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Caribbean states beg Trump to grasp climate change threat
Caribbean states and territories have rounded on the Trump administration for dismantling the US’s response to climate change, warning that greenhouse gas emissions must be sharply cut to avoid...
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World leaders who deny climate change should go to mental hospital
The prime minister of Samoa has called climate change an “existential threat … for all our Pacific family” and said that any world leader who denied climate change’s existence should be taken to a...
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1 million told to flee US East Coast as Hurricane Florence approaches
Hurricane Florence is a “monster” bearing down for a direct hit on the coast. But not everyone is fleeing as the storm approaches. Among those who are staying put despite evacuation orders to over 1...
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Call for climate justice as millions brace for intense storms
Millions of people braced for two destructive tropical storms making landfall in the Philippines and US on Friday. Seaside towns evacuated and farmers scrambled to harvest rice early in the path of...
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Climate gentrification: the rich can afford to move – what about the poor?
Only half-jokingly, some residents of a progressive city 300 miles north of the Mexican border have adopted the “build the wall” slogan in the face of a wave of newcomers. But these perceived...
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Gift of the Givers teams to aid earthquake-shaken Indonesia
A volcano has erupted on the same island in Indonesia where an earthquake and tsunami last week killed at least 1400 people. Gift of the Givers has responded to a call for assistance from the President...
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Sierra Leone mudslides: responding to the crisis
It was a strange thing to be supporting Street Child’s response to the mudslides in Sierra Leone from Maiduguri, the epicenter of the Boko Haram crisis in North-East Nigeria. As head of programmes for...
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Strongest ever Atlantic storm causes ‘major damage’ in Caribbean
The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding on several Caribbean islands, as British tourists are evacuated from the region amid...
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Nightmarish scenes in Houston: a global warning
Let there be no doubt: the horrific damage wrought by Hurricane Harvey was an almost entirely man-made catastrophe, one fingerprinted by all-too-human neglect, corruption and denial. If we needed a...
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3 Dead as Hurricane Irma batters Florida coast
Hurricane Irma bore down on southern Florida on Sunday with 130 mile-per-hour (210 kph) winds, flooding Miami streets and knocking out power to more than 1.6 million homes and businesses. Even before...
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Typhoon Talim bringing wind and floods to China and Taiwan
A strengthening tropical system has its eyes set on Taiwan and eastern China during the second half of this week. Talim is currently a typhoon about 400 miles east of Taiwan. Further intensification is...
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From Paris to Houston, climate change is an undeniable truth
It’s been over 10 years since the release of former US Vice President Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. The 2006 documentary film premiered at Sundance and went on to win two Academy Awards with its...
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Vietnam’s poorest worst hit by Typhoon Doksuri
Six people lost their lives when Typhoon Doksuri smashed into central Vietnam on September 16, the most powerful storm in a decade to hit the country. Although widespread evacuations prevented a higher...
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Mexico death toll reaches 361 after massive earthquake
The death toll from Mexico’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake rose to 361 on Sunday after another casualty was confirmed in the capital, where a search continued at a collapsed seven-story office building in a...
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Thunderstorms hit Gauteng as hail lashes province
An afternoon thunderstorm has hit Gauteng, bringing with it hail and strong winds. On Monday morning the weather service issued a watch for severe thunderstorm in the afternoon. Forecaster Madimetja...
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Krugersdorp tornado moves over Delmas
Nine people were left injured in the Delmas and Bapsfontein area last night after what is believed to be the same tornado as that which tore through the Krugersdorp area descended on the area, damaging...
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Underwater ruins of lost Roman city discovered in Tunisia
A vast 1,700 year old Roman settlement has been discovered off the coast of Tunisia after several years of archaeological exploration in search of the ancient city of Neapolis. Neapolis is believed to...
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Deep adaptation: hope and vision in the face of collapse
As someone who worked in environmental campaigning and then organizational change, I learned about the role of hope and vision in helping to align and motivate people. As someone who worked at the...
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Activists hold funeral for planet Earth
Environmental activists will be holding a funeral for the entire planet in Cape Town on Saturday from 11:00 to 13:00. Extinction Rebellion South Africa invites you to join for a symbolic Funeral for...
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Donate to the victims of Cyclone Idai
The death toll from Cyclone Idai keeps rising. Now, cholera is taking lives and threatens the survivors of the cyclone. That’s the thing about these extreme weather events. It doesn’t end when it ends....
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