Global Issues News Headlines for “Climate Change and Global Warming”

The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter

2026-08-15T05:00:00-07:00

In northern Kenya, a herder scans the sky for rain that hasn't come. The grass his animals need is thinning by the day.

Read the full story, “The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter”, on globalissues.org →

‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts

2026-08-14T05:00:00-07:00

As amber heat-health alerts spread across England this summer, a new study has found that the warnings are being received – but not changing behaviour.

Read the full story, “‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts”, on globalissues.org →

Why Dhaka Floods Every Monsoon

2026-08-13T05:54:24-07:00

DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 13 (IPS) - Dhaka’s recent and recurrent flooding is often treated as a natural disaster, but rain is only the trigger. The deeper causes are political, planning and ecological failure: wetland loss, canal encroachment, unplanned growth, weak enforcement, fragmented institutions and short-term engineering fixes. Dhaka is not drowning because it rains; it is drowning because it has been built as if water had nowhere to go.

Read the full story, “Why Dhaka Floods Every Monsoon”, on globalissues.org →

Malawi Bets on Battery Storage to Climate-Proof Its Fragile Power Grid

2026-08-12T07:54:57-07:00

LILONGWE, August 12 (IPS) - For years, Malawi’s electricity supply has been at the mercy of droughts, floods and cyclones that have repeatedly exposed the vulnerability of a power system heavily dependent on hydropower.

Read the full story, “Malawi Bets on Battery Storage to Climate-Proof Its Fragile Power Grid”, on globalissues.org →

Resilience Is Not Enough: OCHA Sounds Alarm on Underfunded Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan

2026-08-11T06:49:03-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, August 11 (IPS) - “Mainly, people tell me they’re exhausted. They’re exhausted from being poor, from being hungry, from repeated climate shocks, mounting debt, and the daily struggle to provide for their families,” Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan, told UN reporters on August 4.

Read the full story, “Resilience Is Not Enough: OCHA Sounds Alarm on Underfunded Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan”, on globalissues.org →

World marks second warmest July on record

2026-08-11T05:00:00-07:00

As multiple regions contend with unbearable heat, drought, wildfires and other extreme weather, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday underlined the crucial need for stronger forecasts and early warning systems to protect lives and livelihoods.

Read the full story, “World marks second warmest July on record”, on globalissues.org →

Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response

2026-08-11T05:00:00-07:00

As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, UN agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've got” if and when the request came from the authorities for international assistance.

Read the full story, “Colombia earthquake: UN joins national response”, on globalissues.org →

The Earth Is Burning — And We Are Still Choosing to Let It

2026-08-10T16:44:47-07:00

VICTORIA, Seychelles, August 10 (IPS) - I have spent my life on an island. From the granite hills of Mahé, one can watch the sun rise over an ocean that has fed, protected and defined the Seychellois people for centuries.

Read the full story, “The Earth Is Burning — And We Are Still Choosing to Let It”, on globalissues.org →

Where Some See Waste, Others See Opportunity: Young Sierra Leoneans Fight Against Electronic Waste, Plastic Pollution

2026-08-10T06:58:59-07:00

FREETOWN, August 10 (IPS) - Growing up, Peter George, a young innovator in Bo District in Southern Region, Sierra Leone, watched people dump electronic waste near the farmland where his grandmother cultivated crops.

Read the full story, “Where Some See Waste, Others See Opportunity: Young Sierra Leoneans Fight Against Electronic Waste, Plastic Pollution”, on globalissues.org →

The Mediterranean’s own odyssey: An ecological treasure feels the strain

2026-08-07T05:00:00-07:00

More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan's blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping plot is another character facing an odyssey of its own: the Mediterranean Sea.

Read the full story, “The Mediterranean’s own odyssey: An ecological treasure feels the strain”, on globalissues.org →