Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus.
Impacts
Torrential rains set off deadly floods and landslides across five Mexican states, leaving a trail of destruction.
Emergency supplies began to arrive in communities Monday, as search and rescue efforts continued for two people unaccounted for in Kwigillingok.
The government shutdown has halted the National Flood Insurance Program, blocking new policies and renewals for 4.7 million policyholders.
Extreme heat can exacerbate the impacts of some toxics on the kidneys, according to a University of Arizona study published this month in the journal Environmental Research.
Pivotal in creating environmental justice programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Garcia now says ongoing cuts by President Donald Trump's administration have meant the “complete dismantling” of years of work.
A deluge that dumped more than 12% of of Kolkata's annual rainfall in a single day left the city flooded, revealing how climate change–driven extreme weather and a crumbling drainage system are straining India’s urban infrastructure.
Climate change has helped make the small Japanese town of Yoichi the toast of Pinot Noir connoisseurs. But farmers fret that recent rapid gains in temperatures and potentially more rain during harvesting could mean it will become difficult to grow the grape here.
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns.
New research shows rising anxiety and suicidal thoughts among women in Kenya as climate change worsens their economic and emotional burdens.
Plagued by climate-driven weather extremes, communities that need help improving water quality are being left behind.
Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells.
As climate change extends South Asia’s monsoon season into autumn, hikers in the Himalayas are facing increasingly extreme weather.
As California’s summers grow hotter, farmworkers are enduring the twin dangers of extreme heat and pesticide exposure—conditions that current regulations fail to address in combination.
An update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, the global scientific authority on the status of species, underscores the immense challenges facing species in a world transformed by humans but also offer exciting new evidence of how the right interventions can help them survive.
Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change.
Scientists are racing to count Porcupine caribou amid climate changes and ramped up pushes for oil and gas. Despite the odds, there’s optimism for the future.
Singapore’s reputation as one of the world’s cleanest cities is being put to the test by a surge in rodent and insect infestations that experts say is being fueled by climate change and heat stress.
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