‘We are the living dead’: Drought-hit Tunisian villages battle isolation | Climate Crisis

‘We are the living dead’: Drought-hit Tunisian villages battle isolation | Climate Crisis

Tunisian villager Ounissa Mazhoud ties two empty jerry cans to a donkey and cautiously descends a stony hill towards the last local source of water. The North African country, in its fourth year of drought, is grappling with its worst water scarcity in years. Mazhoud – like other women in…

Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets? | Indigenous Rights News

Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets? | Indigenous Rights News

Carbon markets, a popular mechanism used by global businesses and countries to offset their emissions, have been on the table during negotiations at the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Conference. In a year that has seen carbon markets under growing scrutiny due to reports of alleged scams revealing that only…

New UN climate deal calls for ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

New UN climate deal calls for ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

While latest COP28 draft text avoids phrase ‘phase out’, campaigners say it is an improvement on the last one. A new draft text calling on the world to wean itself off planet-warming fossil fuels has been floated at the United Nations COP28 climate talks in Dubai after an outcry over…

Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

Australia is preparing to burn – more fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

Australians are used to seeing messages with advice on preparing for bushfires and other extreme weather at this time of year. “Amid the Christmas promotions, [we’re] seeing increased warnings about extreme heat and fires and how to cope and stay safe,” Belinda Noble, the founder of climate advocacy organisation Comms…

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

COP28 climate talks go into overtime amid standoff over fossil fuels | Climate Crisis News

A flurry of shuttle diplomacy is under way at the UN-led negotiations in the UAE as countries fight over the wording of a potential deal. The COP28 climate talks have gone into overtime as countries grapple over the wording of a potential agreement on the issue of fossil fuels. There…

Communities on US LNG front line ask Biden to reject export terminal | Business and Economy

Communities on US LNG front line ask Biden to reject export terminal | Business and Economy

Travis Dardar, a fisherman and member of the Isle de Jean Charles Tribal Community off the coast of Louisiana, has twice been displaced by fossil fuels. Rising sea levels forced him and his tribal nation to move in 2016 from the island where they had settled in the 1830s to…

‘We are resilient’: Mauritius slowly consolidates ecotourism gains | Environment

‘We are resilient’: Mauritius slowly consolidates ecotourism gains | Environment

Île d’Ambre, Mauritius – It is said to be the place where the last dodo was sighted. Yet, today, Île d’Ambre, an islet off the northeastern coast of Mauritius fringed by bright green mangroves, stands as a symbol, not of extinction, but of survival. As guide Patrick Haberland explains, vast…

Cyclone Michaung nears southern Indian states, water enters Chennai airport | Weather News

Cyclone Michaung nears southern Indian states, water enters Chennai airport | Weather News

At least four people have died, factories have closed and the runway of one of India’s busiest airports lies submerged due to torrential rain, as two southern Indian states brace for the impact of a severe cyclone. Cyclone Michaung was expected to make landfall on the coast of the southern…

Will the world continue to prioritise profits over the environment? | Climate Crisis

Will the world continue to prioritise profits over the environment? | Climate Crisis

As world leaders gather for COP28, young people are left to bear the brunt of the lack of action by those in control. As the planet hits record temperatures year by year, world leaders are meeting in Dubai for the COP28 summit with a large task at hand: lowering greenhouse…

COP28’s UAE president defends climate science comments | Climate News

COP28’s UAE president defends climate science comments | Climate News

Sultan al-Jaber hits out at ‘repeated attempts to undermine’ the work of the COP28 presidency in Dubai.      The Emirati head of the United Nations climate conference has insisted that he respects climate science after he came under fire over a leaked video in which he questioned the science…