Climate Change

Editor’s note: Amid soaring temperatures, droughts, and torrential rains, extreme weather events frequently made headlines in 2022, leading more and more in China to consider the consequences of rapid climate change. To understand how climate change affects farmers, and how they can adapt, sustainable food and farming NGO FoodThink teamed…

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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The U.N. climate summit is back in Africa after six years and four consecutive Europe-based conferences. The 27th annual Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — better known as COP27 — will be held in the resort city of Sharm…

King Charles III has issued a new statement on Cop27 attendance after the United Kingdom' new Prime Minister's major U-turn as Rishi Sunak confirmed he will head to Egypt for the upcoming climate change summit. Buckingham Palace said in a statement: "As it was made clear previously, in unanimous agreement…

California is experiencing more wildfires, illness and drought as the impacts of climate change accelerate, according to a report released Tuesday. The state’s fourth edition of “Indicators of Climate Change in California” finds that such impacts are hitting California sooner and more forcefully than previously expected. Published by the state…

Scientists are ringing alarm bells about a significant new threat to U.S. water quality: as winters warm due to climate change, they are unleashing large amounts of nutrient pollution into lakes, rivers and streams. Now, a U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study finds that previously frozen winter nutrient pollution — unlocked…

“When people talk about climate change and what can I do, it's so overwhelming." EnviroCollective chair Rob Deglau speaks to attendees during the first Community Gathering for Sustainability in Regina, Sask. on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2022. Filling the Mâmawêyatitân Centre Sunday afternoon, chatter about living green in Regina was the…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. CLIMATE CRISIS. Residents are forced to wade through flooded roads to buy essential goods, get something to eat, and access dry clothing on October 30, 2022, as several barangays in Kawit, Cavite, including the Poblacion, are still submerged in flood waters caused…

BERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Two women glued themselves to the handrails around a dinosaur exhibit at Berlin's Natural History museum on Sunday in the latest protest by climate activists, calling on the German government to scale up measures to fight climate change. The two activists glued themselves to the…

As climate change decimates North American trees, native forests are migrating north—and lumber producers are moving south. Over the past 5 to10 years, dozens of mills have shuttered in the western US and Canada, where warmer weather has led to beetle invasions and wildfires. Policymakers in places like British Columbia,…