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Sanitation,clean water major issues in typhoons

After enduring 12 typhoons this year, including two back-to-back storms in less than a month, communities across the Philippines are bracing for more extreme...

Early warning systems key to preventing big disasters

As the world marked World Tsunami Awareness Day last week, UN Secretary General António Guterres stressed the critical importance of early warning systems, particularly...

Over 2 billion people living in cities will be exposed to a 0.5ºC rise by 2040

More than two billion people currently living in cities could be exposed to an additional temperature increase of at least 0.5 degrees Celsius by...

‘Climate crunch time is here,’ report warns

Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the...

Biodiversity forum opens in Colombia

The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia last week, and hopes were high that negotiating countries can agree on a...

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change—WMO

The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the...

Satellites and AI offer hope for global action, says UN weather agency

The head of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said new technology and AI offer the opportunity to implement the drastic action needed to...

ILO: Half the world lacks social protection amid weather woes

Social protection is essential to safeguard people from shocks, but half the world is without any coverage, including over 90 percent of people living...

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