Climate Change Poses Mounting Threat to Natural World Heritage Sites: IUCN

October 13, 2025 4:20 PM

Climate Change Poses Mounting Threat to Natural World Heritage Sites: IUCN

Climate change has emerged as the single greatest threat to the world’s natural World Heritage sites, affecting nearly half of them, according to the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 released at the IUCN Congress in Abu Dhabi. The report warns that 43% of natural sites now face severe climate-related risks, surpassing all other pressures, while invasive alien species impact 30% of sites. The number of sites affected by wildlife and plant diseases has also increased sharply, rising from 2% in 20...

Climate Threats, Invasive Species Endanger Natural World Heritage Sites: IUCN Report

October 13, 2025 3:46 PM

Climate Threats, Invasive Species Endanger Natural World Heritage Sites: IUCN Report

Climate change now threatens nearly half of the world’s natural World Heritage sites, overtaking all other pressures, according to the IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 released at the IUCN Congress in Abu Dhabi. The report finds that 43% of sites face severe climate threats, while invasive alien species affect 30%, and wildlife and plant diseases are rising sharply, now impacting 9% of sites, up from just 2% in 2020. Based on a decade of assessments since 2014, the Outlook provides the most co...

Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally

September 23, 2025 10:22 PM

Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally

President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism of global environmental initiatives and multilateral institutions. Scientists say climate change is real, mostly caused by humans, and getting worse. They point to rising temperatures, stronger storms, and melting ice as clear signs. Groups like the UN have warned that waiting too long to act could cause ...

Rains, floods and rising heat: South Asia’s growing climate crisis

July 23, 2025 10:56 AM

Rains, floods and rising heat: South Asia’s growing climate crisis

People in India and neighboring countries eagerly await the monsoon rains, which signal the end of the scorching summer heat and bring much-needed water for crops that sustain crores of people. However, the increasing frequency, intensity, unpredictability and eccentricity of extreme rainfall events are making things increasingly difficult for the people. In 2024 alone, hundreds of people died in India due to heavy rainfall. Across South Asia, hundreds more have already died this year. Experts w...

Are flash floods directly linked to climate change?

July 9, 2025 4:18 PM

Are flash floods directly linked to climate change?

The catastrophic flash floods in Texas a couple of days earlier, triggered by extremely heavy rainfall, which caused over 100 deaths and widespread destruction, have once again raised a pressing question- are flash floods directly linked to climate change? Successive research by environmental agencies corroborates this, saying climate change is a significant factor in the increased risk, frequency and intensity of floods in several parts of the world. Research suggests human-caused climate chan...

Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires costing Europe billions each year

July 15, 2025 9:44 AM

Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires costing Europe billions each year

Extreme heat and worsening drought situations are gripping large parts of Europe, sparking wildfires, triggering red alerts and intensifying global calls for effective climate actions. Driven by climate change, scientists warn, these conditions signal a new era of drought, threatening food security, energy security, ecosystems and economies. The worrying part is that heatwaves and wildfires are constantly growing deadlier and costlier. If the European Environment Agency (EEA) is to be believed,...

Can carbon pricing curb climate change and where does India stand?

July 3, 2025 3:19 PM

Can carbon pricing curb climate change and where does India stand?

Carbon pricing is increasingly recognized worldwide as a powerful tool to combat the devastating impacts of climate change. But what exactly is it, how does it work and where does India stand? Let's explore this transformative approach to driving a greener and more sustainable future. Carbon pricing is a policy mechanism that puts a financial cost on greenhouse gas emissions. This policy tool is primarily aimed at discouraging emitters of the greenhouse gas especially carbon dioxide and encoura...

EU plans to add carbon credits to new climate goal, document shows

June 29, 2025 9:28 AM

EU plans to add carbon credits to new climate goal, document shows

The European Commission is set to propose counting carbon credits bought from other countries towards the European Union's 2040 climate target, a Commission document seen by Reuters showed. The Commission is due to propose a legally binding EU climate target for 2040 on July 2. The EU executive had initially planned a 90% net emissions cut, against 1990 levels, but in recent months has sought to make this goal more flexible, in response to pushback from governments including Italy, Poland and ...

Argentina’s deadly rains more likely in a warming world, report says

March 27, 2025 3:41 PM

Argentina’s deadly rains more likely in a warming world, report says

The heavy rains that led to catastrophic flooding in central Argentina and killed 16 people earlier this month were partly fueled by climate change and could become more frequent in a warmer world, a team of international scientists said on Thursday. An analysis by the World Weather Attribution found that extreme heat in the region leading up to the floods caused a warmer and more humid mass of air that clashed with a cold front from Argentina's Patagonian region, causing the torrential rains i...

Center launches initiative to build climate-resilient coastal fishermen villages to safeguard livelihoods

March 26, 2025 12:43 PM

Center launches initiative to build climate-resilient coastal fishermen villages to safeguard livelihoods

The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has highlighted the growing threat posed by climate change to the Blue Economy, which could severely impact the livelihoods of fishermen and coastal communities. To mitigate these risks, the government has identified 100 coastal fishermen villages to be developed into Climate Resilient Coastal Fishermen Villages (CRCFV) under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). The announcement was made by George Kurian, Union Minister of St...