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Metro Vancouver weather: Environment Canada provides update on atmospheric river
The weather event will bring heavy rain and wind to the region later this week. An atmospheric river headed down the B.C. coast is expected to cause impacts across the province this week. Environment Canada meteorologist Bobby Sekhon says a...

Coalition sours over proposed reform to 'broken' environment laws
The mood within the Coalition has soured on the government's proposed rewrite of Australia's "broken" environment laws, just days after parts of the legislation were shared with stakeholders. Part of the draft laws for the proposed overhaul, the...

Governments can’t achieve their climate goals if they don’t include local communities
Climate change is no longer some abstract, future threat. It is now a present problem, and its impact will become exponentially worse if we fail to respond with robust adaptation and mitigation plans. While the whole planet faces serious climate...

Hashimukh champs CPD Climate Week-2025 award
Hashimukh champs CPD Climate Week-2025 award Photo: BSS DHAKA, Oct 22, 2025 - Hashimukh Somaj Kallyan Songstha (HSKS) has been awarded with the champion award for its Eco-Craft Project at the CPD Climate Week 2025 event. The four-day international...

Climate Ministry Sets 50% Zero-emission Vehicle Target for 2030
From 2030, domestic car sellers must fill half of their total vehicle sales with zero-emission vehicles such as electric and hydrogen cars. Companies failing to meet the target will be charged a "contribution" (levy) of 3 million won per vehicle...

Mangroves are great carbon sinks; could help fight climate change
Mangrove forests in the Eastern Visayas region hold staggering amounts of carbon—averaging 387.4 megagrams of carbon per hectare, equivalent to nearly 1,432 megagrams of CO2 per hectare, according to a new study from the University of the...

Water company again told to improve by Environment Agency
Access to more data than ever before, and increased monitoring and inspections, allow for a clearer understanding of water company performance – and following the latest star ratings, the EA has urgently called for a fundamental shift in culture...

Kildare County Council announces Climate Week 2025
Kildare County Council is excited to announce a packed programme for Climate Week 2025, running from Tuesday, October 28 to Friday, October 31. The week will feature ten events across the county, all designed to create awareness about...

Around 1,000 People Protest in Brno Against Macinka’s Nomination As Environment Minister
Around 1,000 people protested in Brno’s namesti Svobody yesterday against the nomination of Motorists’ leader Petr Macinka as the new Czech environment minister, with speakers criticising the politician’s questioning of scientific facts about...

Kruger National Park rename: Environment Dept clears the air
Proposals included the renaming of the Kruger National Park to Skukuza National Park. NATIONAL NEWS - The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has confirmed that no name change has been authorised for the Kruger National Park...

Climate Action Collaborative: Powering up our mountain towns
Have you been thinking about installing electric vehicle chargers at your multifamily housing complex, but aren’t sure where to start? There’s a program designed just for you. The EV Charging Cohort, created by the Climate Action Collaborative in...
Climate Inaction Could Cost Companies Over $500 Billion in Annual Liabilities Globally by 2030
Ignoring supply chain emissions (Scope 3) could cost companies over $500 billion in annual liabilities globally by 2030, according to the 2025 Carbon Action Report from EcoVadis and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), titled Scope 3: From Unmanaged...

Minister for Fisheries attends AU Ministerial Session on Agriculture, Water, and Environment in Ethiopia
By Franice Tandoh The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Emelia Arthur, has left Accra for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 6th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Specialised Technical Committee on Agriculture,...

World will be forced to confront climate change in next 10 to 20 years: Singapore's Ravi Menon
Singapore faces heat stress, floods, droughts and sea level rise, but Mr Menon has learnt these issues cannot be viewed in isolation. "We have to look at our risks in a regional and sometimes global context. For effective risk management and...

Fossil fuel companies have been criticised for their environmental claims
Oil and gas companies have increasingly come under legal attack over their role in contributing to global warming, yet unlike other industries that face tougher regulations they have not abandoned their climate marketing claims.

Scottish scientists launch low-methane cow breeding to fight climate change
Scottish scientists launch low-methane cow breeding to fight climate change Scottish scientists have launched a groundbreaking low-methane cow breeding program to tackle global warming. Scotland’s Rural College in partnership with Semex has...

Counting the environmental and social costs of the ‘green petrol’ expansion drive
At a superficial level, lower-carbon fuels made from renewable crops make much more sense than burning non-renewable fossil fuels. But does it make sense to set aside ever larger chunks of farmland — and even parts of the sea — to growing...
Fight against climate change requires approach involving entire society
Thursday, October 23, 2025 The fight against climate change requires an approach involving the whole of society, including private sector efforts, with financing for sustainable development, climate resilience, job creation and income generation,...

world EU leaders to debate conditions for keeping up climate ambition
BRUSSELS — European Union (EU) countries' leaders will debate how to align ambitious climate goals with improving their companies' competitiveness on Thursday (Oct 23), seeking to unlock a deal on a new 2040 emissions target despite growing...
Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier
Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order An article by Fracesco Grillo for Vision The climate crisis, Donald Trump told the UN last month, is “the greatest con job...