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A firefighter vehicle drives on a road past flames at a wildfire near Belin-Beliet, southwestern France, overnight on 11 August, 2022

2022 sees record Europe wildfire destruction: EU

Europe's blistering summer may not be over yet but 2022 is already breaking records, with nearly 660,000 hectares ravaged since January, according to the EU's satellite monitoring service

A view shows burning trees, as wildfires continue to spread in the Gironde region of southwestern France, on 11 August, 2022.

Wildfires burn as another heatwave bakes western Europe

Heatwaves, floods and crumbling glaciers in recent weeks have heightened concerns over climate change

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IMF loan Bangladesh seeks $1.5b in first phase

Bangladesh has sought US dollar 1.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the first phase under the package of loan assistance of US dollar 4.5 billion – the country applied to tackle ...

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra in Bangladesh have been advised to hoist distant cautionary signal no. 1 to alert vessels of a depression over the Bay of Bengal

Depression in Bay: Low-lying areas in Bagerhat coastal areas inundated

Low-lying coastal areas of Bagerhat district were inundated due to the tidal surge triggered by the depression in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, causing immense sufferings to the dwellers

US president Joe Biden waves to the media as he walks towards Marine One for departure to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US on 7 August, 2022.

US Senate approves bill to fight climate change, cut drug costs in win for Biden

The US Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats ...

Glaciologists Andrea Fischer (L) and Violeta Lauria from the Austrian Academy of Sciences walk on the Jamtal Glacier (Jamtalferner) near Galtuer, Tyrol, Austria on 20 July, 2022

Austrian scientists race to reveal melting glaciers' secrets

Jumping from rock to rock to rock over a creek formed off Austria's Jamtal glacier, scientist Andrea Fischer worries that precious scientific data will be irreversibly lost as the snow and ice melt ...

A member of the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) inspects a dried field amid an intense drought in the country in Herzeele, northern France on 2 August, 2022 France saw its driest July on record, the weather agency said, exacerbating stretched water resources that have forced restrictions

Scientists call for more research into ‘climate endgame’

What is less well explored is the cascading impact of certain events, such as crop failures and infrastructure loss due to extreme weather events, which are made likelier to occur with every degree ...

People cool off at the Mediterranean Sea on a beach on a hot summer day in Rincon de la Victoria, near Malaga, Spain, July 9, 2022.

High temperatures unleash marine heatwave in Mediterranean Sea

The extreme heat in recent weeks has already sparked wildfires and led to thousands of heat-related deaths in Europe, but that warmth hasn't been limited to the land.

Women of the coastal region are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change

Climate literacy, climate action- for the people and the planet

The lack of knowledge about climate change is a clear obstacle to building up effective adaptation strategies and sustainable livelihood

A flooded street is pictured in the UAE's Fujairah emirate following heavy rainfall on 29 July, 2022

Unseasonable rains leave seven dead in UAE

The emergency services said they had answered hundreds of calls for help over the past two days as the floodwaters swamped the streets of the port city of Fujairah and other eastern districts

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Environmental pollution adversely affects biodiversity in the Sundarbans.

The Sundarbans, a sanctuary for animals, is more affected by climate change than by human pollution. As the altitude is lower than the sea level, whenever the sea level rises, it directly affects the ...

In this file photo taken on 17 March 2009 British scientist James Lovelock poses for pictures, in Paris.

UK scientist James Lovelock, prophet of climate doom, dies aged 103

Influential British scientist James Lovelock, famed for his Gaia hypothesis and pioneering work on climate change, has died at the age of 103, his family announced Wednesday.

Two Bangladeshi filmmakers receive British Council grant on climate change stories

Two Bangladeshi filmmakers receive British Council grant on climate change stories

Four filmmakers, two from Bangladesh and two from Wales, have been selected during an online workshop, organised by Dhaka DocLab in collaboration with Wales One World Film Festival and funded by the ...

Firefighters guard while the wildfire burns the hills outside Tabara, Zamora, on the second heatwave of the year, in Spain on 18 July, 2022

Europe burns as heatwave breaks temperature records

A fierce heatwave in western Europe on Monday left much of the continent wilting under a scorching sun, smashing temperature records and feeding ferocious forest wildfires

A photo shows a forest fire in Louchats, south-western France, on 17 July, 2022

France on alert as forest fires rage in scorching southwest Europe

France was on high alert on Monday as the peak of a punishing heat wave gripped the country, while wildfires raging in parts of southwest Europe showed no sign of abating

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