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#GlobalWarming, #UN, #GlobalTemperature, #FoodSupply, #Temperature, #OceanHeating, #Heat, #HeatWarning, #Food, #Hunger, #Drought, #Poverty A top UN official has warned that the world might face a major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target. Alain-Richard Donwahi, a former …

Climate change / Environment

Northern hemisphere summer marked by heatwaves and wildfires: WMO

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 - by cmedia

#NorthernHemisphere, #Wildfires, #WMO New York: A summer of extreme weather in the northern hemisphere is causing major damage to people’s health and the environment, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported on Monday, …

Climate change / Environment

Why extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change

July 31, 2023July 31, 2023 - by cmedia

Extreme Weather Events. Image credit unsplash/NOAA #ExtremeWeatherEvents; #WorldWeatherAttributionGroup; #ClimateAction Record-breaking heatwaves are sweeping across the northern hemisphere, affecting large parts of southern Europe, the US and China. On July 24, Sicily …

Climate change / Environment

Warming trend in Asia set to cause more disruption: UN weather agency

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 - by cmedia

#Asia, #AsiaWarming New York: Climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report published on …

Climate change / Environment

Heatwave threat impacts half of all children in Europe and Central Asia

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 - by cmedia

#Heatwave, #Europe, #EuropeHeatwave New York: Half of all children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to high heatwave frequency, or double the global average, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) …

Environment

Hottest July ever signals ‘era of global boiling has arrived’ says UN chief

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 - by cmedia

#July, #JulyHottest New York: As wildfires raged across Southern Europe and North Africa, top UN climate scientists said on Thursday that it was “virtually certain” that July 2023 will be the …

Environment

High-stakes UN operation underway in Yemen to avert catastrophic oil spill

July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 - by cmedia

#Yemen, #Oilspills, #YemenOilSpill New York: The UN on Tuesday began siphoning one million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen, a crucial step in the race …

Climate change / Environment / US

US West and South bake under extended heat wave

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 - by cmedia

#USWest, #USSouth; #extendedHeatWave Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories Sunday, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western …

Canada / Climate change / Environment

Following record rainfall in Nova Scotia, search continues for four people missing

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 - by cmedia

Halifax/CMEDIA: Following intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across the province of Nova Scotia, search for four people, including two children is continuing, RCMP reportedly said. In separate incidents in …

Canada / Environment

Nova Scotia flood to likely break rainfall records

July 22, 2023July 22, 2023 - by cmedia

Windsor/CMEDIA: Saturday morning Following Friday’s severe rainstorm that flooded basements, yards and roadways, thousands of Nova Scotians reportedly remain in the dark Friday night saw an estimated 30 to 50 …