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NXEWS Newsroom✓Breaking The UN Environment Programme has released its first major report examining strategies to return global temperatures to 1.5°C after the world overshoots that target. The assessment has alarmed climate advocates who have made the 1.5°C threshold central to their efforts since the Paris Agreement established it as the stronger objective ten years ago.
UN charts path to restore 1.5°C after inevitable breachThe UN Environment Programme has released its first major report examining strategies to return global temperatures to 1.5°C after the world overshoots that target. The assessment has alarmed climate advocates who have made the 1.5°C threshold central to their efforts since the Paris Agreement established it as the stronger objective ten years ago.NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash A glacial collapse in the Himalayan nation triggered catastrophic floods that killed more than 1,000 people and left nearly 4,500 unaccounted for in Nepal and Tibet. Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal framed the disaster as evidence of climate change's mounting threat, urging the world to respond through climate justice frameworks rather than charitable aid.
Over 1,000 dead after Nepal glacier breaks apart; minister warns of climate perilA glacial collapse in the Himalayan nation triggered catastrophic floods that killed more than 1,000 people and left nearly 4,500 unaccounted for in Nepal and Tibet. Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal framed the disaster as evidence of climate change's mounting threat, urging the world to respond through climate justice frameworks rather than charitable aid.
Yesterday
NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash Britain's national weather agency announced Tuesday that the country experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year running. The period was marked by successive heat waves and widespread drought conditions.
UK records hottest summer for second consecutive yearBritain's national weather agency announced Tuesday that the country experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year running. The period was marked by successive heat waves and widespread drought conditions.NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash More than a month after flames swept through Serbia's Deliblatska Pescara reserve, foresters are planning restoration of its dunes and woodlands to better withstand future fires. From 2023 to 2025, Serbia experienced its worst three-year period for wildfires this century, prompting experts to consider replacing highly flammable conifers with species like birch, poplar, ash and oak.
Serbia plans forest restoration as wildfires become more commonMore than a month after flames swept through Serbia's Deliblatska Pescara reserve, foresters are planning restoration of its dunes and woodlands to better withstand future fires. From 2023 to 2025, Serbia experienced its worst three-year period for wildfires this century, prompting experts to consider replacing highly flammable conifers with species like birch, poplar, ash and oak.NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash Natural disasters are expected to cost the world $450bn annually, with insurance covering less than half of losses. Up to 62 percent of disaster-related damage goes uninsured, leaving homes, businesses and governments facing uncovered losses of roughly $279bn a year on average.
Global disasters to cost $450bn yearly as insurance gap widensNatural disasters are expected to cost the world $450bn annually, with insurance covering less than half of losses. Up to 62 percent of disaster-related damage goes uninsured, leaving homes, businesses and governments facing uncovered losses of roughly $279bn a year on average.NXEWS Newsroom✓Breaking Flooding across Nepal and Tibet has claimed more than 1,000 lives, with rescue teams continuing operations. Roughly 4,500 people remain missing in the two regions, including some 900 believed trapped in mud-filled tunnels at 12 Nepali hydropower facilities, while the Red Cross says the disaster has affected more than 93,000 people.
Nepal-Tibet floods kill over 1,000 as rescuers search for survivorsFlooding across Nepal and Tibet has claimed more than 1,000 lives, with rescue teams continuing operations. Roughly 4,500 people remain missing in the two regions, including some 900 believed trapped in mud-filled tunnels at 12 Nepali hydropower facilities, while the Red Cross says the disaster has affected more than 93,000 people.NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash A federal judge in Syracuse ruled Monday that New York's 2024 law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years into a climate damage fund cannot be enforced. Chief US District Judge Brenda Sannes sided with 22 Republican state attorneys general and industry groups including the US Chamber of Commerce, finding the state law preempted by federal authority.
Federal judge voids New York's $75 billion climate superfund lawA federal judge in Syracuse ruled Monday that New York's 2024 law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years into a climate damage fund cannot be enforced. Chief US District Judge Brenda Sannes sided with 22 Republican state attorneys general and industry groups including the US Chamber of Commerce, finding the state law preempted by federal authority.NXEWS Newsroom✓Breaking A glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border unleashed a torrent of ice and rock that claimed at least 939 lives and left nearly 4,500 people unaccounted for. Prime Minister Balendra Shah attributed the catastrophe to climate change and urged the world to act, estimating that rebuilding could cost billions.
Nepal's PM blames climate change for Himalayan disaster as death toll hits 939A glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border unleashed a torrent of ice and rock that claimed at least 939 lives and left nearly 4,500 people unaccounted for. Prime Minister Balendra Shah attributed the catastrophe to climate change and urged the world to act, estimating that rebuilding could cost billions.
Aug 31, 2026
NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash Cooling systems prevent more than 5,000 deaths annually in the United States, but scientists say the technology also heats the planet and strains electrical grids. The tradeoff between protecting human life and limiting climate damage poses a growing challenge as temperatures rise.
Air conditioning saves thousands of lives but worsens global warming, scientists sayCooling systems prevent more than 5,000 deaths annually in the United States, but scientists say the technology also heats the planet and strains electrical grids. The tradeoff between protecting human life and limiting climate damage poses a growing challenge as temperatures rise.NXEWS Newsroom✓Developing update Nepal's army is searching hydro tunnels filled with mud and debris for more than 900 workers believed to still be trapped. China's foreign ministry rejected international reports accusing Beijing of censoring images and underreporting deaths from the floods.
Nepal's catastrophic floods expose vulnerability of hydropower infrastructureLast week's flooding in Nepal destroyed hydropower plants and left up to 900 workers unaccounted for, with hundreds trapped in tunnels. The disaster removed approximately one-tenth of the country's power capacity by taking 700 megawatts offline, and killed over 900 people across Nepal and China combined, with 4,700 missing.NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash Last week's flooding in Nepal destroyed hydropower plants and left up to 900 workers unaccounted for, with hundreds trapped in tunnels. The disaster removed approximately one-tenth of the country's power capacity by taking 700 megawatts offline, and killed over 900 people across Nepal and China combined, with 4,700 missing.
Nepal's catastrophic floods expose vulnerability of hydropower infrastructureLast week's flooding in Nepal destroyed hydropower plants and left up to 900 workers unaccounted for, with hundreds trapped in tunnels. The disaster removed approximately one-tenth of the country's power capacity by taking 700 megawatts offline, and killed over 900 people across Nepal and China combined, with 4,700 missing.NXEWS Newsroom✓News flash Bleaching events now occur every five or six years instead of gaps that once stretched for decades, leaving reefs insufficient time to recover. Data spanning more than four decades from nearly 37,000 sites across 120 countries and territories show global coral cover running 9.5 per cent below historical norms in 2020-2024, according to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.
Coral bleaching now too frequent for reefs to recover, scientists sayBleaching events now occur every five or six years instead of gaps that once stretched for decades, leaving reefs insufficient time to recover. Data spanning more than four decades from nearly 37,000 sites across 120 countries and territories show global coral cover running 9.5 per cent below historical norms in 2020-2024, according to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.NXEWS Newsroom✓Breaking The German weather service said summer 2026 reached unprecedented dimensions, with daytime temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius followed by tropical nights. A late-June heat wave was particularly severe, and the weather service attributed the extreme conditions partly to climate change.
Germany records one of its hottest summers on recordThe German weather service said summer 2026 reached unprecedented dimensions, with daytime temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius followed by tropical nights. A late-June heat wave was particularly severe, and the weather service attributed the extreme conditions partly to climate change.
