As climate change worsens, evidence links extreme heat and mental illness

Heat is agonizing, something many in the U.S. were reminded of this month as an October heat wave shattered seasonal heat records. But high temperatures can also be fatal. As a New York City-based medical toxicologist and physician, Adam...

Neal Milner: Democrats Like Josh Green Are Clueless About Fighting Trumpism

Hawaiʻiʻs governor would make a perfectly fine presidential candidate if we want to pretend this is still politics as usual. On a sweltering New Orleans evening in July, the final night of the 2028 Democratic National Convention, the party chair...

Beyond the noise: Why the Sharavathi Project could become India’s model for green storage

In the hills of Shivamogga, where mist drifts over the old Sharavathi river basin, a new debate is taking shape. One that goes far beyond local boundaries. At the heart of it lies the Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP), a 2,000-megawatt...

Zack Polanski, the Green Party and 1 huge reason he's a colossal threat to Britain

Zack Polanski is the sort of politician you want supporting your case. He is well-spoken, articulate, reasonable-sounding and presentable. He’s an excellent communicator. He draws people towards him. No wonder, then, that last week one of the...

Climate change threatening global grasslands; adaptation needed

Climate change is threatening grasslands — a habitat covering 40 per cent of the planet — with increased occurrences of extreme heat, something that could eventually cause the habitats to collapse. Cattle graze on a grassland in Oklahoma, US....

Guterres said global warming was pushing the planet to the brink

A.M. ATL: Red light on green

News Plus: ‘Dirty soda,’ PSC arrest Morning, y’all! I’ve never met a small child who didn’t have sticky hands. They’re like salamanders. Did you know the younger the child, the germier they tend to be? If you have kids, you probably guessed that...

Life in the Sundarbans, on the front line of climate change

The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. A maze of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands, shaped by the ebb and flow of the Bay of Bengal, it stretches across 10,000 sq km of the India-Bangladesh border. The Ganga,...

Rejected at ballot box, Democrats take climate change to court

Democratic Party policies were soundly rejected by voters last November, so activists are turning to courts at the state, federal, and international levels to impose costly and painful climate change policies on consumers. But there are signs that...

Zimbabwe’s Parliament takes Climate Change Management Bill hearing to the people

Moses Magadza in CHIKOMBEDZI, Zimbabwe THE Parliament of Zimbabwe this week begun a series of public hearings on the Climate Change Management Bill 2025 as the country seeks to legally anchor its climate response in line with global commitments....

Health Minister support Regional Implementation Plan for Climate Change and Health

The Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Minister Dr. Paul Popora Bosawai strongly endorsed and supported the Draft Regional Implementation Plan for Climate Change and Health at the WHO Western Pacific Regional...

Two Labour councillors defect to Green Party

Aled ThomasLocal Democracy Reporting Service ShareSave Councillors Tom Butcher (left) and Repi Begum (right), with new national Green Party leader Zack Polanski Two Labour councillors have defected to the Green Party, following in the footsteps of...

Powering the future: How Egypt’s green transition can fuel India’s manufacturing rise

Dr Badr Abdelatty (left) with S Jaishankar in New Delhi, October 16 India-Egypt relationship has started a new level of strategic relationship based on economic transformation and clean-energy collaboration between two of the oldest civilizations...

Minister of Environment and Climate Change meets delegation from French Employers' Organization

His Excellency Minister of Environment and Climate Change Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie met with a visiting delegation from the French Employers' Organization (MEDEF), which included a number of senior officials representing...

The Team Europe Initiative Working Group holds first meeting on water, energy and climate change

09:28, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The first meeting of the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Working Group on Water, Energy, and Climate Change was held in Dushanbe on October 20, bringing together representatives from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,...

Monetizing climate change-driven products and services

As the global climate crisis accelerates, a distinct and rapidly growing ‘climate economy’ is emerging, characterized by the imperative to monetize products and services that drive both mitigation (reducing emissions) and resilience (coping with...

Nicusor Dan, message at the Climate Change Summit

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Romania and Europe must manage "a difficult yet achievable balance" between environmental protection and economic prosperity, President Nicusor Dan said in a message delivered on Tuesday at the opening of the fourth...

Health Minister supports implementation plan for climate change and health

The Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS), Minister Honourable Dr. Paul Popora Bosawai strongly endorsed and supported the Draft Regional Implementation Plan for Climate Change and Health at the WHO Western Pacific...

What role does climate change play in extreme weather events like flooding at Vallecito?

Fall floods not uncommon, but severity can be made worse by warming atmosphere, scientists say An excavator stabilizes the banks of Vallecito Creek after floodwaters receded following several days of flooding in the area. The storms that caused...

Inside Politics: Storm Catherine about to hit the Irish political landscape

Storm Benjamin is hitting the UK this weekend with heavy downpours and winds of more than 100km/h, but it looks like it will miss Ireland. We will have our own version to contend with, nonetheless: Storm Catherine, with an epicentre in Dublin...