2021 was characterized by high temperatures as emissions surged

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says the last seven years were the warmest ‘by a clear margin’ since records began. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0712 EAT on 11 January 2022. The year 2021 was the world’s fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit…

Typhoon Rai destroys Villages as Many people Assumed dead in Philippines.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1525 EAT on 17 December 2021. Super typhoon barrels across Philippines, blowing off roofs, uprooting trees and cutting off power and communication lines in central provinces. Officials in the Philippines are struggling to assess the damage of the strongest typhoon to hit the country this year, with several casualties reported…