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    Climate change

    11-Year Streak of Record Global Warming Continues, Says UN Weather Agency

    The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2025 ranked as one of the three warmest years on record, underscoring the relentless grip of human-driven climate change even amid natural cooling influences.
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    UN Regrets US Exit from Global Cooperation on Health, Climate Change Agreement

    UN agencies responded on Tuesday to President Trump’s executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to curb global warming.
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    Climate change

    2024: Hottest Year on Record Says World Meteorological Organisation

    The World Meteorological Organisation found that climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat in 2024, harming human health and ecosystems in their report When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather. 
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    Clean tech

    Record Surge in Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Raises Alarms Amid Climate Crisis

    The UN has called for urgent global cooperation to tackle the escalating climate crisis. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world...
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    Climate change

    2023 Driest Year in Over Three Decades for Rivers Around the World: WMO

    The surge in extreme hydrological events has been influenced by naturally occurring climate conditions including the transition from La Niña to El Niño weather...
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    Climate change

    Ozone Layer on Track for Recovery, Says WMO

    According to the WMO, the ozone layer could recover to pre-1980 levels by around 2066 over the Antarctic if current policies remain in place....
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    Climate change

    WMO Update predicts 60 per cent chance of La Niña

    Naturally occurring climate events such as La Nina and El Nino events are taking place in the broader context of human-induced climate change, which...
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    Asia Pacific

    Warming Fuels Cyclones, Cloudbursts Across Asia

    Asia worst hit by warming weather and water-related events. Seas around the Asia Pacific region are found warming rapidly and moisture from warmer seas...
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    Pakistan’s Silent Epidemic: Nine Million Hepatitis C Cases Fuel Race Against 2030 WHO Deadline

    Pakistan’s response positions the country as both a high-burden test case and a potential model for elimination.
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    Child mortality

    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

    With the school year approaching and cases still rising, health officials stress that raising vaccination rates remains the most effective way to stop further spread.
    Animals and wildlife

    Bangladesh’s Vanishing Tigers: 189 Left in the Race Against Extinction

    Worldwide, stronger protection has helped push tiger numbers up from a low of roughly 3,200 in 2010 to around 5,800 today.

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    Disaster Management

    Pakistan’s Silent Epidemic: Nine Million Hepatitis C Cases Fuel Race Against 2030 WHO Deadline

    Pakistan’s response positions the country as both a high-burden test case and a potential model for elimination.
    Child mortality

    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

    With the school year approaching and cases still rising, health officials stress that raising vaccination rates remains the most effective way to stop further spread.
    Child mortality

    RFK Jr. Urges Measles Vaccination in Stark Reversal as US Cases Hit 35-Year High

    With the school year approaching and cases still rising, health officials stress that raising vaccination rates remains the most effective way to stop further spread.
    Disaster Management

    Pakistan’s Silent Epidemic: Nine Million Hepatitis C Cases Fuel Race Against 2030 WHO Deadline

    Pakistan’s response positions the country as both a high-burden test case and a potential model for elimination.
    Animals and wildlife

    Bangladesh’s Vanishing Tigers: 189 Left in the Race Against Extinction

    Worldwide, stronger protection has helped push tiger numbers up from a low of roughly 3,200 in 2010 to around 5,800 today.

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