Insured losses caused by damaging weather events in East Asia over the last three decades have totalled $76 billion (£47 billion) as floods and typhoons become...
UN climate change talks opened in Warsaw on Monday with an emotional address from a delegate of the Philippines, speaking as his country attempted to recover...
Over 10,000 people are feared to have died as Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall, tore through the Philippines this weekend....
Millions of people have been forced to take shelter after what may be the strongest storm to ever make landfall batters the Philippines. Official reports say...
Plans made by Japanese authorities to clean up the villages and towns close to the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have been dealt a blow that could...
A new study has found that the majority of news articles about climate change are centred on narratives about disaster and uncertainty. According to the research,...
Japan has shut down its last remaining operating nuclear reactor today, prompting fears the country may be left with insufficient energy capacity for the winter. Reactor...
Climate change is likely to cause stronger and more frequent hurricanes, but may reduce the risk of extreme storms similar to Hurricane Sandy from hitting the...
There are renewed concerns over the Fukushima radioactive water spill as the operator of the nuclear power plant has warned that it may consider discharging radioactive...
Some of the largest cities in the US and Asia, such as New York, Miami and Mumbai, are among the most at risk of severe coastal...
A cross-party committee in the Australian Senate has warned that urgent reform is needed to protect the country from the consequences of climate change. The panel,...
The German Bundestag, the country’s parliament, voted in 2012 to cut state subsidies for solar power in an attempt to control rocketing surcharges on electricity bills....
Oil giant Exxon Mobil is responsible for a major oil spill in Arkansas, caused by a leak in a pipeline that was transporting crude oil from...
Forty-six years ago today, over 10,000 tonnes of crude oil spilled out of the supertanker Torrey Canyon and into waters just off the south-west coast of England...