Extreme Weather

A Landmark Youth Climate Trial Against the Canadian Government Is About to Begin 

The trial, which starts Monday, comes as Canada rolls back climate policies. A new government report warns the country could experience 5 degrees Celsius of warming under current emissions trajectories.

By Dana Drugmand

UN Climate Fund Votes to Help Nepal, a Historic Step Far Short of the Need

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Is No Longer Feasible, UN Report Finds

By Lauren Dalban

Isaias Made It to Birmingham. The Consequences Were Deadly.

By Lee Hedgepeth

New Study Reveals Clues About the Origins of Nepal’s Deadly Flood

By Alissa de Chassey

Compounding Climate Impacts Drive Tropical Forest Decline

By Bob Berwyn

Europe’s Extreme Summer Triggered Cascading Climate Shocks

By Bob Berwyn

New Jersey’s Middlesex County Sues Big Oil Over Escalating Climate Impacts

By Dana Drugmand

Mass Heat Wave Deaths in Europe Show Climate Extremes Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts

By Bob Berwyn

Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

By Nina Dietz

How to Protect Yourself From Disaster Scams

By Erin Nolan, Keerti Gopal

Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat

Story by Bob Berwyn, photos by Michele Lapini

After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like?

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Climate Crisis Is No Longer a ‘Distant Warning,’ UN Leader Says

By Dan Gearino

Super El Niño to Cause 451,000 Heat Deaths

By Arcelia Martin

In Rural Pennsylvania, Doctors Confront the Hidden Health Impacts of Environmental Disasters

By Marie Cusick

Breached Earth Boundaries Raise Risk of ‘Irreversible Change’

By Bob Berwyn

‘Post-Disaster Gentrification’ Proliferates in Florida Towns as Costs Soar Following Hurricanes

By Mike Schneider

For Climate-Vulnerable Countries, Debt Costs 25 Times More Than Climate Action

By Alissa de Chassey