Projected impact based on current regional emission trajectories and radiative forcing models.
Scenario: If sea temp stays +0.8°C next 14 days...
Artificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology's environmental footprint is also expanding at a pace that could strain the planet’s natural resources.
Across the Middle East, countries facing severe energy access challenges are turning to renewables to power essential infrastructure, from hospitals to schools and street lighting.
Philippines’ updated NDC delayed amid Middle East-driven energy shock, says climate official Eco-Business
Reimagining Resilience: Climate Adaptation Solutions Across The Middle East Aga Khan Development Network
The world is heading into another period of dangerous heat, a new UN report warns on Thursday, and it’s nearly certain global temperatures over the next five years will stay “at or near record levels” as climate change accelerates across land and sea.
Full readiness for Eid Al Adha: Ministry of Climate Change & Environment Gulf News
Record-breaking temperatures, deadly floods, worsening drought and intensifying hurricanes are placing millions of people across Latin America and the Caribbean at growing risk of hunger, displacement and water shortages, according to a new report from the Wo…
UAE weather forecast 2026: Is El Niño about to make this the hottest summer on record? Gulf News
UAE experts discuss decarbonising packaging and circular economy at EEG 2026 Gulf News
UAE marks Earth Day with pioneering biodiversity, clean energy, water security initiatives Gulf Today
Sky News Australia. . Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the international circumstances are “very uncertain” as war in the Middle East continues. facebook.com
How Earth Hour 2026 is bringing UAE families together for climate action Gulf News
Rain in Dubai: will the city see extreme flooding again? Condé Nast Traveller Middle East
JD Vance is seeking to create a ‘trading bloc’ as shortages and climate crises mean a kaleidoscope of rare earths are increasingly jealously guarded The announcement by the US vice-president, JD Vance, that the country is seeking to create a new critical mine…
The Amazon rainforest is of crucial importance to the Earth's ecosystem, given its capacity to store substantial amounts of carbon in its vegetation. In 2023, the region experienced unusually high temperatures, reaching 1.5°C above the 1991–2020 average, acco…
Update: Pope Francis to attend COP28 climate change conference in Dubai in December EWTN News
A study led by Francisco Vallés Morán, a researcher at the Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA) at the Universitat Politècnica de València, has analyzed in detail the flooding caused by the DANA on 29 October 2024 in l'Horta Sud (Valencia)…
A drone equipped with low-cost air quality sensors has revealed unexpectedly high concentrations of particulate matter at around 100 meters above ground level in Delhi. These new vertical insights could play an important role in urban haze understanding and m…
UAE explained: How and why fog forms in a desert thenationalnews.com
Global scientific achievement documenting most serious water, climate challenges facing Middle East Ammon News
Water, not oil, is the Middle East’s most precious commodity Brookings
Sheboygan Press readers weigh in on Middle East and climate crisis The Sheboygan Press
Extreme weather events, Middle East conflict create 'perfect storm' for Southeast Asia: Grace Fu CNA
Climate Mobility in the MENA Region: Between Adaptation and Displacement Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
As global energy markets remain volatile and the price of oil high due to instability and conflict in the Middle East, more countries are looking at investing in renewables to shield their economies from the shocks caused by fossil fuel reliance, rein in impo…
The ongoing insecurity in the Middle East, where a large proportion of the world’s oil and gas is extracted, is forcing many countries to focus on how they can ensure access to cheap and reliable energy supplies primarily through the use of renewable power so…
Climate change: environmental cost of war in the Middle East The Nation Newspaper
Six weeks since war erupted in the Middle East, the shockwaves have spread to the Caribbean region, already pushed to the brink, amid fears of a looming El Niño-linked climate disaster.
Climate Change: The Silent Casualty of War ORF Middle East
Turning climate adaptation investments into real-world impact in Africa and the Middle East United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
War driving hidden climate crisis in Middle East, think tank warns Ariana News
Middle East crisis exposes global energy fault line Welcome to the United Nations
The ongoing crisis in the Middle East is exposing a central vulnerability in the global economy: the dependence on fossil fuels flowing through regions affected by conflict, a situation which is strengthening the UN’s case for a faster transition to cheaper, …
Middle East crisis exposes global energy fault line as UN urges shift to renewables UN News
Record Heat in the Middle East: Where Is the Climate Crisis Headed? الحل نت
A landmark General Assembly resolution adopted on Wednesday is “a powerful affirmation” of international law, climate justice and science, according to UN chief António Guterres.
As oil prices have risen amid geopolitical turmoil, one perhaps overlooked driver of climate change is coming into sharper focus: the production of plastics which are deeply tied to fossil fuels.
In Somalia’s Puntland region, dried out watering holes, animal carcasses and old pots filled with ash have become part of the landscape as worsening drought conditions deepen a growing hunger crisis.
Syria on the Brink of Water Scarcity: Climate Change, Drought, and Threats to Food Security Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Weather and Climate Information Services (WISER) Met Office
New data shows record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic last year, with glaciers shrinking and snow cover declining, according to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia.
The head of the UN’s civil aviation agency, ICAO, has called for immediate global action to protect commercial flights from escalating military threats, including missiles, drones, and GPS signal jamming.
Extreme heat is pushing global food and farming systems to the brink, threatening the livelihoods of over a billion people as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves redefine how food is produced worldwide, a new UN report warns.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again urged governments to step up the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy as war and climate risks create unprecedented challenges.
Kuwait’s Bidun in the Face of Climate Change are Invisible, yet Exposed Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Copernicus: Fourth-warmest March globally as sea surface temperatures return to near-record levels Copernicus Climate Change
How the oil and gas industry can turn climate-change ambition into action PwC
Two Sides of the Same Crisis: Climate, Security, and the Need for Co-Planning International Centre for Defence and Security
Iran War Drives Massive Surge in Planet-Heating Emissions Amid Calls to Accelerate Transition to Renewables Earth.Org
All-time high greenhouse gas concentrations in Earth’s atmosphere continue to drive heat records on land and sea, with long-lasting consequences for humanity, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Monday.
5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds The Guardian
Energy crises must accelerate the fight against climate change Le Monde.fr
Where Climate Change Is Making Extreme Heat Unbearable Bloomberg.com
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claiming the energy-hungry…
Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’ Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries…
Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forest…
Beginning two summers ago in a building lacking reliable power and internet, dozens of teenagers in Bo City, Sierra Leone watched videos about climate science, then discussed opportunities to build resilience in one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nati…
More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters.
Urban landscapes could be cooled by up to 3.5 degrees using a QUT-developed AI-based tool that optimizes where trees and which species are planted to make cities cooler, greener and more resilient in the face of climate change.
As governments and companies race to meet climate pledges, from net-zero goals to near-term emissions cuts, Cornell researchers have developed a blockchain-based platform to improve how those commitments are recorded and verified. Carbon registries serve as r…
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet, at the organizational meeting of the 2026 Session of the Special Committee on Decolonization, in New York today:
The United Nations Secretary-General warned today that the enduring legacy of colonialism — marked by entrenched economic exploitation, racism, inequality and exclusion from decision-making — continues to shape the realities of the world’s 17 remaining Non-Se…
It's one of the latest technologies for sequestering carbon: crush silicate rocks, add to crop soil, and let the rock dust naturally react with carbon dioxide. The reactions bind carbon into stable mineral forms that can persist for millennia, while also enri…
Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a decrease in evapotranspiration, and a reduction in precipitatio…
