Feature Climate change risks 70% of global workforce – ILO Aya El Sayed Apr 22, 2024 0 Over 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to climate change-related risks, leading to hundreds of…
Initiatives CarbonPool raises $12M in climate seed funding Aya El Sayed Jan 29, 2024 0 CarbonPool, an insurance start-up founded by three ex-Allianz executives, recently closed the largest…
Feature Australia faces extreme heat, fire risk in summer Aya El Sayed Dec 24, 2023 0 A heat wave swept across large areas of Australia on Sunday, leading authorities to warn of an increase in the…
Feature COP28: physicians protest for climate-related health threats action Aya El Sayed Dec 3, 2023 0 On Sunday, a few doctors and climate activists conducted a demonstration at the COP28 venue to highlight…
International News Wildfire costs Europe €4.1bn damages – report Nada Ali Sep 7, 2023 0 Wildfires spread in destinations like Sicily, Croatia and Greece, as it costs Europe an estimated €4.1 billion…
News Wildfires kill 34 in Algeria due to heatwave Sama Mousa Jul 25, 2023 0 Wildfires in Algeria killed 34 people on Monday, including ten soldiers, according to Reuters, citing the interior…
International News Greece evacuates tourists from Rhodes Island due to land fires Nada Ali Jul 24, 2023 0 Greek authorities forced to evacuate thousands of tourists from their hotels due to a wildfire on Rhodes Island, as…
News Canadian wildfires prompt air quality alerts in U.S. Norhan Adel May 21, 2023 0 Smoke of wildfires in Canada have drifted into the United States, prompting several states to issue air quality…
News Wildfires rage in Alberta, interrupting oil and gas production Norhan Adel May 16, 2023 0 The state of Alberta has declared a provincial state of emergency following the beginning of the wildfire season,…
News Lebanon deploys water cannon, helicopters to fight wildfires across country Amwal Al Ghad English Oct 16, 2019 0 Wildfires that have swept across Lebanon since Monday have burned swathes of the country’s forest and killed at…