South Africa's climate action too slow to meet its bold pledges, says report

South Africa, the world's 14th biggest carbon emitter, has made strong commitments to climate action but is moving too slowly to wean itself off coal and roll out renewables to meet them, a key report ... Read More

Scientist goes 'off to work' responding to causes of climate change before humans: 'The answer is crystal clear'

A dismissive social media commenter brought what they thought was a real whodunnit to renowned climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's door.  "Hayhoe, Hayhoe, it's off to scam we go," they wrote. Read More

South Africa passes its first sweeping climate change law

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. Read More

Health News

A court filing shows that the signatures collected by volunteers for an Arkansas abortion-rights measure would fall short of the number needed to qualify for the ballot if they're the only ones ... Read More

Floods and climate change blamed for surge in dengue in the Emirates as WHO warns of global spike

Since the United Arab Emirates witnessed its heaviest recorded rainfall ever three months ago, the desert nation has issued a multitude of warnings about dengue ... Read More

You Can’t Escape Climate Change, but in Some Areas, Risk Is Lower

There is no place on Earth that is immune to the impact of climate change, but some places are less exposed to risk than others. Read More

Climate and Environment

See how high surface temperatures, which bring additional risks ... is now the largest in the country. Researchers with the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Sunday ... Read More

Climate Change

Climate change, poverty, and inequality are the defining issues of our age. The World Bank Group is the biggest multilateral funder of climate ... coastal Western Area Urban District which addressed ... Read More

Climate Change and Respiratory Health

Human-induced climate change is underway, and is a key driver of accelerating environmental change. Climate change-associated effects on respiratory health are being globally observed, but are not ... Read More

Infant's Health News

June 13, 2024 — New research may help close the nutrition gap between infant formula and human breast milk ... Increased Mental Health Risks May 28, 2024 — A baby's exposure to air pollution ... Read More

Efforts to Build Climate Resilience Do Not Protect Human Health

Building climate resilience — an ability to adapt to climate disasters — defines the U.S. Department of Health and Human ... change throughout the activities of HHS.” The department’s primary ... Read More

Men's Health News

Common Hair Loss and Prostate Drug May Also Cut Heart Disease ... risk -- 451 in all -- through a whole-genome analysis that ranks as the ... Nov. 8, 2023 — Studies exploring metformin's power ... Read More