Laurie Goering edits AlertNet Climate, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s news website on the humanitarian and development impacts of climate change.
A report by Oxfam found that these emissions were likely produced by excessive spending as well as the growing popularity of SUVs and private flights.
Giving heatwaves names could help people understand the threat they pose, a move which could save lives, according to heat experts.
From adopting smarter farming to slashing fossil fuel subsidies and rethinking urban land use, green investment could create 395 million jobs and $10 trillion in new business opportunitie...
From fossil fuel taxes to public transport and home working, this is how we can rebuild the economy and battle the climate crisis, with lessons from COVID-19.
Aid experts say the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for global investment to help vulnerable communities prepare for crises.
Seven of the top 10 countries with the highest displacement by proportion of their population were developing island states, largely in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the report found.
"Those kind of loops are what economies are built on. If they're not there, you end up with the chronic cycle of the Red Cross giving aid every three years because it's not building commu...
The Green Climate Fund so far has allocated about $5.2 billion to 111 projects in 99 countries.
A study shows that people whose homes are damaged by disasters are 50% more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.
With farmers in the country already embracing tech to help with small-scale, agricultural tasks, drones and other small robots could soon be the future of Africa's farming
It was "way bigger than I ever anticipated", says Anna Taylor, a leader of the UK Student Climate Network.
While support for coal mining has fallen, other subsidies for coal-fired power have risen substantially, researchers said.
Global warming is set to increase natural disasters like flooding, but without fundamental change the financial system will not be able to cope with repair and insurance costs.
Security experts from around the world are voicing their opinions on climate change, and there is one resounding consensus - it is an 'imminent' security threat.
Heatwaves, storms, floods and fires are threatening to overwhelm health systems, according to experts.
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