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Forecasters say roughest part of 2020 hurricane season lies ahead
Heatwave Harry? As temps soar, naming the threat may save lives
Flood-hit S.Korea guards against coronavirus at relief shelters
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Rising heat
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Coronavirus and climate change
Four killed as Tropical Storm Isaias pounds U.S. Northeast
Climate change efforts in Japan hindered by biased business lobby
Mexico power plant violated environmental law, documents show
Investors launch climate plan to get to net zero emissions by 2050
Somalia sets up warning centre to battle disasters
Tech aids cashmere herders, hazelnut farmers fight erosion in Asia
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Teen election candidate urges NZ to lead world in green recovery
Critter compost: Pakistan plans to use locusts to nourish crops
Caribbean scrambles to prepare for hurricanes during pandemic
Flash floods kill two in Thailand, storm heads for Myanmar
Landslides kill 10 in Nepal as rains take toll in S. Asia
Cameroon tomato farmers count losses to wild weather and lockdown
China's new coal projects account for 90% of global total in H1
Storm Isaias grazes Florida, heads up East Coast
Four held after climate protest at Formula One Grand Prix
Brazil's Amazon rainforest surge in July, worst in recent days
As workers sweat, pressure grows on employers to turn down heat
Solar beats salt, bringing clean water to coastal Kenyans
Job losses and floods spark fears of hard times in Bangladesh
Most polluted U.S. neighborhoods haven't changed in three decades
Heatwave adds to health alert as Europe masks up to prevent COVID
Eat or stay cool? Cities test ways to protect poor from heat
Coastal flooding could hit 20% of world GDP by 2100: study
Ethical wood label to revive checks after pandemic forest fears
New port brings tourism hope and pollution fears to Alaskan town
Latin America urged to boost green jobs for pandemic recovery
About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires: WWF
Malaysia fights palm oil international criticism with new slogan
Deadly land conflicts seen rising as threat from industry grows
Floods, coronavirus hobble two of India's poorest states
UN chief invites young climate activists to meet, give input
Argentina counts on new satellite tech to guard forests 24/7
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Can carbon capture help to curb climate change?
France to ban cafe terrace heaters as no longer cool
India's tribal farmers tap solar irrigation to cut migration
Flood risk for 1 million in Phnom Penh as wetlands destroyed
Storm Hanna batters COVID-hit Texas coast, threatening heavy rains
Children need green pandemic recovery, say UK celebrity parents
Temperatures at Norway's Arctic archipelago hit record high
Kenyan recycling firm mixes kitchen waste to boost urban farming
Coal should play no part in coronavirus recoveries: UN chief
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The world's rising tide of plastic pollution - and how to stem it
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About our Climate coverage

We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

Opinion

Bruno Sarda CDP

U.S. cities face a triple threat

Hurricanes, COVID-19 and extreme heat are hitting at once and stretching resources thin - but there are ideas on how to cope
Hassan Noor and Niall O’Connor

Our children warned us but we didn't listen

The pandemic is a wake-up call to address climate change once and for all
Sally Tyldesley & Ann Vaughan

Climate finance is failing communities most at risk from warming

Wealthy nations have not kept promises to the poorest people, now being hammered hard by weather disasters
Fridays for Future

We won't let your money destroy our future

It's time for a just and sustainable reboot of the world's economies - and the G20 finance ministers need to help make that happen

In Depth

Pump or dump? With oil in decline, Africa ponders its energy future
The big chill: How Africa is moving to battle 'zombie' appliances
Indigenous leaders fear Amazon soy port could be conduit for COVID-19
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Cash-short Caribbean confronts hurricane fears after COVID blow

Videos & Pictures

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How coronavirus is affecting climate change
Somaliland: One land's quest to defuse a climate 'timebomb'
City of Dry Lakes | Bangalore in 360
Can planting trees really stop climate change?
When disasters and conflicts collide: Colombia
Land of Little Rain

Editor's Picks

Cameroon tomato farmers count losses to wild weather and lockdown
Eat or stay cool? Cities test ways to protect the poor from rising heat
India's tribal farmers tap solar irrigation to cut migration
In green jobs boost, communities get bigger role running Pakistan's national parks