The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector's first multi-disaster insurance ...

The Tesla billionaire is a key figure in the president-elect’s orbit. One question is whether his views on climate and clean energy will have any sway. By Brad Plumer Diplomats and leaders ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — The Amazon region is a global hotspot of biodiversity and plays a key role in the climate system because of its ability to store large amounts of carbon and its influence on the ...

For every 1C rise in average temperature, the atmosphere can hold about 7% more moisture, external. This can result in more droplets and heavier rainfall, sometimes in a shorter space of time and ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

For more information on Sports for Climate Action or to join as a signatory, please contact us: [email protected] UN Climate Change invites sports organizations and their stakeholders to join ...

Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world. The Red ...

Climate science is the study of relatively long-term weather conditions, typically spanning decades to centuries but extending to geological timescales. The discipline is primarily concerned with ...

Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the social and environmental determinants of health. In ...

We monitor global and hemispheric climate indicators that can support our understanding of longer-term predictability. These indicators are mainly associated with interactions between the atmosphere ...

Climate change and global warming Human and natural factors of climate change Impacts of climate change Managing the impacts of climate change ...

Australian temperatures have warmed by 1.51 °C from 1910 to 2023. An increase of 1.5 °C is a threshold that is widely referenced in global climate change assessments, and it is important to understand ...