climate change

Hurricane Patricia: Risk of floods and landslides

Mexico's president warns that Hurricane Patricia still poses a threat of floods and landslides as it brings heavy rain to parts of the country.
24 October 2015, 11:33 AM

Philippines battered as Typhoon Koppu makes landfall

Homes have been flattened, power lines toppled, and thousands of people have fled their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines.
18 October 2015, 04:45 AM

Mahmood for shared responsibility to protect disaster-hit people

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali demands shared responsibility of all states to protect the climate and disaster-induced displaced people and mitigate their misery.
14 October 2015, 08:36 AM

Paris climate summit: UN negotiations 'need redesign'

The UN climate negotiations are heading for failure and need a major redesign if they are to succeed, scientists say.
12 October 2015, 07:43 AM

Canadian firm opens facility to pull carbon from air

A company with global plans to pull carbon from thin air to make fuel, while tackling climate change, opened a pilot plant in this remote western Canadian community.
12 October 2015, 04:01 AM

World’s corals threatened by bleaching

Corals worldwide are at risk from a major episode of bleaching which turns reefs white, scientists have confirmed.
8 October 2015, 12:21 PM

16 dead in French Riviera floods

Violent storms and flooding have hit south-eastern France, killing at least 16 people with three more missing, officials say.
4 October 2015, 10:45 AM

World headed for too-high 2.7 Celsius warming: experts

Earth could warm 2.7 degrees Celsius this century, warned a review Thursday which judged national carbon-cutting pledges insufficient to stave off worst-case-scenario predictions for climate change.
2 October 2015, 05:00 AM

China to announce climate pledge as Xi visits Washington

China's President Xi Jinping is set to unveil a landmark pledge on climate change and curbing harmful emissions, White House officials say.
25 September 2015, 14:48 PM

Pope Francis begins tour of the US

Pope Francis begins his tour of the US, where he is expected to greet millions of American Catholics and address thorny issues like climate change and income inequality.
23 September 2015, 06:59 AM

French, German foreign ministers in Dhaka

The foreign ministers of France and Germany arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit to show solidarity with Bangladesh, which is heavily threatened by climate change.
21 September 2015, 07:39 AM

Marine population halved since 1970: Report

Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says.
16 September 2015, 08:28 AM

US Navy limits 'whale-harming' sonar in Pacific

The US Navy agrees to limit its use of sonar that may inadvertently harm whales and dolphins in waters near Hawaii and California.
15 September 2015, 05:51 AM

Sheikh Hasina bestowed with UN’s Champions of the Earth Award

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award of United Nations.
14 September 2015, 05:30 AM

All of Antarctica might melt, drowning major cities

Researches believe that the fossil fuels still in the ground are sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet and ultimately cause as much as 200 feet of sea level rise.
13 September 2015, 01:53 AM

Who will suffer most from climate change?

A few years ago, Melinda and I visited with a group of rice farmers in Bihar, India, one of the most flood-prone regions of the country.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Climate change turned dogs into wolves in America: Study

A new study of American dog fossils at Brown University finds that climate change and consequential shifts in habitat turned native dogs from being an ambush predator to relentless trackers and pouncers like wolves.
19 August 2015, 13:05 PM

Financing adaptation in the most vulnerable developing countries

As governments prepare to go to Paris in December to finalise the new Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at its 21st Conference of Parties (COP21)...
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM

Obama to unveil clean energy plan

US President Barack Obama is due to unveil what he called "the biggest, most important step we have ever taken" in tackling climate change.
3 August 2015, 05:09 AM

Clean power plan draws firms, investors

Hundreds of companies and investors sent a letter to 29 governors in the US on Friday to show their support for the Clean Power Plan to slash carbon emissions in the electricity sector.
1 August 2015, 06:38 AM