April 21
Indigenous peoples and climate change
The Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change is taking place in Anchorage, Alaska, USA, this week. Indigenous peoples from all regions of the globe will exchange their knowledge and experience in adapting to the impacts of climate change.
The Summit will conclude with a declaration and an action plan, and a call to governments around the world to include indigenous people in any new regimes on climate change.
UK Heading for the Warmest April this Decade
With a week remaining of the month and more balmy weather forecast, meteorologists believe that Britain could be heading towards the warmest April for a decade.
Clear Ice Pellets Rain in the Philippines
Heavy rains for the past few days in the provinces of Isabela and Cagayan have been accompanied by pellets of clear ice kernels. Meteorologists described the phenomenon as a hailstorm which, they said, is caused by the formation of severe thunderstorm clouds, and the effect of the tail end of a cold front in Northern Luzon.