Climate Change News & Analysis – The Eastern Herald

Climate change: Greta Thunberg files complaint on behalf of children

Greta Thunberg and fifteen children from 12 countries filed a formal complaint against five nations at the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child, accusing France, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and Turkey

February 20, 2020

Climate·News

Forest fires reportedly affected 75% of Australians

A survey conducted by the Australian National University found that 75% of Australians were affected by the summer bushfires that burned for five months, killing more than 30 people and destroying thousands

February 19, 2020

Climate·Government and Politics·News

A plane conducting aerial pesticide spraying over desert locust swarms in Samburu County Kenya in January 2020

Locusts attack South Sudan after Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia

A devastating locust invasion has reached South Sudan after sweeping through Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and neighboring East African nations. The UN's FAO has called it the worst locust crisis in a quarter

February 19, 2020

Business·Climate·Economy·News

Western Canada wildfire burning through boreal forest, highlighting climate change impacts

Guilbeault’s credibility is at stake

Steven Guilbeault, Canada's newly appointed Heritage Minister and a prominent environmentalist, faces a pivotal credibility test as the federal government must decide on the fate of Teck Frontier's massive oil sands project

February 16, 2020

Climate·News

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