Led by the United Nations, a group of organisations have come up with a framework to help millions of boys and girls who have already been affected by climate change.
Speaking before Congress, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said it was vital to implement reforms to bring in tourism and investment and maintain the growth momentum.
Cooler temperatures have helped firefighting teams gain control over major blazes throughout southwestern Europe and the UK.
Temperatures may remain above normal into the middle of next week, the World Meteorological Organisation says, warning that such events could occur with greater frequency in the future.
With thousands dying and thousands of hectares of forest land turning into ash, Europe struggles to break the stranglehold of climate change-induced heat waves and wildfires.
The flooding adds to economic woes brought on partly by stringent “zero-Covid” measures restricting travel and disrupting supply chains.
Research shows that existing climate mitigation scenarios will continue to preserve the Global North’s energy privilege at the expense of the Global South well into the future.
UK has issued an "amber" alert as France, Spain and Portugal battle wildfires amid a sweltering heatwave, which scientists say become more frequent due to climate change.
The heat wave began on Sunday and could "last nine or ten days, which would make it one of the three longest heat waves Spain has seen since 1975," Spain's meteorological agency AEMET says.
At least 77 people were killed, most of them in the southwest of the country, where the victims drowned or were electrocuted by downed power lines.
Italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions on Monday, as research shows two other European countries, Portugal and Spain, are the driest they have been in a thousand years.
The average June temperature across the country hit the highest since 1961 while seasonal flooding was battering several regions.
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