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French president Emmanuel Macron’s One Planet – Polar summit and the story of the Himalayan people experiencing the extremes.

Farmers and fishers in Bangladesh’s coastal belt report losses as climate-induced disasters and coastline changes threaten livelihoods.

The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability. This is an issue often neglected, alerts Claude Arpi: Prolonged summers, unpredictable rains, floods, droughts, and rising sea levels are the harsh realities of climate change in the country. These factors increase the frequency and severity of illnesses, pushing people into poverty, and forcing migration.

By CLAUDE ARPI 'The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.’ ‘This is an issue often neglected, alerts Claude Arpi: “Prolonged summers, unpredictable rains, floods, droughts, and rising sea levels are the harsh realities of climate change in the country. These factors increase the frequency and severity of illnesses,

Official data showed that since 1953's Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest.

Say climate-related losses have reached 8% of Pakistan’s GDP

A total of 478 climbers, including 103 females summited Everest in the Spring of 2023. Four Indian nationals stood atop Mt Everest and one died in the high mountains this year. Yashi Jain, Mithil Raju, Sunil Kumar and Pinkhi Haris Chhed successfully scaled the highest peak in the world on May 17.

Official data showed that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest while over 300 have lost their lives

Kathmandu: Despite concerns about rising temperatures, melting glaciers and snow and increasing extreme weather events, the mountaineering community celebrated the 70th anniversary of scaling Mount Everest with around 500 climbers, including four Indians, making it to the summit in 2023. Ever since New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Sherpa Tenzing Norgay summited the 8,848.86 metres (29,032 feet) high Mt Everest, a.k.a.

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani experts said on Thursday that countries around the globe, including Pakistan, need to form holistic and dynamic solutions to address the challenge of climate change.