Latin America, Caribbean’s year of climate extremes: WMO calls for improving weather & health services to save lives
Better predictions, timely warning and integration of climate data into health monitoring key, says United Nations agency
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Latin America, Caribbean see acutest hunger in 15 years: UN
The number of people living with hunger increased by 13.8 million in just one year in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a new UN …
Latin American and Caribbean nations highly vulnerable to climate change
Economic costs of climate change will be around 2.5 per cent of annual GDP of Latin America and the Caribbean if temperature rises 2.5°C …
Sun-block lotions threaten corals
Expectations from CoP26: Climate finance needs to be scaled up with focus on adaptation, says LDC Group
The group wants a balance between funds provided for mitigation actions and those for adapting to climate change
Coral tradition loses shape
It’s only getting worse: New WMO report flags intensifying climate crisis in Latin America & Caribbean
2020 was a year of unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, forest fires, cyclones and food insecurity for the region
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Nearly 150,000 Indians have died in the past 51 years because of extreme weather: WMO
Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused nearly 12, 000 disasters worldwide between 1970 and 2021
Hit by slime, Caribbean corals at risk of extinction
Loss of algae grazers could wipe out the corals in the next 20 years
Scientists to study effect of climate change on rainforests
Experiment will take place in El Yunque National Forest
Global Eco Watch: Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia
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Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report
Is India headed towards a locust plague
Exceptional summer breeding may prompt swarms to remain in the country through end of year, move east & south
One in every nine persons in the world goes hungry: UN State of Food Insecurity Report
Asia houses 526 million of the 805 million chronically undernourished people in the world
Bonn climate talks: no change in parties' negotiating positions
Parties anxious to start discussions to reach 2015 agreement
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Nations discuss ban on toxic exports
Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994