Climate change responsible for over 80% of temperature rise within Asia last month, the hottest April ever: WWA
Climate change and El Nino combined to push minimum and mean temperature rise in eastern India to highest ever in April
DTE Coverage: Kenya and East Africa Floods 2024
A dam in the village of Kamuchiri in southern Kenya burst on April 29, killing 45 people
Highest carbon concentration in atmosphere in 3 million years: WMO
The new WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin says CO2 concentration in atmosphere has breached all recent records
Low testosterone in men associated with an early death – new study
Testosterone levels typically decline as men age, dropping by about 1% per year from the age of 30; other factors such as chronic disease can …
Simply Put: The heat is on
Ghana’s forests are being wiped out: What’s behind this and why attempts to stop it aren’t working
In 2022, Ghana had the highest relative increase in primary forest loss among all tropical countries
Northern Hemisphere 2023 summer warmest in two millennia; study calls for urgent greenhouse gas reduction
The 2023 summer temperature was 1.19°C higher than the warmest summer in 246 AD
Paris summit on clean cooking in Africa ends with $2.2 billion in global pledges
Each year, more than 600,000 people in Africa die prematurely from respiratory diseases triggered by dirty cooking practices
Vatican conference on ‘climate resilience’ is latest in long line of environment initiatives by Pope Francis and Catholic Church — 5 essential reads
The Vatican is hosting a climate summit from May 15-17, 2024, focusing on human adaptation
East Africa warned of impending food shortage after floods devastate croplands, kill livestock
Close to 10,000 livestock & over 40,000 acres of farmland lost in Kenya; Tanzania, Somalia and Burundi impacted heavily too
Weather-related disasters continue to displace more than conflict and violence
Internal displacement due to weather-related disasters relatively dipped in 2023 as La Nina ended and El Nino set in
Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
Changing precipitation patterns & droughts, rapid urbanisation & industrialisation, a water-intensive tourism industry and weak …
Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities — with a little help from AI
Deforestation driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and vanishing of large-bodied animals that would spread the boabab seeds major reasons for decline
Road to COP16: Two subsidiary bodies of Convention on Biological Diversity begin talks in Nairobi
The outcome of the discussions will be presented at COP16 in Colombia in October for consideration
DTE Coverage of UNFF19
New York City event ended with adoption of declaration on forest protection, emphasis on adopting technology for monitoring
WIPO Meeting 2024: Conference on genetic resources & associated traditional knowledge begins in Geneva
Two-week event hopes to present a way to protect rights of communities that have conserved genetic resources & hold knowledge of their use
Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, cedars, rosewoods & agarwood most affected by illegal wildlife trade: UNODC
Wildlife trafficking persists worldwide despite two decades of concerted action at international and national levels, says 2024 World …
East Africa floods: Kenya confirms 44 cases of cholera as WHO warns of waterborne diseases
Health situation regarding possible or impending waterborne disease outbreaks could be worse across East Africa region
Climate change hardly a burning issue for Indian voters
Indian democracy is yet to breed a new category of ‘climate voters’ as its electoral landscape has very little space for green …
Biodiversity loss identified as biggest reason for emergence of infectious diseases
Policy efforts to strengthen conservation would help, suggests new study
Lion, tiger & jaguar bone processing could shift from end market countries in the Far East to source nations: UNODC
While most lion and jaguar bones being trafficked are not sourced from wild populations, this could change, the 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report …
Namibian Genocide: Need to discuss, engage and bring about meaningful responsibility & culpability, says J M Moosa
Centre for African Studies (JNU) professor talks about implications of graves and artefacts being found on Shark Island, a notorious …
South Africans are abandoning smallholder farming – history and policy can help explain why
To reverse the trend of declining field cultivation, government policies need to address the errors of the past.
Femicide: many countries around the world are making the killing of women a specific crime — here’s why it’s needed
UN data shows that, on average, five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family
Can changes in Indian Ocean temperatures help predict dengue outbreaks? New paper finds links
Indian Ocean basin-wide index found to be associated to dengue outbreaks in both Northern and Southern hemispheres