World | ANALYSIS Sep 8, 2022
African leaders aim to put climate finance at top of COP27 agenda
Africa has about a fifth of the world's population, but produces less than 3% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
World Jul 1, 2022
Youth street protesters turn sights on climate 'villains'
Activists have been exploring new ways to hold institutions to account and accelerate action to avoid the worst impacts of a hotter planet.
World / Science & Health Mar 2, 2021
Climate extremes seen harming unborn babies in Brazil's Amazon
A new study that links extreme rains with lower birth weights in Brazil's Amazon region underscores the long-term health impacts of weather extremes connected to climate change, researchers said on Monday. Exceptionally heavy rain and floods during pregnancy were linked to lower birth weight and ...
World / Science & Health Feb 10, 2021
Bolder climate action could save millions of lives each year by 2040
New research highlighted how the potential health benefits of climate action could give added impetus to countries to submit more ambitious national climate plans.
Reader Mail Jul 14, 2011
Politico's resignation should hurt
Regarding the July 6 front-page article "Reconstruction minister quits after week": Nearly every Cabinet of the former ruling Liberal Democratic Party bore hallmarks similar to those of (Democratic Party of Japan) reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto, who resigned following his insensitive bluster (against two governors ...
Reader Mail Jun 19, 2011
How will having dosimeters help?
The June 15 Kyodo article "34,000 children in Fukushima to get dosimeters" is absurd. What facilities does the prefecture have available to read these 34,000 dosimeters? None. What plans does the prefecture have in place to respond to high readings from the children's high dosimeter ...