Drought, Famine & Wildfires
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AfricaCitiesDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyWater
Two Million People Lose Access to Water as Drought, Dam Management Problems Hit Harare
Only about half of the 4.5 million people living in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare and four satellite towns have access to municipal water ... -
Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationMexico, Caribbean & Latin America
Climate-Driven Drought, Deforestation Create Devastating Challenges for Honduran Farmers
Though long accustomed to poverty, violence, and political corruption, many Honduran farmers are experiencing an ongoing drought compounded by deforestation as a whole new ... -
Batteries/StorageBuildingsCitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentOff-GridSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Utility Safety Outages in California, Nevada Boost Interest in Solar and Storage
With utilities in two southern U.S. states resorting to planned outages to stop their equipment from sparking wildfires during dry, windy conditions, power users ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseOceansSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Record Arctic Heat Produces Wildfires, Health Alerts in Alaska and Beyond
A record heat wave across Alaska and much of the Arctic is thawing tundra and sucking moisture out of circumpolar forests and peat bogs, ... -
AfricaBuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIndiaSevere Storms & Flooding
UN Stresses Adaptation Funding as Frequency of Global Climate Disasters Hits One Per Week
The frequency of major climate disasters has reached one per week around the world, a top United Nations official warns, in a new report ... -
CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & Regulatory
‘Anti-Climate-Deficit Bill’ Would Filter All Federal Policies Through Climate Crisis Lens
The duty to safeguard Canadians against profound fiscal and physical harm now demands that all major policies and actions be viewed through the lens ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationSub-National Governments
Forest Herbicides, Monocultures Drive Wildfires, Harm Wild Species
Forest companies using herbicides and mechanical removal methods to eradicate aspen from the spruce and pine crops they want to harvest are depriving moose ... -
AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsMexico, Caribbean & Latin America
Study Shows Huge Carbon Capture in Reforestation, But Scientists Debate the Numbers
Humanity could recapture about two-thirds of the carbon pollution it has poured into the atmosphere by restoring 2.2 billion acres/890 million hectares of forest ... -
Physical, Psychological Stress of Annual Wildfires Has Westerners Moving East
Made physically and psychologically ill by choking smoke from wildfires that grow ever more commonplace as the climate crisis escalates, more and more western ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & Flooding
China Tips Plans for Faster Carbon Cuts as Severe Weather Impacts Mount
China announced plans last weekend to finalize new, tougher carbon reduction targets that reflect the “highest possible ambition” to combat the climate crisis, just ...
