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Snow chaos: Trains cancelled, roads blocked and schools closed
Blizzard conditions and high winds across large swathes of the country have brought more widespread disruption – with trains cancelled, roads blocked and hundreds of schools closed.
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Extreme weather warnings issued across UK with blizzards and high winds expected
Extreme weather warnings have been issued for large parts of the UK – with blizzards, high winds and up to 40cm of snow expected in the worst hit places.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: State of emergency declared in New Zealand
New Zealand has declared a national state of emergency after a cyclone hit the country, leaving thousands displaced and landslides destroying homes.
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US winter storm: Almost 1m without power as temperatures could fall to -56C
A powerful Arctic storm is sweeping across much of the United States and Canada – with almost a million people left without power.
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Cold snap piles pressure on already struggling households and services
After one of the warmest autumns on record, a cold snap began to grip the UK last night. Temperatures plummeted to minus nine in rural Scotland and some English towns and cities saw temperatures drop well below zero. The freezing weather is set to continue at least into the early part of next week, putting…
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UN Secretary General warns COP27 the world is ‘on highway to climate hell’
The Egyptian setting for COP27 is a far cry from last year’s conference in Glasgow, and so is the mood – a looming global recession, rampant inflation and war in Europe pushing climate down the agenda at perhaps the worst possible time.
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‘The foreseeable future is looking very grim for the country’, says co-founder of Climate Action Pakistan
Earlier Cathy spoke to Dawar Butt, an environmentalist and the co-founder of Climate Action Pakistan.
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Pakistan floods: One third of country is under water
Flooding in Pakistan has claimed more than a thousand lives since the monsoon began in June.
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Somalia food crisis: ‘Drought is reaching catastrophic proportions’, US ambassador says
The US ambassador to Somalia, Larry Andre, joins Krishnan from the capital Mogadishu.
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‘Climate change is a reality not fiction’, Pakistan minister says
We spoke to Pakistan’s minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal.
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Pakistan pleads for aid after floods affect 30 million people
Pakistan’s climate minister says a third of the country is now under water, after floods which have left more than a thousand people dead.
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Birmingham among most vulnerable from spiralling energy costs
There are fears around energy supply and security this winter and an urgent need to be ready for what might come.
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From extreme heat to drought: Europe’s summer of excess
While forests across Europe burn, other parts of the continent are underwater.
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Food production higher on political agenda, says National Farmers’ Union president
We spoke to the President of the National Farmers’ Union, Minette Batters.
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UK floods: ‘Look after our water more carefully’, says Tory MP
No one from the government was available to do an interview, but we spoke to Philip Dunne, the Conservative MP who is chair of the Environmental Audit Committee.