The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in Africa is becoming clearer, the United Nations said on March 19, warning that the emergency “is getting bigger by the hour”. Aid access is the biggest challenge, after two swollen rivers burst their banks. Keep Reading
The report makes clear that the science, technology, and financing exists to move towards a more sustainable global economy, and ensure that the worst-case scenario is avoided, but political leaders, together with much of the public and private sector, is still wedded to outdated, polluting models of production and development. Keep Reading
The US-led team said confidence that human activities were raising the heat at the Earth’s surface had reached a “five-sigma” level, a statistical gauge meaning there is only a one-in-a-million chance that the signal would appear if there was no warming. Keep Reading
In the United States, 74 percent of respondents said cyber attacks from other countries was their top concern, followed by the threat from ISIS, climate change, and North Korea’s nuclear program. Keep Reading
The findings compiled by a team of hurricane experts – several of whom work for NOAA – concluded that rapid intensification is happening more often than it should. Keep Reading
Statistics "underlining once more that if we want to reduce disaster losses, then we must improve how we manage disaster risk." Keep Reading
The world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesity and physical inactivity to the health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change and multiple humanitarian crises. Keep Reading
Failure to address the ecological crises will inevitably create a world dominated by unprecedented mass migrations, violent local conflicts over dwindling resources, and ultimately war. Keep Reading
The period from September through November was the second warmest on record for the globe, with a temperature of 1.44 degrees F above average. Keep Reading
The 1,700-page report was compiled by scientists from 13 federal agencies, and concludes that emissions from human activity will continue to affect the climate for decades and perhaps centuries to come. Keep Reading
