KATHMANDU: Climate change may put children at considerable risk of violence, abuse and multiple forms of poverty, particularly through displacement, migration and erosion of assets and livelihood a

June 5 is World Environment Day, an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global-day for positive environmental action.

An El Nino weather pattern may be established by August as Australia remains on alert for the event that brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America.

Provincial Disaster Management Authority, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PDMA-KP) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) in Bangkok have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that sets forth a framework

Drought like situation is looming over 203 villages of Kutch.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid approved a decision on Sunday to declare 2014 a drought year in the Negev, as well as other parts of the South and the North.

Australia has experienced its hottest two-year period ever recorded as the country feels the impact of climate change, a report released today finds.