PARIS/MADRID/ROME, July 2 — Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires yesterday in a European heatwave that meteorologists said was “exceptional” for striking so early this year.

LONDON, June 27 — Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high, the Energy Institute’s annual statistical review of world energy showed yesterday.

BRUSSELS, April 8 — Europe had its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said today.

HONG KONG, March 26 — China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26 per cent since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data released this month showed.

BAKU, Nov 22 — The COP29 climate summit presidency released a draft finance deal today that would have developed nations take the lead in providing US$250 billion (RM1.11 trillion) per year by 2035 to help poorer nations — a proposal that drew criticism from all sides.

BAKU, Nov 19 — Malaysia has urged developed nations to meet their commitments and fulfil their responsibility by providing adequate, accessible and impactful climate finance.

BAKU, Nov 19 — Asean, with its population of nearly 690 million people, is recognised as a critical region in the fight against climate change, said Natural Resources and Environment Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

BAKU, Nov 18 — The world’s warming tropical wetlands are releasing more methane than ever before, research shows — an alarming sign the world’s climate goals are slipping further out of reach.

SYDNEY, Nov 14 — Adapting to a sea level rise of up to 0.5m will cost the three most vulnerable Pacific atoll nations nearly US$10 billion (RM44.8 billion) — equivalent to about 20 years of gross domestic product — the World Bank said in a report today.

BAKU, Nov 12 — Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev used a keynote speech at the COP29 climate summit to lash out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry, saying it had been the victim of a “well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail”.

BAKU, Nov 11 — With the United Nations’ climate talks tackling complex topics from energy policy to global financial aid, the annual summit has developed its own ever-growing lexicon.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 10 — Brazil announced details of its new climate change pledge late on Friday night that sets a target to lower the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, which it will present during the United Nations climate summit COP29 in Azerbaijan, according to a government statement.

BRUSSELS, Nov 7 — This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said today.

KUANTAN, Oct 19 — The government will incur costs of up to RM1 trillion if coastal erosion mitigation projects are not implemented immediately, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

HONG KONG, Oct 17 — Heatwaves deep in oceans may be “significantly under-reported”, highlighting an area of marine warming that has been largely overlooked, a joint study by Australia’s national science agency (Cisro) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found.

BERLIN, Oct 17 — Unless humanity acts with greater boldness and urgency, an increasingly out-of-balance water cycle will wreak havoc on economies and humanity worldwide, said a report released yesterday.

ZURICH, Oct 1 — Swiss glaciers melted at an above-average rate this year as a blistering hot summer thawed through abundant snowfall, monitoring body Glamos said today.

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NAQUERA, Aug 2 — A Spanish laboratory is breeding and sterilising thousands of aedes mosquitoes to fight dengue and other diseases as climate change encourages the invasive species to spread across Europe.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — National athletes due to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics from July 26 to August 11 will be provided with portable air coolers amid France’s hot summer.