The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic gauge of how close humanity is to self-destruction, has been moved to 85 seconds to midnight, its closest point ever, as global risks from nuclear weapons, climate change and artificial intelligence intensify. The clock was advanced by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a Chicago-based science advocacy group, which warned…
Amid warnings of severe cold and storms in large parts of America, President Donald Trump has once again taken a dig at global warming. Posting on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that when record cold is going to occur in 40 American states, then where has global warming gone? According to the…
As a winter storm is set to sweep across a huge part of the United States this week, bringing bitterly cold temperatures and putting more than 175 million people at risk of power outages and major travel disruptions, US President Donald Trump on Friday took a swipe at climate change activists. Trump took to Truth…
The European Union is postponing a major free-trade agreement with South American nations amid intense protests by farmers and last-minute pushback from France and Italy, which threatened to block the pact, seen by supporters as a significant geopolitical initiative for both continents. Top EU officials had planned to sign the EU-Mercosur deal in Brazil this…
New Delhi: In a setback for the India-backed International Solar Alliance (ISA), the United States has withdrawn its membership from the multilateral body that focuses on accelerating global solar energy adoption. The exit is part of a broader US move to pull out of 65 international organizations that the Trump administration has characterized as “wasteful,…
US President Donald Trump has ordered the United States to withdraw from dozens of international bodies, including the world’s central climate treaty and the UN’s leading climate science authority, marking one of the most far-reaching retrenchments from the multilateral system in modern American history. The decision, announced by the White House on Wednesday, is outlined…
A British endurance swimmer and ocean advocate, Lewis Gordon Pugh, once said, “We need to save the Arctic not because of the polar bears, and not because it is the most beautiful place in the world, but because our very survival depends upon it., US President Donald Trump is publicly discussing options for the United…
Floods in India and Pakistan, driven by extreme weather events such as intense monsoon rainfall and landslides, caused losses of $5.6 billion and were among the top 10 climate disasters, resulting in more than 1,860 deaths, according to a report, Counting the Cost 2025 by Christian Aid, a UK-based international organization that works to fight…
For much of the past three decades, carbon has been the main focus of climate policy. But as we head into 2026, a new crisis is tightening its grip: water scarcity. According to Ernst & Young’s 2026 Geostrategic Outlook, water is no longer just an environmental issue. It is now at the heart of industrial…
