Climate Change

When we think of climate change, we often picture melting ice caps, rising sea levels, or massive forest fires. However, this emergency rears its ugly head in clinical settings as well -- by worsening cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses, accelerating infectious disease spread, exacerbating food insecurity, and more. The climate crisis…

Watch CBS News Examining the role of climate change in deadly Texas floods Climate change likely played a role in the deadly Texas floods that have killed over 120 people, according to Texas A&M climatologist Jay Banner. CBS News' Jason Allen and Darren Peck have more. View CBS News In…

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR , a public radio station serving western North Carolina. It’s firefly season in the Blue Ridge.  As the sun goes down, they begin to blink and glow along the water, in the trees, and across open fields. Some…

Wealthy nations risk undermining the loss and damage fund’s plan to deliver $250 million in aid next year to climate-vulnerable countries hit by extreme weather, board members from developing nations said this week. While rich nations have pledged $789 million, they have only transferred $348 million so far to the…

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Many conservationists dedicated to protecting the endangered Andean cat have never seen one in the wild, with the species known to science by just a few photos until the late 1990s. And it took Juan Reppucci, leader of the Andean Cat Alliance’s In the Field 24/7 program...Read More

GHANAIAN international model and passionate environmental advocate, Victoria Michaels, is urgently calling on beauty brands and fashion entrepreneurs to abandon harmful practices and embrace environmentally responsible alternatives. The time for change is now, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Victoria warned that climate change was not a distant threat; it…

The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a strategic framework to address the health impacts of climate change. The Director-General of the Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, described climate change as one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time during the official launch…

According to Bill Nye’s expert opinion, if Congress stopped denying the existence of climate change, disasters like this past weekend’s Texas flash flood could be prevented. While talking to Dana Bash on CNN, the Science Guy broke down the need to halt the burning of fossil fuels if the planet…

On Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that Britain and France must collaborate to confront the world’s numerous destabilising challenges and defend Europe from “excessive dependencies” on the United States and China. Macron, in a rare address to both chambers of the British parliament, praised the resumption of deeper relations…