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Screengrab from a video shared by Jamaican Member of Parliament Floyd Green on social media shows the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.
Climate Change

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2025 warns of deepening crisis as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
Developing nations will need up to $365 billion annually by 2035 to adapt to worsening climate impacts, agency warns
Kenya court cancels country’s first coal power plant
Climate Change

Kenya court cancels country’s first coal power plant

Kushagra Goyal
4 min read
AMU Power loses appeal to build and operate the 1,050 MW coal-fired power plant as Kenya’s Malindi Environment and Land Court brings a decade-long legal battle to a close
Cyclone Montha causes severe damage to standing crops, infrastructure and houses in Andhra, south Odisha
Climate Change

Cyclone Montha causes severe damage to standing crops, infrastructure and houses in Andhra, south Odisha

Hrusikesh Mohanty
2 min read
Around 83,000 farmers affected in Andhra, with loss to power sector in the state pegged at around Rs 2,200 crore
Simply Put: Water and milk
Climate inequality deepening: “Tax the carbon content of assets and investments held by the wealthiest”
A Siddi settlement in the heart of Gir
Kerala’s poverty-free claim rings hollow as its poorest still struggle to survive
India’s coal expansion beyond 2032 targets ‘uneconomical’, says Ember
Global North fuels climate crisis: US, Canada, Australia and Norway drove 40% rise in oil and gas output since Paris pact
Hydrogen, ammonia and other new energy commodities to deliver over a quarter of emissions reduction in Asia Pacific: DNV
Luxury tourism is a risky strategy for African economies — new study of Botswana, Mauritius, Rwanda
From smog to memory loss: The alarming link between pollution and dementia
Rare reptiles are moving up mountains as the world warms. They can’t keep doing it forever
PM 2.5 not only killed 1.7 million people in India during 2022, but also caused financial losses to the tune of 9.5% of country’s GDP: Lancet
Two-thirds of climate-linked health indicators have reached unprecedented levels; globally, over half a million dying of heat in a year: Lancet report  
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