Latest News: “ Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Designer Stella McCartney doesn’t use leather on the runway. She is staunch supporter of Meatless Monday. And now, the famous designer and daughter of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, uses her love of the environment and animals, in her new sunglasses. [...]
Latest News: “ Saleem Samad – AHN News Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – Climate vulnerable countries have developed a roadmap and action plan aiming to reach a consensus to stand united at negotiations at the Durban climate conference scheduled to take place in two weeks. The two-day international Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) ended in the [...]
Latest News: “ Saleem Samad – AHN News Correspondent Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) – A new global ranking of climate change finds most Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan will face the greatest risks to their populations, ecosystems and business environments. The index rates 16 countries as “extreme risk,” including nations that [...]
Latest News: “ Mombasa, Kenya (IRIN) – Flash floods in coastal areas of Kenya have claimed several lives, damaged schools and destroyed sewage systems, leading to fears of disease outbreaks, according to officials and local residents. Affected areas include Changamwe, Kisauni, Kongowea and Likoni estates in Mombasa, where flood waters have submerged large areas, making [...]
Latest News: “ Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – As Typhoon Nalgae moved out of the Philippine area of responsibility, it left 18 people dead in Bulacan and many towns in central Luzon provinces flooded. According to reports, most of the dead were either electrocuted or killed by falling trees. [...]
Latest News: “ Benedict Alibasa – AHN News Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Sea-level rise could wipe out California’s coastline over the next century, causing major economic losses to the state’s tourism industry. Experts from San Francisco State University revealed last week that sea level in California has risen 8 inches in [...]
Latest News: “ Karachi, Pakistan (IRIN) – Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh is facing disaster once more with heavy rains over the past five days, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). “Two million people in 15 [out of 23] districts have been affected,” PDMA Director of Operations Sajjad Haider told IRIN. He also [...]
Latest News: “ Hola-Mwingi, Kenya (IRIN) – In the drought-affected lower eastern and coastal regions of Kenya, accessing water is an arduous and sometimes dangerous task. “In some places, you have six people lining down [forming a human ladder] into a well to draw water,” Henry Obino, the Tana River District Commissioner, told IRIN. “The [...]
Latest News: “ Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – British Columbia sent 56 more firefighters over the weekend to Ontario to help douse the 141 forest fires in the Canadian province. BC Fire Information Officer Alyson Couch said BC was responding to a request for more manpower as over 500 [...]
Latest News: “ Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Austin, TX, United States (AHN) – The ongoing drought has affected at least fourteen states, including Georgia, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma. The dry and rainless weather ironically comes at about the same time that parts of the United States are also suffering from floods and tornadoes. [...]
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