BRUSSELS, Dec 9 — This year will be the world's warmest since records began, with extraordinarily high temperatures expected to persist into at least the first few months of 2025, European Union scientists said today.

AMSTERDAM, Nov 11 — A Dutch court will decide tomorrow whether to uphold a landmark climate ruling against Shell, which in 2021 ordered the oil and gas company to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

BRUSSELS, Aug 8 — Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming El Nino weather pattern, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said today.

THE HAGUE, April 7 — Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in The Hague, the Netherlands, for several hours on Saturday.

GENEVA, March 20 — The United Nations'(UN) climate chief issued a red alert on Tuesday as new data showed that records for every single climate indicator were shattered in 2023.

DAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 16 —- Climate change threatens to cause several million deaths in the coming decades as well as serious illnesses and high costs for healthcare systems, according to a report published on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, reported German news agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) has achieved a global milestone as the first palm oil company to have its net-zero targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

DUBAI, Dec 13 — A new draft for the final declaration of the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai does not include the clear phase-out of coal, oil and gas demanded by many countries.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Malaysia is expecting to see at least half of new financing by the local banks aligned with climate-supporting or transitioning activities by 2026, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour.

SINGAPORE, Nov 15  — The United States and China will "operationalise" a bilateral working group on climate and work together on issues like methane, plastic pollution and the energy transition, they said in a joint statement on Wednesday following talks this month.

LONDON/ WASHINGTON, Nov 5 — Countries moved a step closer on Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate disasters, despite reservations from developing nations and the United States.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Malaysia will be able to attract more quality and sustainable investments following the announcement of the Budget 2024 by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday, said the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida).

LONDON, Oct 13 — Up to 1.5 million UK properties face an increased risk of flooding by 2080 because of rising seas triggered by melting Arctic sea ice, MPs have found.

LONDON, Oct 5 — The current year is on track to be the warmest on record, according to the European Union's Climate Change Service Copernicus on Thursday,  German news agency (dpa) reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Despite having set climate ambitions, not enough action has been taken by the governments across Southeast Asia (SEA) to meet nationally determined contribution targets by 2030, according to Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2023 Report: Cracking the Code, by Bain & Company, Temasek, GenZero and Amazon Web Services.

PUTRAJAYA, May 19 – Women should be included in decision-making processes related to climate adaptation and mitigation as they are also disproportionately impacted by climate change, said the Regent of Pahang, Tengku Mahkota Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — Early preparations to face the strong El Nino, expected to occur next month, should be made immediately by involving the country's two main stakeholders, namely the government and the people, to minimize the impact of the phenomenon.