The first budget of India’s newly elected government has put aside considerable sums of money to promote renewable energy and tackle climate change. Prime minister Narendra...
Most of the world’s major cities, from London to São Paulo, have warned that climate change presents a very real, physical risk to the businesses that...
The World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) Commission for Climatology has said the current baselines for weather are out of date and must be updated more frequently due...
We may not be quite ready yet, but there seems to be signs appearing in nature that point towards an early autumn, with conservationists saying this...
The UK’s crucial energy, transport, waste and water infrastructure is at risk from the impacts of climate change because of a lack of investment, a damning...
Glastonbury 2014 has opened its doors to 200,000 festivalgoers, who are descending on Worthy Farm, Somerset, ahead of a mixed few days of weather. Dolly Parton,...
Investors and financial institutions are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with climate change, according to a new report. However, the study notes...
As the UN warns that the number of refugees is at its highest since the second world war, campaigners have called for more to be done...
The impacts of climate change, such as floods and droughts, and its subsequent policy responses, will pose significant challenges to an energy sector that must also...
The government must increase spending on flood defences if a repeat of the floods that devastated many parts of the UK last winter is to be...
May 2014 was the third warmest May since global temperature satellite measurements began 35 years ago, scientists have revealed. The global average temperature for the month was...
Torrential rainfall has led to Brazilian state officials declaring an emergency in 130 cities, including World Cup host city Curitiba. In the Parana state some 13,000...
Incidents of extreme flooding strengthen Britons’ belief in climate change, while warnings over rising temperatures fail to resonate, a new study has found. The paper, published...
New research has illustrated the benefits of living roofs – roofs covered in living, growing plants – including improved resilience to the impacts of climate change....
Alerts remain in place in parts of England, with forecasters warning that sharp downpours could lead to localised flooding in the Midlands, south-east, south-west and north-east...