Scientists paint Australia fires as red alert on climate change

"The scale of this disaster is something I couldn't have imagined, and it's the same for a lot of people in Australia," says one climate scientist

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Carbon emissions from Australian blazes near Amazon fire levels

"People are not grasping the carbon consequences," of such huge fires, says an Australian environmental scientist

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Salty water in Bangkok is new 'reality' as sea pushes farther inland

Bangkok's water authority says tap water is becoming saline as seawater pushes up the depleted Chao Phraya river, a growing risk faced by many of Asia's coastal cities

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Women step forward in push to nurture African climate scientists

A new programme is training African scientists to be leaders in their field, with a focus on meeting the needs of women farmers in adapting to a warming climate

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As flood waters recede, Jakarta residents file lawsuit against governor

More than 200 Jakarta residents have filed a lawsuit against the governor over inaction during deadly floods

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ANALYSIS-Sluggish climate action may see warming do Russia more harm than good

Russia's first adaptation plan points to the economic opportunities of a hotter climate, but it also faces major threats from extreme weather and melting ice

London launches green energy firm to fight climate change, poverty

Profits will be invested into community projects that help tackle fuel poverty and fight climate change

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It's official: India just experienced its hottest decade on record

The country's heatwave death toll was 350 last year, with many others dying from other extreme weather likely linked to climate change, officials say

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Traditional crops puff hopes for climate resilience in Kenya

Can growing more climate-hardly crops - and finding ways to process them into popular products - help communities weather global warming?

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To avert future flood chaos, Indonesian capital urged to defend nature

Rapid urbanisation has led to forest loss, while groundwater extraction is causing the coastal city to sink as sea levels rise - a dangerous cocktail that is worsening floods

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London, New York mayors urge cities to divest from fossil fuels

New guide shows how cities from Berlin to Melbourne are pulling their investments out of fossil fuel companies

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'No doubt' climate change causing wildfires, experts say as Australia burns

A review of 57 scientific studies by British academics concluded that global warming is leading to an increase in hot, dry weather around the world that creates the conditions for wildfires to take hold

Climate change protests stretch to London as Australia bushfires rage

Friday's demonstrations came as authorities urged nearly a quarter of a million people to flee their homes and prepared military backup across the east coast

Australian prime minister's approval rating goes up in flames

Morrison has come under attack for being slow to respond to the crisis, which has killed 28 people, destroyed 2,000 homes and razed forests nearly half the size of Britain

U.S. billion-dollar weather disasters doubled in last decade-report

Between 2010 and 2019, there were 119 disasters such as floods, hurricanes and wildfires with losses exceeding $1 billion

Sweden's air travel drops in year when 'flight shaming' took off

Swedish plane passengers dropped by 4% in 2019 amid growing concerns over the industry's climate impact

Soaring SUV sales keep carmakers on collision course with climate policy

Booming sales of SUV cars could offset the benefits from electric cars, the International Energy Agency has warned

OPINION: Miami needs allies in its fight to survive climate change

The city is facing imminent threats which will soon endanger millions more people unless we act now

OPINION: Scrap fishing subsidies to help save the ocean and climate

This year is a watershed for tackling the climate emergency and the biodiversity crisis, and reforming fisheries subsidies would be a significant step forward on both

OPINION: Ten years after earthquake, Haiti still vulnerable to disasters

In the past decade, Haiti has been hit by drought, cholera, hurricanes and more tremors - and is struggling to protect its people