UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned two to three billion people worldwide have experienced water shortages. Late on Saturday night, the UN chief tweeted that access to clean drinking water was not a privilege. Guterres said, we must all take collective Water Action to share resources equitably and manage them sustainably. The UN has previously More

Wildfires have burned down at least 95 acres of forest cover in eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces, the Ministry of Natural DisastersManagement Authority said on Monday. Shafiullah Rahimi, MoNDMA spokesman, said: “Based on initial reports of the disaster management departments of Kunar and Nuristan provinces, forests caught fire in Pech Dara and Kamdesh districts of Kunar province, destroying trees on 95 acres of land.” Rahimi added MoNDMA had dispatched several units and volunteer teams to the forests in More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for immediate global action to avert climate ‘catastrophe’. Gutters made the remarks during a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York following a meeting with civil society climate leaders from across the globe. The UN chief on Thursday called on countries to phase out coal and other fossil More

Raging wildfires have forced more than 20,000 people to leave their homes after receiving a special weather alert in Western Canadian City of Calgary. Some 90 wildfires were burning in Alberta on Monday afternoon, with 23 fires considered out of control, according to the provincial government, forcing about 20,000 people out of their homes. At More

Scientists and experts have long warned against the destructive impacts of climate change and urged that the phenomenon could lead to militancy, unemployment and other social and security challenges in parts of the world. According to a report in the National Observer some experts say in some countries that connection is playing out in a disturbing way More

Afghan migrants in Canada believed the country should invest in the area of spreading more knowledge and awareness among newcomers regarding the threat of climate change which is affecting the globe. “The government of Canada is spending a lot of money to integrate these newcomers into the society and give them knowledge about living, culture, More

As many as 3.6 billion people currently face inadequate access to water at least a month per year and this is expected to increase to more than 5 billion by 2050, according to World Meteorological Organization report on Wednesday. The World Meteorological Organization has published its first State of Global Water Resources report in order to assess More