As climate-related disasters become more common and more severe, most countries in the world are “neglecting their obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of persons with disabilities in their responses to the climate crisis."
Thousands are camped out along roads in makeshift tents, others have sought shelter in abandoned buildings and for those who have managed to reach a camp for the displaced, aid is in short supply.
Experts from Duke University agreed state residents are more aware and prepared for hurricane season than in the past, due in part to the catastrophic impacts from Hurricane Matthew and Hurricane Florence.
Europe’s most severe drought in decades is hitting homes, factories, farmers and freight across the continent, as experts warn drier winters and searing summers fuelled by global heating mean water shortages will become “the new normal”.
North Atlantic right whales’ habits in Cape Cod Bay have shifted significantly over the past 20 years, as the critically endangered population spends more time in the bay because of climate change, according to new research.
The IPCC’s 2022 Climate Change report is ‘an atlas for human suffering’, as it warns of irreversible damages and a closing window for actions that will keep global warming under 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
Policymakers can’t hide behind a lack of research anymore when it comes to enacting meaningful conservation measures to protect dwindling wolverine populations.
