Burned by wildfire losses, insurance industry rethinks risks

Maintaining coverage as wildfires grow fiercer and more frequent will require lowering risks and finding new ways to fund policies for the most vulnerable, insurers say

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Is your pension fuelling the climate crisis?

Why are pension funds such big investors in fossil fuel companies - and do you have any control over how your money is invested?

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Forest monitoring gets a boost from Japanese space agency data

Felling trees exacerbates climate change as forests absorb a third of emissions produced globally but when cut down, the carbon is released back into the air through burning or rotting

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Tree planting extends an olive branch across the climate divide

"Trees are a bipartisan issue. I haven't met any anti-tree people yet," says Salesforce CEO, as U.S. president signs up to one trillion trees initiative in Davos

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Amazon emissions lowest from indigenous and protected lands, scientists say

Indigenous territories are acting as a 'buffer' against deforestation elsewhere in the Amazon rainforest

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Swapping grape varieties could keep wine flowing as climate warms

Global warming of 4C would threaten up to 85% of the world's wine-growing regions, according to a new study

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Guatemala's children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat

Climate change is driving worsening hunger as farm families struggle to get a harvest

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The Dutch businessman on a mission to unite companies over climate change

"If you can bring about 25% of the industry together across the value chain, you can create tipping points, and that accelerates things," says Paul Polman

UK citizens' assembly to discuss how to meet 2050 climate target

Members will consider issues such as how people heat their homes, what they buy and how they travel

Whatever the weather: Southern Africa tries new hunger fixes

The WFP says a "silent catastrophe" is playing out in southern Africa where a record 45 million people face growing levels of hunger

Homesteaders, catastrophists run for the hills to flee U.S. uncertainty

Survivalists who fear a looming, urban catastrophe are swapping city life for a fresh start off grid and far from civilisation

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Australia bushfires contribute to big rise in global CO2 levels - UK's Met Office

Australia's bushfires are making rising CO2 levels measurably worse, underscoring the impact of the catastrophe on the global climate system

World needs to prepare for "millions" of climate displaced - U.N.

Potential drivers include wildfires, floods, rising sea levels affecting low-lying islands and the destruction of crops and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa

UK's Prince Charles says climate change is humanity's greatest threat

'Global warming, climate change, the devastating loss of biodiversity are the greatest threats that humanity has ever faced and one largely of our own creation'

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

More than half the country's population faces food shortages after maize harvests halved last year

Tokyo 2020 to power Olympic torch with hydrogen for first time

Organisers aim to offset all carbon emissions generated during the Games and also use the Olympics to boost awareness of environmental issues in Japan

Last decade most expensive for natural disasters - report

More intense weather events, bigger populations in the path of disasters and greater supply chain disruption contributed to the sharp rise

OPINION: Surviving bushfires and beyond will depend on our engineers

If we are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also better anticipating future climate threats, we need to renew and reinvent, making use of smart engineering and new technology