Climate change is killing quality coffee. Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it? | Food

Climate change is killing quality coffee. Can Vietnam’s Robusta save it? | Food

Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam – The white-walled room in a house on the outskirts of Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam’s coffee capital, is quiet. The only thing breaking the silence is the occasional beep of an electronic scale, or the sound of coffee being poured into a measuring glass. A handful…

Climate change pushes Malaysia’s coastal fishermen away from the sea | Climate Crisis News

Climate change pushes Malaysia’s coastal fishermen away from the sea | Climate Crisis News

Gelang Patah, Malaysia – On an overcast morning six years ago, Mohammad Ridhwan Mohd Yazid was on his way back to Malaysia’s southern Johor coast when his small fishing boat was caught in a sudden storm. In a matter of minutes, the calm southerly March winds transformed into gales whipping…

Protecting climate refugees requires a legal definition | Climate Crisis

Protecting climate refugees requires a legal definition | Climate Crisis

During the UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai last year, the terms “climate migrants” and “climate refugees” echoed loudly across meeting rooms and panels. These labels were passionately used by high-ranking UN officials, external stakeholders, scholars and activists grappling with the consequences of climate change. During a panel discussion, I…

Norway gives Arctic foxes a helping hand amid climate woes | Climate

Norway gives Arctic foxes a helping hand amid climate woes | Climate

One by one, the crate doors swing open and five Arctic foxes bound off into the snowy landscape. But in the wilds of southern Norway, the newly freed foxes may struggle to find enough to eat, as the effects of climate change make the foxes’ traditional rodent prey more scarce. In Hardangervidda National…

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

Are snakebites rising in South Asia — and what’s responsible? | Health News

In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped snake called a common krait slithers on the stomach of one of the main characters. The…

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture | Climate Crisis News

Drought crisis brought on by El Nino and climate change will affect more than a million households, President Hakainde Hichilema says. Zambia has declared the drought the country is currently going through a national disaster, with President Hakainde Hichilema saying the lack of rain has devastated the agricultural sector, affecting…

‘Part of the family’: Chilean wildfire victims hold out hope for lost pets | Climate Crisis News

‘Part of the family’: Chilean wildfire victims hold out hope for lost pets | Climate Crisis News

Viña del Mar, Chile – Felipe Gajardo, a 27-year-old student, sits in a quiet school hallway in the coastal city of Viña del Mar, with an empty cat carrier by his side. Dozens of flyers with pictures of lost animals plaster the walls around him. The Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins school…

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period | Climate Crisis News

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period | Climate Crisis News

EU monitors report comes as NASA launches climate satellite to survey oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over a 12-month period, European climate monitors have said, in what scientists called a “warning…