Climate Change
Ukraine agricultural sector facing worst weather in a decade
Weather conditions for winter grain sowing in Ukraine are the worst in the last 10 years due to severe drought across most…
Global net zero emissions goal would require $1-2 trillion a year investment -study
Achieving net zero emissions by mid-century would cost an estimated $1 trillion-$2 trillion a year of additional investments, or 1-1.5% of global…
Top European firms back Green Deal, pledge business overhaul
Executives from 30 of Europe's leading companies backed the EU's Green Deal on Wednesday and pledged to overhaul their businesses to help…
Hottest August on record in Northern Hemisphere – US scientists
The Northern Hemisphere had its hottest August on record with a temperature departure from average of 2.14 degrees F (1.19 degrees C),…
World’s largest carbon market faces revamp under draft EU plan
The world's biggest carbon trading market faces a major overhaul under European Union climate change plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions faster…
Bank of England tells insurers to step up climate change preparations
How much capital insurers and other financial firms must hold could be directly linked to their readiness to cope with risks from…
California hit by record heat wave
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) declared a "Stage 2" power emergency late on Saturday, warning that rotating power outages were possible…
Climate change bigger economic risk than pandemic, ECB’s Schnabel says
The coronavirus pandemic demonstrates in the clearest terms why central banks must take a bigger role in fighting climate change even if…
Photo Story: Potential hurricanes at each end of Caribbean
A handout picture made available by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows a wind speed probabilities projection map for the…
China evacuates 100,000 as floods threaten heritage site
Floods on the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze river forced authorities to evacuate more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and threatened a…
Last year was one of three warmest on record
Last year was one of the three warmest on record, with glaciers melting, sea levels rising and a spate of wildfires, heatwaves…
More people will die because of warmer climates than all infectious diseases – study
The worrying and growing death toll from global warming will come close to surpassing the current number of deaths from all the…