Severe Storms & Flooding
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Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Houston Flood Protection Funding Prioritizes Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods, Generates Status Quo Pushback
After years of being left without flood protection—with all support earmarked for the coastal properties of the wealthy—Houston’s low-lying neighbourhoods have found champions in ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding
Hundreds Dead, Millions Affected as Extended Bangladesh Monsoon Combines with Cyclone Recovery, Pandemic
Hundreds of people are dead and millions have been affected as Bangladesh faces its longest period of monsoon flooding in decades, while South Asia ... -
AfricaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsOff-GridRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingSolar
Off-Grid Solar Saves Lives, Keeps the Lights On as Kenya Copes with Heavy Rains, Pandemic
Small, off-grid solar installations are saving lives and keeping the lights on in Kenya, after heavy rains cut into the reliability of the rural ... -
Monsoon Flooding Displaces Nearly Four Million in Nepal, Northeast India
Flooding and mudslides triggered by pounding monsoon rains have sent nearly four million people in Nepal and India’s northeast regions fleeing for their lives. ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Sea Level Rise Drives ‘Extraordinary’ Flooding on U.S. Atlantic, Gulf Coasts
The Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States have seen an “extraordinary” increase in high-tide flooding since 2000, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationPathways to 1.5Severe Storms & FloodingSmall Island States
Climate Resilience Efforts Must Include Local Needs, Local Wisdom, WRI Says
Less than 10% of international climate funding is currently earmarked for local efforts to build resilience. This dynamic needs to change, says the World ... -
BuildingsCanadaFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Alberta Storm Sends Hailstones the Size of Tennis Balls at 80-100 Kilometres Per Hour
The hailstorm that hit southern Alberta last week, smashing windows and destroying farmers’ crops, was the most severe on record and the fourth-worst natural ... -
Air & MarineArctic & AntarcticaCanadaDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & Flooding
Arctic Ice Loss to Bring Six-Metre Waves, More Coastal Erosion
An ice-free Arctic summer will bring surging ocean swells to northern seas by 2080—meaning community-battering coastal waves and six-metre mid-ocean monsters that will menace ... -
AfricaArctic & AntarcticaAustraliaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOceansSevere Storms & Flooding
WMO Sees ‘Enormous Challenge’ to Hit Paris Targets as 1.5°C Warming Looms
There’s a one in five chance that average global warming will hit 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one of the next five ... -
BrazilDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater
Drought Forces Puerto Rico to Limit Water Access During Pandemic Response
Still far from recovered from its ravaging by Hurricane María in 2017, Puerto Rico is now struggling under drought conditions, with water woes made ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentInsurance & LiabilityLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
‘Immense National Effort’ Needed to Mitigate Rise in Canadian Flooding
With country-wide floodwater emergencies and extreme weather events like Calgary’s recent $1-billion hailstorm foreshadowing far worse to come, experts are calling for the creation ... -
Puerto Ricans Are Skeptical After Canadian Firm Joins Consortium to Deliver Local Grid Services
While a Canadian utility company celebrates its part in a 15-year consortium deal to modernize and operate Puerto Rico’s hurricane-ravaged power grid, the contract ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
B.C. Dramatically Overestimates Old Growth Forest, Faces Climate Impacts Without Better Protection
British Columbia is dramatically overestimating the size of productive old growth forests that have all but vanished across the province, according to an independent ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Drive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyInsurance & LiabilityInternationalLegal & RegulatoryMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Impacts of Hurricane Harvey Pegged at $67 Billion
In a finding that could radically alter future calculations of the social cost of carbon, researchers say new methods of event attribution have now ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Yeampierre: No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
The exploitative calculus that drives climate change is a mirror to the rapaciousness of slavery—and climate activists who still can’t see the connection between ...
