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President Cyril Ramaphosa blames ‘catastrophic’ rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal on climate crisis Devastating floods have killed 259 people in the South African city of Durban and surrounding areas, a senior government official said on Wednesday, after hillsides were washed away, homes collapsed and more people were still feared missing. The heaviest rains in 60 years pummelled

Economic viability of eight major fossil fuel projects in doubt amid predicted gas demand fall, investor group analysis reveals Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australia’s new gas export developments are likely to struggle economically after 2030 if the world lives up to commitments to combat the climate crisis, according to

Rivers that supply Santiago with water are running low, forcing rotating cuts to different parts of the city As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million. “A city can’t live without water,” Claudio Orrego,

Publication date: July 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 197 Author(s): Lina Tennhardt, Gianna Lazzarini, Rainer Weisshaidinger, Christian Schader

Activists call for end to fossil fuel investment at sit-down demonstration in Regent Street and Oxford Circus Supporters of the environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion have taken part in a mass sit-down protest in the heart of London’s shopping district. Several thousand demonstrators with multicoloured flags bearing the group’s “extinction” symbol gathered near Marble Arch

Image-focused social network says it will take down content that distorts or denies facts of climate crisis Pinterest is to block all climate misinformation, as the image-focused social network seeks to limit the spread of false and misleading claims. Under the new policy the site is committing to take down content that distorts or denies