climate disasters

Richard Calland covers a lot of ground in his article, “No walls high enough to stop climate change” (Mail & Guardian

In 2021, the Emergency Event Database (EM-DAT) recorded 432 disastrous events related to natural hazards worldwide. Overall, these accounted for 10,492 deaths, affected 101.8 million people and…

This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to…

Kashmiri farmers lose half their harvest to early snows for third year, with fears for future of the region’s orchards The homegrown apple is in danger of becoming a rarity in India, as farmers have…

An aerial image of the flooding on the Sumas Prairie. Photograph: CITY OF ABBOTSFORD/AFP/Getty Images  

Clearcutting worsens heavy rain events but selective logging is needed to limit wildfire threat, experts say Adevastating string of floods and landslides have shocked residents in British Columbia,…

Exclusive: Investment would avoid disruption to communities as coastal floods and erosion worsen with rising sea levels, insurance council says Australia will have to spend $30bn over the next half…

Tiny proportion of world’s land surface hosts carbon-rich forests and peatlands that would not recover before 2050 if lost. Detailed new mapping has pinpointed the carbon-rich forests and peatlands…

Alarm grows about climate change in British Columbia after summer wildfires wiped out vegetation that could have slowed flooding Emergency crews in western Canada were still trying to reach some 18,…

Serious damage has already been done as erosion, fires, floods and cyclones increase in intensity Rock art that has lasted tens of thousands of years is being destroyed by the climate emergency in a…

Yu Kongjian can remember the day he nearly died in the river. Swollen with rain, the White Sand Creek had flooded the rice terraces in Yu's farming commune in China. Yu, just 10 then, ran excitedly…

Heavy rain and flooding in southern Egypt has left three people dead and more than 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings, state-run media reported. Downpours, hail and thunder in the province…

Communities in western Canada and Washington state forced to flee homes after record downpour leads to severe floods Communities in western Canada who were forced to flee their homes this summer by…

Those living in Banjul’s slums face the effects of a climate crisis they did little to cause – and will need more help than the Cop26 deal promises Yedel Bah would move home if she could, but she…

Extreme weather events - including powerful heat waves and devastating floods - are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation. The State of the Climate report for 2021…

A doctor in the south of the country says people are eating cactus leaves and ashes as the rains become more erratic There’s nothing to harvest any more, nothing that can be taken from the land,…

Meteorologists link such weather patterns to the climate crisis, which exacerbates the frequency and severity of climatic extremes and variations The unusual rains began to fall in Shanxi on 3…

We are resilient in the face of worsening floods and drought, but refuse to accept more failures from world leaders

There are no simple solutions to complex problems like climate change. But there have been times in the past when the world has come together to try to fix an environmental crisis. How did we deal…

Beachfront residents back the Collaroy wall but other locals worry the beach will disappear for longer periods as climate change increasingly drives coastal erosion. “We really didn’t want to build…