The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity has increased for the fourth year in a row.

Global hunger and Food insecurity crisis

Climate change is continuously changing how ecosystems function by altering the operation of organisms within microbial food webs. But the big question is...Is it enough?

Can viruses worsen ecosystem responses?

Heat waves have been sweeping across many of south and southeast Asian countries recently. This summer, high temperatures are breaking records, paralysing infrastructure, and disrupting people's life.

Heatwaves hit South, Southeast Asia

Cooler weather across Alberta is helping firefighters battle widespread wildfires in Canada's main oil-producing province. The government said it could be months before all the blazes are brought under control.

Canadian province of Alberta declares wildfire emergency

Spain's Donana wetland has been a rich farming area for decades and a wildlife haven for centuries. But climate change is drying it out and has set regional and national authorities on a collision course over how to safeguard its future.

Water War: Farms, Wildlife at risk as Spanish wetland shrinks

India plans to stop building new coal-fired power plants, apart from those already in the pipeline, by removing a key clause from the final draft of its national electricity policy.

India amends power policy draft

Topless climate activists on Thursday blocked traffic on a busy street in central Rome. The demonstrations were to protest against the Italian government's climate policy after torrential rains killed two people. Eric Njoka brings you the report.

Topless climate activists block street in Rome

A colony of 32 penguins in Singapore have been transported from the old Jurong bird park to a new park named bird paradise.

Penguins waddle into new home in Singapore

In an effort to help clean up the Adriatic sea and reduce pollution in future. Teams of divers recently recovered more than a tonne of rubbish from the shallows around Croatia's Mljet Island.

Volunteer divers collect rubbish from Croatian Island

Colombia may finally have found a solution to one of the legacies of notorious drug dealer Pablo Escobar - the fast-breeding invasive Hippopotamus.

Colombia grapples with Escobar's Hippopotamus legacy

Britain's King Charles will wear clothing previously worn by his predecessors, in the interests of sustainability and efficiency, for his coronation next week.

King Charles to reuse historic garments for coronation

Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2022. But, this year is likely to be even warmer. The cooler La Nina weather pattern has dominated the pacific ocean over the past 3 years. But, scientists say the world is likely to return to its warmer equivalent - the El Nino phenomenon. Here's a report for more details.

World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns

Scientists at the international rice research are experimenting with climate-resistant rice in the Philippines. Scientists are extracting genes of the desirable traits from rice grains and combining them into other varieties of rice to make a more favourable crop. These are designed to survive adverse climate conditions, including both floods and droughts. Check out our report.

Scientists experiment with rice that be grown in extreme climate conditions

The melting of earth's ice sheets is all to evident. According to scientists who work with satellite-based data, earth's frozen poles have lost over 7,560 billion tonnes in mass in the last 30 years. The pace of melting is five times more than what it was 30 years ago. Mass loss from greenland & antarctica is responsible for a quarter of all rise in sea levels. The ice lost from these two places has resulted in sea levels increasing by 21 millimetres.

Sea levels rising due to loss of mass from glaciers melting in the poles

Tunisia is not the only country facing a water crisis. Six million people in Spain's Barcelona & surrounding areas are facing a water crunch and already existing restrictions on water use could become tighter in the coming months. This according to officials in Spain's north-west, which remains parched and reservoirs in the region have run dry.

6 million Spaniards hit by water crunch due to drought in northern Spain

Climbing methane levels in the atmosphere are contributing to the overall rise in greenhouse gases.

Methane emissions are driving climate change

According to a recent study, Antarctic ice sheets risk breaking into the sea faster than previously predicted.

Ice is melting 20x faster than thought

Growing numbers of loggerhead sea turtles are nesting and laying eggs on western Mediterranean beaches in what some scientists suggest could be a case of climate change causing habitat expansion of a threatened species.

Global warming helping turtles colonise Mediterranean

In a revolutionary decision the European union has banned new sales of combustion-engine cars from 2035.

EU agrees to exempt e-fuels from 2035

The committee, which submits a report to the British parliament every five years said that the country has reached a “make or break moment” pushing the nation towards becoming more prone to climatic risks.

How prepared is England for climate change?

Plastics are responsible for wide-ranging health effects including cancers, lung disease and birth defects.

How much plastic is too much plastic?

Snow conditions in the alps have been very mixed this season, with unseasonably warm temperatures and low snowfall. So, if you are planning to visit the alps, then don't get disheartened. There are other ways to enjoy your trip.

What can holiday goers do if there's no snow?  | WION Climate Tracker

Are you reaching for your allergy medicines earlier each year? Do the sniffles take over your life sooner than they used to? You’re not imagining it — your allergies are making you suffer — that too way longer than usual. But who is the culprit? Its our changing climate.

Are your symptoms lasting longer than usual? | WION Climate Tracker

The fourth and final instalment of the sixth assessment report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change is out. It says that the world is on course to overshoot the 1.5 degree celsius global warming threshold. The assessment also stressed that humanity still has a chance to prevent the worst of future harms. In this episode of WION conversation we decode the IPCC report and some of the key takeaways.

New IPCC report on climate change

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