Climate News
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Recriminations after COP29 agrees deal on $300bn for poorer nations
Richer countries have pledged a record $300bn (£238bn) to help the developing world fight climate change, but the deal is...
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Taliban administration officials to attend U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan
Afghan Taliban officials will attend a major United Nations climate conference that starts this week, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said...
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Experts predict climate change could bring dengue fever to UK
UK government health experts have said climate change could bring Asian tiger mosquitoes carrying dengue fever to England by the...
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Effects of climate change increasing in Asia, WMO says
Extreme weather events ranging from droughts to large-scale floods and other effects of climate change are on the rise in...
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Current heatwave ‘impossible’ without climate change: study
Blistering heat that has baked swathes of North America and Europe this month would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused...
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Climate change gets all too real for Fiji’s Togoru settlement
The residents of Togoru village, a small seaside settlement, not too far away from Fiji’s capital city Suva, are watching...
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Climate disaster aid scheme 'Global Shield' launched at COP27
A scheme to give speedy financial support to communities battered by climate disasters was launched Monday by a group of...
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Extreme heat is slamming the world's three biggest economies all at once
Estimating just how catastrophic climate change will be for the global economy has historically proven challenging. But this summer, it's...
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Mauritanians dig deeper wells to cope with climate change
Growing up in this arid corner of southeast Mauritania, on the edge of the Sahara desert, Ahmed Brahim remembers how...
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In hottest city on Earth, mothers bear brunt of climate change
Heavily pregnant Sonari toils under the burning sun in fields dotted with bright yellow melons in Jacobabad, which last month...
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'Maladaptation': how not to cope with climate change
A crescendo of deadly extreme weather is outpacing preparations for a climate-addled world, according to a landmark U.N. assessment of...
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Denmark seeks to operate 'green' domestic flights by 2030
Denmark has set a target to operate "green" flights on domestic routes by 2030 as part of efforts to meet...
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Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
A panel of experts last week made a simple, common-sense recommendation for dealing with the U.S.'s plastic pollution problem: Stop...
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Troops race to deliver aid to Philippine typhoon survivors
Troops raced Tuesday to deliver food and water to typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines as charities appealed for aid to...
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Death toll in Philippines typhoon hits 208
The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has surged to 208, the national police...
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Death toll from Philippines typhoon passes 20
At least 21 people have been killed in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, officials said Saturday,...