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Representatives of various civil society organisations which participated in the recent SIDS4 Conference Civil Society Forum in Antigua and Barbuda. Photo by CANARI, courtesy Cari-Bois Environmental News Network, used with permission. By Stefanie Lauchman This story was first published on the Cari-Bois Environmental News Network. An edited version appears below as part of a content-sharing agreement. The fourth Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) Conference concluded nearly three months ago, on May 30 in Antigua and Barbuda. Ever since, stakeholders have been committed to their advocacy eff...
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By Faith Brown avec Pam Castro à Manille Limay (Philippines) (AFP) - Les garde-côtes philippins vont utiliser des dispersants dans l'eau et déployer des barrières flottantes vendredi pour contenir une nappe de pétrole au lendemain du naufrage d'un pétrolier transportant 1,4 million de litres de fioul industriel au large de Manille. Selon des journalistes de l'AFP, des garde-côtes philippins s'affairaient vendredi matin au port de la ville de Limay, située au niveau de la baie de Manille, en face de la capitale, pour préparer l'opération visant à contrer la marée noire. Les garde-côtes philippi...
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Hurricane Beryl's eye as it made landfall on Carriacou on July 1, 2024. Imagery, which contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellite), is regulated under EU law (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 377/2014). Via Wikimedia CommonsSentinel2.png). By Holly Bynoe On July 1, an early and “unprecedented” storm, Hurricane Beryl, swept through my home islands of the transboundary Grenadines. Mayreau, Canouan, Union Island, Petit St. Vincent, Palm Island/Prune Island, the Tobago Cays, Petite Martinique and Carriaco...
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Flood-affected women return to their makeshift shelters after receiving hygiene kits and other essential items. Image via Flickr by UN Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid. 2022. CC BY 2.0. In Pakistan, internally displaced women, who are already dealing with the loss of their homes and livelihoods, are facing unique pressures — particularly around women's health and maternity care. Pakistan is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures, sporadic monsoons, and severe droughts have become the new normal, displacing millions of people, particularly...
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Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm, about to make landfall on Great Abaco in the Bahamas at 18:36 UTC on September 1, 2019. Image by NASA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. This story was originally published by EW News, with the support of the Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship, which is a joint venture between Climate Tracker and Open Society Foundations. An edited version is republished below with permission. By Vanessa Clarke There’s an emotional strain and reservation to a usually bubbly Shervante Nixon. It was a big ask to encourage the mother of one to recount one of ...
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2024 hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing so far. Japan’s devastating earthquake... Both the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war continue... The continued rise of the far-right (despite some positive respite with the recent UK and French elections)... The death of Alexei Navalny... And let’s not forget quite how bad Madame Web was and that Kayne West is still releasing music. We could go on, and we’ve still got the “two old men in an old man war” US election to look forward to, as well as the ongoing threat of increasingly powerful AI models spreading beyond the control of human...
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Feature image created using Canva Pro elements. The following article was originally published by Global Voices contributor Emma Lewis on Substack. An edited version is republished here with permission. A Beryl is a rather lovely translucent mineral, sometimes green, sometimes blue, sometimes gold or pink. Beryl is an old-fashioned English girl’s name), after the gemstone mentioned above. The name’s origin is apparently from the Greek word “beryllos,” which means “colour of the sea.” All rather beautiful. Beryl is also the name of the second storm in the 2024 hurricane season. The waiting for ...
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Image by Tanpa Dhakal via Nepali Times, used with permission. This story was originally published by Tanka Dhakal at the Nepali Times. An edited version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement. Yaks, which used to be the mainstay of the culture of Himalayan communities in Nepal, have been in steady decline because of lifestyle changes, human outmigration, inbreeding, and the impact of the climate crisis. The National Agricultural Census shows that the total number of yaks in Nepal went down from 53,000 to 48,000 over the past three years. There are now fewer than 10,000 hou...
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Feature image of avocados via Canva Pro. In Samuel Beckett's “Waiting for Godot,” often described as the play in which nothing happens, the two main characters basically talk to each other under a leafless tree while awaiting the arrival of the mysterious Godot, who never shows up. The Caribbean in hurricane season should be so lucky. Instead, characters — because it often feels like an apocalyptic movie scene — huddle under shelter, too apprehensive to talk much as they await the arrival of the storm du jour, which almost always shows up. For these islands on the frontline of the climate cris...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. At approximately 11:10 a.m. (UTC-4) on Monday, July 1, the eye of the record-breaking Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the tiny island of Carriacou in the Grenadines. An 11:15 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, said that the storm had continued to intensify, with maximum sustained winds of 241.4 kilometres (150 miles) per hour. The hurricane is currently moving in a west-northwesterly direction at a pace of about 32 km (20 miles) per hour. Other locations in the Grenadines, including Union Island and Petite Martinique have been experi...
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