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Spain Between Droughts and Floods – A Mirror of Climate Change

Unfortunately, troubling news is coming from Spain – the country has experienced one of the worst floods in recent history, with at least 95 fatalities, dozens missing, and massive material damage. Images...

Facing Floods and Landslides, Afghans Turn to Nature for Protection

Amir Beg Khusrawi still has vivid memories of a flash flood that swept through his village in Afghanistan’s rugged northeast a decade ago. “ destroyed around 20 houses, claimed livestock, and damaged our...

Climate change made floods in Western Europe more likely

Climate change has made extreme rainfall events similar to those that led to last month’s floods in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg between 1,2 and 9 times more likely to happen,...

Australia can Expect More Floods, Droughts and Fires

According to the recent IPCC report, Australia can look forward to more floods, more droughts, more fires, and worse — drier conditions, which means more droughts, more fires, and when it does rain, more floods....

In Cameroon, plastic pollution is making floods even deadlier

My name is Nathalie Wamja and I am a Greenpeace volunteer based in Douala, Cameroon. I would like to tell you how plastic pollution is wreaking havoc in my community, and causing a...

Environmental Campaign Floods Uk Royal Mail with Empty Potato Chip Bags

The U.K. postal service has implored its public to stop mailing empty potato chip bags addressed without an envelope after a surge in chip bag mailings was encountered by its courier offices....

World’s Largest River Floods Five Times More Often Than It Used to

Extreme floods have become more frequent in the Amazon Basin in just the last two to three decades, according to a new study. After analyzing 113 years of Amazon River levels in Port...

Typhoons, Floods, Heat Waves Batter Asia

From flash floods in Vietnam to a blistering heat wave in Japan, countries across Asia are suffering from extreme weather, CNN reported Sunday.The events come nearly two months into the continent's annual...

Historic Floods in Japan Kill More Than 100, Force Millions to Flee

At least 109 people have died in Japan following historic flooding and mudslides over the weekend that prompted evacuation orders covering about five million people, The Guardian reported Monday. The flooding was prompted...

Floods, Food Security and Wildlife Loss Top Public’s Climate Change Concerns

Nearly two thirds of British adults accept climate change is happening and is primarily due to human activity, according to a major new poll that detects a "discernible shift" in the public's...

Brazil Between the Challenges and Opportunities of the Green Transition

At a time when the world is facing increasingly visible consequences of climate change, Brazil finds itself at a crucial crossroads between strong development ambitions and complex environmental challenges. The protection of...

Climate-Resilient Cities Through Sustainable Architecture and Green Infrastructure

Climate change is increasingly shaping life in cities — from heat waves and floods to pressure on infrastructure and public health. The question of how to make urban environments more resilient has...

Number 44 – October 2025

As autumn slowly dresses the landscape in golden tones and the air turns crisp, it is the perfect moment to pause and devote a few quiet moments to yourself — in the...

WWF Expands a Network Of Hope – From Vienna To The Danube, From Schools To Forests

Climate change in Serbia is no longer an abstract threat – it is a reality. Droughts, extreme weather events, and shifts in seasonality are leaving a profound impact not only on agriculture...

Climate Vulnerability in Bosnia and Herzegovina – What Awaits Urban Areas

The Institute for Protection and Ecology of Republika Srpska, with nearly half a century of experience, recognizes climate change and environmental pollution as some of the most serious challenges of our time....

Number 43 – August 2025

For the editorial team of Energy Portal, this summer has been both busy and inspiring. We have prepared for you a series of carefully chosen topics that, each in its own way,...

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