Tag Archives: Environment

• Dalai Lama calls for unified global action on climate change 14 September 2020 This post has one comment

  The Dalai Lama called on world leaders Saturday to join forces in fighting climate change. "Now we should pay more attention about global warming," the exiled leader said in a video message to a virtual meeting of G7 parliamentary leaders. ...

• Dam collapse in China could point to a ‘black swan’ disaster 22 July 2020 | Ryan Woo This post has no comments yet

  The dam at a small reservoir in China’s Guangxi region gave way last month after days of heavy rain in a collapse that could be a harbinger of sterner tests for many of the country’s 94,000 aging dams as the weather gets more extreme. ...

• Arctic records its hottest temperature ever as mercury hits 38 degrees 22 June 2020 | Luke Andrews This post has no comments yet

  The Arctic is thought to have recorded its hottest ever temperature of 38C (100.4F) in Siberia, an astonishing 18C (32F) above the normal level for this time of year. ...

• Dalai Lama calls for ‘universal responsibility’ on Earth Day 22 April 2020 This post has one comment

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for people around the world on Wednesday to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic through a "genuine sense of universal responsibility". ...

• Coronavirus quarantines lead to massive drop in air pollution 28 March 2020 | Katie Brigham This post has no comments yet

  As coronavirus quickly spreads around the world, it’s forcing people to stay put, and wreaking havoc on the economy. Millions are either out of a job or working from home. ...

• Greta Thunberg says meeting with Trump ‘would be a waste of time’ 2 November 2019 | Dylan Stableford This post has no comments yet

  Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg says she wouldn’t want to meet with President Trump even if given the opportunity. ...

• Fields of fire drive Delhi’s air quality to unhealthy levels 19 October 2019 | Mayank Bhardwaj and Neha Dasgupta This post has no comments yet

  When it comes to air quality there are few worse places to live on the planet than New Delhi, and driving north out the Indian capital it is easy to see why, as plumes of smoke rise. ...

• Tibetan students march for global climate strike 27 September 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Chanting slogans and carrying placards, exile Tibetan students joined the global climate crisis protests taking place around the world. ...

• The world needs you — go Greta go! 25 September 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 4 comments

  Greta Thunberg is a miracle. Her convictions on the climate change driving global warming, mass extinction of species, and environmental disaster, has drawn the attention of the world. ...

• Brazil deploys warplanes to fight Amazon rainforest fires 26 August 2019 | Jake Spring and Ricardo Moraes This post has no comments yet

  Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world’s largest tropical rain forest. ...