climate disasters

The Biden administration has released three reports on security and humanitarian disasters that could strike as world heats up The climate crisis is likely to intensify cross-border clashes,…

It was almost 25 years ago when I was in the office of the CEO of the Multimedia Development Corporation in Bangunan Getah Asli, Kuala Lumpur. Outside the window, through the haze, you could see the…

Earth is already becoming unlivable. Will governments act to stop this disaster from getting worse? The enormous, unprecedented pain and turmoil caused by the climate crisis is often discussed…

Himalayan state of Uttarakhand suffers heaviest rain in more than 100 years, with Nepal also badly affected More than 150 people have died in devastating floods across India and Nepal, after some of…

Large parts of Pacific country’s capital would be permanently flooded and islands would disappear, according to new projections Projected sea level rise would mean 40% of the buildings in the…

Researchers comb through some 100,000 studies documenting climate change’s effects around the planet. Climate change could already be affecting 85 percent of the world’s population, an analysis of…

Government programs that help people recover their wealth after natural disasters end up reinforcing inequality    

Tropical Storm Ida recently left a path of devastation across the US, capping a summer beset by wildfires, heatwaves and floods which broke records around the world. The inevitable question after…

Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming At least 85…

As many as 216 million people could be forced from their homes by the impacts of climate change in the next 30 years, a new report from the World Bank finds.

Meeting 1.5C target could save millions from ‘death, strong economic damages and forced migration’, lead scientist tells The Independent Rapid climate action could spare nearly two billion people…

It also had third-highest daily average temperatures since 1895 between Jan 2020 and Aug 2021. Climate change has led to the worst drought on record in the US and rainfall has been at the lowest 20-…

Droughts and floods forcing workers from rural areas, leading to their exploitation in cities, report warns Millions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful…

One in three of the world’s tree species are at risk of becoming extinct, according to a recent report by the Global Tree Assessment – the first attempt to estimate the conservation status of all of…

More than 100 birds have been found covered with oil following a spill linked to Hurricane Ida's path through the Gulf of Mexico late last month.

At least 49 people have been killed, the majority of whom became trapped in submerged apartments or cars. President Joe Biden returned to a familiar role as comforter-in-chief on Friday as he…

Climate change has been accumulating slowly but relentlessly for decades. The changes might sound small when you hear about them – another tenth of a degree warmer, another centimeter of sea level…

Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that are prone to flooding. Less well known is that these already vulnerable regions can also intensify and in some…

National disaster declared as crops fail after poor rains and locusts, while ethnic conflicts add to crisis An estimated 2.1 million Kenyans face starvation due to a drought in half the country,…

Lizard species placed on endangered list The world’s largest lizard is in danger of extinction as rising water levels are shrinking its natural habitat.