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An annual risks survey published by the WEF on Wednesday put the global cost of living crisis caused by the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the top immediate risk, saying energy and food supply crunches are likely to persist for the next two years. Ahead of this year’s …

Researchers say that one of the world’s biggest oil companies made highly accurate predictions about global warming – while publicly dismissing any link between fossil fuels and climate change. The study in the journal ‘Science’ says Exxon Mobil’s scientists knew about the risks of fossil fuels from the 1970s, but …

A mild winter in Europe has had its advantages. It’s meant people needed to heat their homes less, and so helped alleviate the pressure on the continent’s energy supplies. However, it raises obvious questions about the true pace of climate change – and poses problems for businesses who prefer to …

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Human-made climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of severe weather. 2022 continued the trend of recent years being the warmest on record. Extreme heat and water events affected many parts of the globe, with the greatest increases in temperature not where you might expect. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more …

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to the world’s second largest rainforest. But this rainforest is in danger. Every year, DRC loses half a million hectares of its forest. That’s partly because people are cutting down trees to produce charcoal. But there could be a solution to the massive …

Africa is bearing the brunt of the global climate emergency. The UN says climate change threatens to expose over one hundred million vulnerable Africans to droughts, floods and extreme heat by 2030. One of the worst hit countries is Somalia. Almost 8 million people there, or about half the country’s …

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments to end an “orgy of destruction,” as a biodiversity summit kicks off in Canada. At the opening of COP15 in Montreal, Guterres warned humanity has become a “weapon of mass extinction.” Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: …

As world leaders debate a loss and damage fund at the COP27, time is running out for those countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis. In Madagascar, low rainfall has led to severe drought. DW’s Adrian Kriesch visited Tsiombe in the south, where the situation is particularly bad. Nearly …

The international conference on climate change COP 27 opens this weekend in Egypt. It’s the first time since 2016 that the summit is happening on African soil. And it’s opportunity for the continent to address urgent issues. For example, according to some estimates, Africa loses between 7 to 15 billion …