#Heatwave
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Climate Crisis
UN relief chief appeals for concerted action to tackle deadly heatwave threat
The humanitarian system is not equipped, to handle crises of this scale on our own. To avoid a future of…
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Analysis
Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?
Warmer air can hold more moisture. So meteorologists warned earlier this year that the extreme temperatures would probably result in…
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Climate Crisis
Drought officially declared for eight areas of England
Yorkshire Water is the latest to announce that it will ban hosepipe use in its area for the first time…
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Analysis
Observations of an Expat: Tropical Trump
Presidential elections are scheduled for 2 October and far-right Bolsonaro is trailing well behind his socialist rival Luis Inacio Lula…
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Analysis
Scant hope for relief as repeated heat waves scorch Pakistan
‘Our crops are under immense stress, and workers on the fields have been coming down with heatstroke.’ Zuha Siddiqui Karachi…
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Climate Crisis
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves
If climate change follows the Met Office’s predictions, by the end of the century India and Pakistan can expect similarly…
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Analysis
South Asia’s 2022 heatwave and the role of climate change
Climate change – largely driven by the burning of fossil fuels – has contributed to an increase in the frequency…
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Climate Crisis
India and Pakistan heatwave is ‘testing the limits of human survivability’
This is the first time in decades that Pakistan is experiencing what many call a ‘spring-less year’. By Rhea Mogul,…
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