Niger — one of the world's poorest countries — could become considerably wealthier if its uranium resources were fully exploited but political instability is hampering its development.
Population growth means that for the first time in a decade access to global energy has begun to fall despite the massive investment going into clean energy to fight the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency said in a new report.
In the last week temperatures have soared, breaking monthly records in nearly half the countries on the planet. In much of Europe temperatures have reached those of mid-summer in the first week of April.
The hotter the world gets, the more water the air can hold and the more it will rain.