News headlines for “Climate Change and Global Warming”, page 31

  1. From Streets to Rivers: Driving Bangkok’s Sustainable Transport Future

    - Inter Press Service

    BANGKOK, Thailand, July 17 (IPS) - Thailand’s transport sector is a significant contributor to national greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 18.4 per cent of the country’s total emissions. Bangkok is at the centre of this challenge. With more registered vehicles than residents, the resulting traffic congestion worsens air pollution and strains the city’s roads and overall mobility infrastructure.

  2. High Stakes: Mountain Tourism in a Warming World

    - Inter Press Service

    KARACHI, Pakistan, July 17 (IPS) - “It started with a thunderous roar in the distance, followed by the clatter of rocks grinding together,” said Mohammad Hussain, 26, a student, who witnessed the flash flood that hit the lakeside of Attabad on June 25, around 12:30 pm, in the mountainous Hunza Valley, a popular tourist spot in the northern part of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).

  3. Man, Sea, Algae: HOMO SARGASSUM’s Stirring Critique of Human Culpability in the Caribbean

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, July 14 (IPS) - The United Nations’ HOMO SARGASSUM exhibition served as a public immersion into the marine world and called upon viewers to take action in the face of the climate crisis, specifically regarding invasive species and water pollution.

  4. Can the Cali Fund Deliver on Its Billion-Dollar Biodiversity Pledge?

    - Inter Press Service

    HYDERABAD, India, July 14 (IPS) - When the Cali Fund was unveiled in February on the sidelines of COP16.2 in Rome, the announcement sent ripples through the global conservation community. For the first time ever, companies that profit from digital sequence information (DSI)—the digitized genetic material of plants, animals, and microorganisms—will be expected to pay into a multilateral fund to protect the very biodiversity they benefit from.

  5. UN Reform: Is it Time to Renew the Idea of Clustering the Major Environmental Agreements?

    - Inter Press Service

    SAN FRANCISCO, California / APEX, North Carolina, US, July 14 (IPS) - “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Winston Churchill’s famous maxim feels very relevant today, when multilateralism and many environmental causes seem to be in retreat. We now face a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution.

  6. Bonn Climate Talks: Why World Needs to go Further, Faster, and Fairer

    - Inter Press Service

    SRINAGAR & BONN, July 11 (IPS) - This 62nd meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) from June 16 to 26, 2025 revealed the persistent complexities and political tensions that continue to challenge multilateral climate governance. 

  7. The Race Towards Clean Energy: A World Still Gripped by Coal

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (IPS) - Global investments in energy exceeded USD 3 trillion in 2024, with at least USD 2 trillion being invested in clean energy technology and infrastructure. Infrastructure. Despite that progress, fossil fuel consumption continues to rise with little sign of slowing.

  8. World Horse Day: Honoring humanity’s oldest and most loyal companion

    - UN News

    Spacious paddocks, green pastures, and a devoted all-female staff: on Long Island, a strip of land surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean near New York City, horses once destined for slaughter are given a second chance – to live, and to help people heal. The farm, founded in 2010 by Marisa Striano, is named after her beloved horse, Spirit. It offers healing – for both horses and humans in need.

  9. For the Aged, Their Sunset Years Will Be Bedeviled by Lethal Heatwaves

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI & BHUBANESWAR, July 10 (IPS) - The global population is aging at a time when heat exposure is rising due to climate change. Extreme heat can be deadly for older populations given their reduced ability to regulate body temperature. Already there has been an 85 percent increase since 1990 in annual heat-related deaths of adults aged above 65, driven by both warming trends and fast-growing older populations.

  10. ‘Only a Handful of Environmental Organisations Still Dare Challenge Corporate Projects in Court’

    - Inter Press Service

      CIVICUS speaks to Cristinel Buzatu, regional legal advisor for Central and Eastern Europe at Greenpeace, about how Romania’s state gas company is weaponising the courts to silence environmental opposition.

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