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Britons among those forced to flee homes and hotels on Greek holiday island
Thousands of people have been evacuated as wildfires threatened homes and hotels on the Greek island of Rhodes.
More than 2,000 were rescued from beaches on Saturday, as flames threatened hotels and tourist areas, officials said.
Scorching temperatures are engulfing large parts of the Northern hemisphere, while devastating floods triggered by relentless rainfall have disrupted lives and livelihoods, underscoring the urgent need for more climate action, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
According to the UN weather agency, June witnessed the warmest global average temperature on record, and heatwaves have persisted into early July.… Read the rest
When floods swept Europe in July 2021, killing more than 200 people in Germany, Belgium and neighbouring countries, it was a disaster that came as the climate crisis was moving to the top of Europe’s political agenda.
Government data shows marked reduction against same period last year, reversing trend of destruction during Bolsonaro reign
After four years of rising destruction in Brazil’s Amazon, deforestation dropped by 33.6% during the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, according to new government satellite data.
A green future will remain out of reach if the world doesn’t help developing countries close a $2 trillion gap in investment towards an energy transition, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned on Wednesday.