According to the Environment Ministry of India, 2,405 people lost their lives as a result of extreme weather related events in the country in 2018-19. Babul Supriyo, Minister of State…
Natural Disasters
Mami Mizutori, the UN secretary-general’s special representative on disaster risk reduction, has warned that climate disasters are now happening at a higher frequency than ever before. Speaking with The Guardian,…
In Sweden, forest fires have been reported as far north as the Arctic Circle, prompting Norway and Italy to dispatch firefighting aircraft to Sweden to help contain them. A record…
According to the UN World Water Development Report 2017, more than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 as a result of climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies….
The lower eastern shore of Maryland has been home to some of America’s oldest farms, however the area is now under threat. Rising sea-levels near Chesapeake Bay, combined with the…
Norfolk, Virginia has become one of America’s cities most threatened by rising sea levels. As a result, new regulations have come into force in the area which mean all new…
