Human settlement in the world’s riskiest flood zones increased 122% since 1985

Richer countries like the US and parts of Europe are seeing more growth in safer areas as compared to flood prone ones

Nigeria fares poorly in the Environment Performance Index 2022

Nigeria is not doing enough to address climate risks, report showed

Study charts indirect economic losses due to climate change-induced supply disruptions, calls for collaboration

India is likely to be affected directly by high temperatures and indirectly due to close links with countries severely impacted by heat stress

Climate change matters to more and more people — and could be a deciding factor in the 2024 election

Between the 2016 and the 2020 presidential elections, climate change became increasingly important to voters

Climate hazard: Heat-related deaths in elderly population to increase by 370% midcentury in a warming world

On average, 86 days of health-threatening high temperatures were experienced between 2018 and 2022

Addis Ababa faces growing climate change risks like heat, drought and floods, study warns

Increase in the city’s population will be absorbed by informal settlements, the prime destination for most migrants

World will face at least 560 climate disasters every year by 2030, warns UN

Insurance against disasters can help adapt and build back better

Climate anxiety deters 61% youth in Egypt from having children

Some 85% people globally agree that poor people will suffer the most from the impact of climate change

Assam reflects world’s protracted disaster-induced displacement

Latest report on global internal displacement shows disasters continue to displace more and people are living longer in relief camps  

Climate change can affect malaria transmission patterns in Africa: Study

Much of the subsequent increase in malaria transmission could be realised by 2041-2070, according to the study

Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate the problems they try to solve — a new tool hopes to correct that

To be just, climate adaptation requires a counter-intuitive approach

Climate change in urban Nigeria — 4 factors that affect how residents adapt

Poverty drives vulnerability to climate risk in different ways

East Africa is losing its glaciers at astonishing speed, all on Kilimanjaro retreating

Compared to previous estimations, the overall area has declined by more than a half of its early 21st-century extent

Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”?

Our “normal” climate is dead; the weather has gone insane, and it is annually killing thousands of Americans and millions of people …

Victims of climate change: This year, 135 people may die every day due to drought in Somalia

Consecutive years of failed rains may have caused this longest, most severe drought in the country’s history

IPCC’s new report on climate change is a call to action

The latest IPCC report confirms that we can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises …

How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours

Samples taken from 2018 vintage contained certain organisms that seemed to be completely absent in 2021 vintage

Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam 

A severe drought, worsened by climate change & El Nino, has caused massive crop failures for half of the nation’s planted area

A year of hunger: How the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages

Many low-income nations who are net food importers are bracing for a year of hunger

Bangladesh experienced 185 extreme weather events between 2000 and 2019: ICCCAD report

Cyclone casualty in the country reduced from 300,000 in 1970 to 35 in 2022

Over 17,000 tree species face heightened risk of extinction due to global change

Scientists say current IUCN Red List status may be an underestimation of risks for many tree species  

Hawaii’s climate future: Dry regions get drier with global warming, increasing fire risk — while wet areas get wetter

The “dry gets drier” aspect is particularly important for formulating Hawaii’s plans to adapt to climate change

Climate-related disasters leave behind trauma and worse mental health. Housing uncertainty is a major reason why

With natural disasters intensifying, governments must find ways to offer flexible housing support

Urgent need to increase flow & develop new sources of adaptation finance in Africa: Report

For adapting to climate risks, the continent needs $52.7 billion annually through 2030   

Drab public housing ideal for a climate retrofit

Eastern Europe’s ubiquitous prefab housing blocks have potential for mass climate change adaptation