Environment

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:08 UTC

  Over 2,000 people feared dead as Storm Daniel hits war-torn Libya

  

  According to the latest reports from Libya, over 2,000 people are feared dead at dawn Tuesday after Storm Daniel unleashed torrential rain and extreme flooding across the north-eastern part of the country, while in the city of Derna, between 5,000 and 6,000 people are missing, including seven servicemen, Eastern Libyan Army Spokesperson Ahmed al-Mosmari said.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 22:08 UTC

  Strong earthquake in Morocco kills hundreds; Marrakesh heavily damaged

  

  A powerful earthquake struck Morocco on Friday night killing at least 650 people, the country's Interior Ministry said adding that 153 people injured in the quake were getting treatment at hospitals. 

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 21:48 UTC

  Climate situation “spinning out of control”, UN Guterres

  

  The world is way off course to decrease global warming, the United Nations warned on Friday, urging for more action to phase out fossil fuels and achieve the 2015 Paris climate agreement goals.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 21:44 UTC

  “Global South” objects to EU deforestation focus and 'risk assessment' qualification policies

  

  Argentina was part of the “Global South”, which this week made a presentation before the European Union expressing deep concern about the distorting effects of the new EU ruling, from June 2023, referred to goods that are demanded to be free of deforestation consequences.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  At least 46 people still missing in post-cyclone southeastern Brazil

  

  Brazilian authorities said Friday that at least 46 people were missing after a devastating cyclone hit the southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul since early Monday, where already 41 casualties have been reported. The federal government also pledged R$ 800 (US$167) for each of the over 3,000 people who have lost their homes to the storm.

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  More rain forecast in southeastern Brazil as cyclone death toll rises

  

  Brazil's National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) said on Wednesday that more rain was to be expected in parts of the State of Rio Grande do Sul throughout the September 7 holiday as the death toll from the recent extratropical cyclone rose to 37 (including one victim in the neighboring State of Santa Catarina), Agência Brasil reported. Rio Grande do Sul's government was to declare a state of public calamity.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Cyclone in southern Brazil causes death, floods and destruction

  

  Some twenty-one people have been killed as a consequence of the torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone in southern Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul neighboring Uruguay and Argentina. Local authorities said it was the state's worst-ever weather disaster given the number of deaths so far and the thousands left homeless.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Alarm: dredging industry extracts a million dump trucks of sand from the sea each day, UNEP report

  

  The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is digging up 6 billion tons per year, the equivalent of more than 1 million dump trucks per day. This is significantly impacting biodiversity and coastal communities.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Extratropical cyclone kills 4 in southern Brazil

  

  At least four people were killed in Brazil's southeastern State of Rio Grande do Sul after an extratropical cyclone hit the area Monday leaving hundreds of homes without electricity, Agência Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  South Georgia Biosecurity Handbook Update Released

  

  The latest version of the Government of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Biosecurity Handbook is now available online. The Handbook details the procedures which are in place to help reduce the risk of harmful non-native species and disease entering the Territory, along with the steps in place to detect them and limit their spread should they arrive.