Trends - Climate Change

'It's like the dying of a good friend': Climate activists hold event to mark vanishing Swiss glacier

The Pizol glacier in the Glarus Alps in eastern Switzerland has been retreating as temperatures climb.

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:10pm

Any upcoming rainfall will likely be too weak to extinguish the large number of fires.

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:06pm

A Brazilian top official tells French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of "his home and his colonies".

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:07pm

The dramatic scale of this year's fires is the result of a significant acceleration of deforestation.

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:06pm

Official figures show 78,383 forest fires in Brazil this year; 1,663 fires were ignited between Thursday and Friday.

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:07pm

Laksfors in northern Norway records temperature of 35.6 degrees Celsius; several areas in Sweden see "tropical nights".

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:09pm

At its peak on Thursday, the heatwave broke national temperature records in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:09pm

Heatstroke camps set up across the metropolis; temperature may soar to 42 degree Celsius.

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:09pm

What are global climate challenges and how will Pakistan respond to them?

Updated 16 Jan, 2020 01:08pm