
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September 10, 2022
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed for “massive” global support for Pakistan following what he described as “climate carnage” as floods wreak havoc across the country. Guterres
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Asia Pacific
Deaths caused by widespread flooding in Pakistan have passed 1,000 since mid-June, officials confirmed, as the nation’s climate minister labeled the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe”.
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Asia Pacific
China will use chemicals to seed clouds in order to generate rainfall as it seeks to negate the effects of record-breaking droughts, with grain harvests threatened and factories
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Environmental
Firefighters in southern European countries including Spain, France and Italy have been battling against huge wildfires that have claimed hundreds of lives, with the continent in the grip
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Asia Pacific
At least twelve people have been killed by flash floods in south-west and north-west China, with thousands evacuated to avoid further casualties. Chinese state media reports that at
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Asia Pacific
Australia’s top power producer AGL Energy has cancelled plans to split the company and announced that its chairman and CEO will step down, capitulating to opposition from billionaire
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Environmental
A powerful storm tore through the center of Canada on Saturday, cutting power to nearly a million people and killing at least two people. The storm ripped off
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