The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change

In the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia, neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at loggerheads over crucial water resources. This territorial dispute is exacerbated by climate change and the gradual melting of glaciers in the region. Is the future of the Ferghana Valley at risk? FRANCE 24's Marie Boyer and Germain…

British Prime Minister Starmer outlines commitment to global leadership in climate change, conflict resolution, and arms control at U.N. General Assembly.

In the past months, the planet has experienced the hottest months of June and August, boreal summer and day on record, with a global average temperature of 17.16°C on 22 July. While many have been getting on with their lives as best as they can, there are many more who…

Sometimes the issues brought forward at the United Nations signature annual meeting may feel a bit familiar. Climate change is always in focus, especially in the past few years. There are regular disputes about who is on the security council. Pleas to stop wars and address hunger.

Pandemics – the global spread of infectious diseases – seem to be making a comeback. In the Middle Ages we had the Black Death (plague), and after the first world war we had the Spanish flu. Tens of millions of people died from these diseases.

Far-right leaders in Europe and the US are trying to wreck measures to save the planet, Theresa May warns. They want to ‘stir up a culture war’ to win votes, says the former PM, who criticises Trump for calling climate change ‘a hoax’ – and accuses Nigel Farage of ‘politicising’…

Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis tells The Associated Press that his nation is in a financial pickle

Humanity may be no better prepared for the impacts of climate change today than in the 1970s.

In the face of extreme heat and rising sea levels, the state is welcoming billions of dollars in clean-energy projects.