At risk of flooding are 372 out of the country’s 744 local government areas.   Climate disasters are happening at frightening rates in Nigeria, and the administration now says it will prioritize efforts to counter the effects of climate change. By Leon UsigbeABUJA, Nigeria, Jan 2 2024 (IPS) In 2022 […]

Photo: Pexels/Steve Europe’s “wolf problem” is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups. And the European Commission has now proposed a change in their international status, from “strictly protected” to “protected”, […]

Countries: Israel, occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNRWA’s Gaza Field Office announced that Israeli forces had fired at an aid convoy that was returning from northern Gaza and had been taking a route which was designated by the Israeli army.

Photo: Pexels/Quang Nguyen Vinh As global temperatures continue to rise, so do fears that forests in tropical areas might succumb, especially as many of them are also being degraded by logging and swidden agriculture. In their place savannas might sprout, supporting far less biodiversity. That is not a certainty, however. […]

Countries: Chile, China, Guam, Haiti, Italy, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Spain, United States of America, Vanuatu, World Source: Christian Aid Christian Aid says disasters are worse for those countries which are unable to withstand them because of less resilient homes, and places which lack government investment in […]