A government school in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh came up with a creative solution to tackle an intense heat wave that took a great toll on students’ attendance.

Watch: Indian school turns classroom into swimming pool to beat the heat

Spain ramps up wildfire defences after last years' wildfires

In a new report, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) indicated that in the next 28 years climate change-induced heat waves will become an unavoidable hazard and are set to affect virtually every child on earth.

UNICEF: More than two billion children will witness frequent and prolonged heat waves by 2050

Scorching heat waves, record-breaking temperatures and a persistent lack of rainfall; scientists said that warmer and dry seasons are likely to become the norm. Dry conditions in Africa have put millions at risk of starvation.

WION Climate Tracker: Europe to witness more hot temperatures | China's biggest river dries up

Summer 2022 was especially hard for Indians. Temperature records were getting shattered. Fans, air conditioners, coolers seemed to be less effective this year. The Government has released some data that the heatwave days in India have been nearly 6 times more than last year.

WION Climate Tracker | India suffered 6x heatwave days in 2022 | Mercury broke previous records

It has been a tough 24 hours for the United Kingdom. It started with the warmest night on record and then during the day it recorded an all-time high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius and now wildfires firefighters worked overnight to dumb down wildfires in east London

WION Climate Tracker | UK: Wildfires after all-time high temperature

Iraq is going through a climate crisis, there is water shortage, heat waves and sand storms that are engulfing entire cities. Iraq's latest crisis is not just a result of climate change, the man to blame here is late dictator Saddam Hussein whose political ecology has left the war-torn nation more vulnerable to climate crisis

Climate Crisis next big threat for Iraq

After a few days of rainfall and relief, the sweltering heat is back for North Indians. The country's Met Department has predicted a heat wave in the Northwest, Central and East India that will last for two to three days

No respite for India's Northern belt as temperatures rise

Spells of heat have always been a feature of India's pre-monsoon period but climate change is intensifying these heat spells now. A study released by the United Kingdom Met office states that climate crisis has made the heat waves in Northwestern India and Pakistan a hundred times more likely

Record-breaking heat waves in India, temperature reaches 49°C in Delhi

India has reported four heat waves since the beginning of summer and its capital New Delhi is now dealing with a fire that has been raging on for 30 hours now at the Bhalswa landfill in the northern part of the capital. Fire officials are still trying to control the blaze and a thick cloud of smoke has covered the area.

Four heat waves devastate northern India, blaze in New Delhi's Bhalswa landfill worsens

Scientists world over have been unanimous in declaring these occurrences as a result of human caused climate change. Turbulent rains have caused massive floods in Central China and Europe; historic heat waves blew through western Canada.

Climate Change triggering extreme weather events across the world

Europe endured record heat and rainfall last year while temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared off the charts, the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Thursday.

Arctic sizzled in 2020, the warmest year for Europe too

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