Severe Storms & Flooding
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BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Major Mental Health Crisis Hits Puerto Rico as Year-Long Hurricane Recovery Lags
A year after Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed much of the infrastructure on the island of Puerto Rico, the country is ... -
Drive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationNuclearSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Poor and Rural North Carolinians Are Hardest Hit as Aerial Photos Show ‘Overwhelming’ Devastation
Aerial photos showed “overwhelming” devastation, an 1,870-megawatt nuclear plant had to be shut down, and poor and rural residents of the Carolinas were hit ... -
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CARE Canada: Fighting Plastics Pollution No Substitute for G7 Action on Climate Impacts
G7 countries’ initiative to attack plastic pollution during this week’s environment and energy ministers’ meeting in Halifax is no substitute for faster action to ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘It’s All About the Water’ as ‘Slow-Moving Natural Disaster’ Turns Carolinas Into an Archipelago
Meteorologists may have downgraded it from a hurricane to a mere tropical storm, but the “storm known as Florence is creating a slow-motion natural ... -
AsiaDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & Flooding
Typhoon Mangkhut Kills 64 in Philippines Before Hitting Southern China, Hong Kong
At least 64 people are dead after 550-mile-wide Typhoon Mangkhut tore through the northern end of the Philippine island of Luzon, uprooting trees and ... -
Climate DenialCoalEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseNuclearSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Florence Bears Down on State That Tried to Legislate Sea Level Rise Out of Existence
With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the North Carolina coast and 1.5 million people under evacuation order, a secondary storm of news coverage laid ... -
Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarSevere Storms & Flooding
UN Agencies Urge Greater Resilience as Droughts, Floods Drive Global Hunger to 10-Year High
Climate shocks like droughts and flood have helped drive global hunger up to levels last seen a decade ago, leaving one out of nine ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5EuropeFinance & InvestmentHeat & TemperatureNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon TransitionSevere Storms & FloodingSolarUnited States
London, New York Mayors Urge Cities Worldwide to Dump Their Fossil Investments
Pointing to a summer of record heat and extreme weather in which London was improbably hot and dry, while New York was unexpectedly rainy, ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesNational Plans & ResponsesSevere Storms & Flooding
‘Uneven’ Progress, ‘Stalemated’ Issues Create Steep Climb for Paris Agreement Implementation
Nearly a week of climate negotiations ended in Bangkok Sunday with what civil society observers called “uneven” progress on the all-important “rulebook” that countries ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & FloodingWater
Extreme River Flows More Likely at 2.0 Than at 1.5°C
Extreme river flows considered once-in-century events can be expected more frequently if average global warming is kept to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, but even ... -
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Bangkok Climate Negotiations Need Fast Action on Paris Implementation, Climate Finance
As delegates from around the world gathered in Bangkok this week for a second round of “intersessional” negotiations, aimed at making real progress on ... -
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Espinosa and Hidalgo: Climate Action is Ramping Up, But ‘More is What We Need’
UN Climate Secretary Patricia Espinosa and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Chair of C40 Cities, issued this post just days before delegates gathered for several ... -
Empty Fuel Tanker Slams into Bridge as Typhoon Jebi Hits Japan
A fuel tanker weighing more than 2,500 tonnes slammed into the bridge that connects Izumisano City to a nearby airport as the city coped ...
