Environment

MARRAKECH: Ban hails 'new dawn of cooperation on climate change,' urges action on Paris accord

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Country Flags outside the UN COP22 venue in Marrakech, Morocco.

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From agreement to action: what is at stake at the climate talks in Marrakesh?

Less than one year after adopting the Paris climate agreement, world leaders and negotiators are meeting for talks in Marrakesh. The COP22 conference on 7-18 November focuses on ways of implementing the first universally binding global deal on climate...

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PFC pollution near chemical companies puts residents' health at risk

Greenpeace launched a report on November 14, identifying four pollution hotspots around the globe where chemical companies producing per - and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) have contaminated the environment and are raising concerns on the...

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2016 slated to be hottest year ever, with record-breaking emissions and melting Arctic ice

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In Sindh province, Pakistan, a mother tries to shield her four-year-old daughter from scorching heat...

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