UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide

24 august 2025 - 06:28:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers’ health and livelihoods, the [...] Full text...

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WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress

21 august 2025 - 20:31:52
(Embargoed until 08:00 AM CEST / 06:00 AM GMT on Friday, 22 August 2025)Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health [...] Full text...

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Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip

14 august 2025 - 20:01:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and [...] Full text...

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Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres

08 august 2025 - 20:35:05
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of [...] Full text...

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Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

01 july 2025 - 19:37:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a [...] Full text...

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Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

01 july 2025 - 19:34:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board approves disbursement of US $129 million under Rapid Credit Facility for Mali

17 april 2025 - 10:34:16
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a disbursement of [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

26 april 2024 - 04:37:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people [...] Full text...

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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency

22 april 2024 - 12:06:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 [...] Full text...

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New WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest year on record

19 march 2024 - 14:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea [...] Full text...

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'Climate breakdown' alert as air quality dips during heatwaves: UN chief

06 september 2023 - 11:34:40
New York, US (PANA) - Amplified by wildfires and desert dust fanned by climate change, more frequent heatwaves are leading [...] Full text...

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Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

19 august 2023 - 05:33:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted [...] Full text...

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Extreme weather highlights need for greater climate action - WMO

16 july 2023 - 05:50:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Scorching temperatures are engulfing large parts of the Northern hemisphere, while devastating floods triggered by relentless [...] Full text...

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Global sea surface temperatures hit record high

11 july 2023 - 06:04:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June, and July – and the [...] Full text...

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WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world

24 december 2022 - 12:28:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost [...] Full text...

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Heatwaves to impact almost every child on earth by 2050: UNICEF report

26 october 2022 - 05:18:47
New York, US (PANA) - Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that [...] Full text...

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UN relief chief appeals for concerted action to tackle deadly heatwave threat

11 october 2022 - 06:06:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and risk overwhelming the world’s aid response, unless [...] Full text...

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Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report

31 august 2022 - 05:55:25
New York, US (PANA) - Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, [...] Full text...

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Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO

09 august 2022 - 16:37:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of [...] Full text...

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Past 7 years set to be warmest on record, sea level at new high

31 october 2021 - 15:40:13
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - Record greenhouse gas concentrations have  pushed the planet into uncharted territory, with repercussions likely for current and future generations, warned [...] Full text...

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Many developing countries unprotected against disaster, says UN Chief

13 october 2021 - 19:02:06
New York, US (PANA) - Many developing nations remain unprotected against disaster, even though it is accepted that building community resilience [...] Full text...

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Water-related hazards dominate list of 10 most destructive disasters: WMO

23 july 2021 - 05:16:41
New York, US (PANA) - Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges the world to scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes

26 january 2021 - 05:53:45
New York, US (PAMA) The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and [...] Full text...

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Bamako city launches 100,000 socially subsidized water sources

15 june 2019 - 19:46:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   The Malian Society of Water Heritage (Somapep), a state structure dedicated to the management of drinking [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Record-breaking weather in 2016 pushes world into ‘truly uncharted territory’ – WMO

22 march 2017 - 07:00:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global temperatures set yet another record last year and the world witnessed exceptionally low sea ice, [...] Full text...

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US: 'Past five years hottest on record,' says UN weather agency

09 november 2016 - 05:46:22
New York, US (PANA) - In a new detailed analysis of the global climate between 2011 and 2015 – the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN warns on heatwave deaths globally

28 july 2016 - 15:33:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) on Thursday warned of a possible rise [...] Full text...

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Botswana: 84 Zebras die from heatwave at Masire's farm

13 january 2016 - 12:39:46
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s former President, Sir ‪Ketumile Masire‬, has lost 86 Zebras following the recent hitwaves experienced across [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Heatwave claims 3 lives in Botswana

08 january 2016 - 17:40:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The massive heatwave which recently hit Botswana has claimed the lives of three elderly persons in [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Health officials caution public on rising heat wave in Botswana

07 january 2016 - 18:53:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Ministry of Health has cautioned the southern Africa nation of possible hazards from the ongoing [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Record-breaking heatwave to hit Botswana

04 january 2016 - 13:51:10
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Meteorological Services has warned the nation of another impeding heatwave that could see [...] Full text...

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UN: UN weather agency delivers 'bad news' for planet, cites record heat

25 november 2015 - 19:14:13
New York, US (PANA) - In the last major report before world leaders meet in Paris to draft measures to [...] Full text...

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UN: WMO says first half of 2015 'hottest six months on record'

21 july 2015 - 22:04:59
New York, US (PANA) - From January to June 2015, the globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces was [...] Full text...

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UN: First-ever heatwave warning guidelines issued by UN as global temperatures soar

02 july 2015 - 08:45:30
New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agencies have unveiled a series of new guidelines aimed at addressing the health [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Mauritanian health authorities caution citizens over heat wave

01 june 2013 - 15:17:07
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian health authorities have in reaction to the heat wave that has killed about a [...] Full text...

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Heat wave kills10 in Mauritania

01 june 2013 - 13:50:32
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A heat wave in Mauritanian regions of Trarza, Brakna, Assaba and western Hodh have claimed the [...] Full text...

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