Climate Change to Cost Children 1.5 Years of School? Extreme Heat Linked to Dropouts, Says UNESCO Study

A new global report finds that climate change, especially extreme heat, is cutting school years short for children, disrupting learning, and worsening education gaps, especially in poorer countries and vulnerable communities worldwide. Climate...

Global courts push governments to act on climate change

Courts around the world are now playing a growing role in tackling climate change, stepping in as frustration grows over the slow pace of political action. Almost 3,000 climate-related lawsuits have been filed by the end of 2024 across nearly 60...

Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says

London (CNN) — Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, a new study has found. The cost of a wide range of goods – from potatoes in Britain to coffee in...

The media has given up on climate change. Here’s why the rest of us can’t

The Australian media has all but given up writing about climate change. But we can’t afford to forget about the catastrophic danger of unchecked fossil fuel use. (Image: Private Media/Zennie) December 12 this year will mark a decade since the...

Legal ruling can’t obscure the brutal reality of climate change for Torres Strait Islanders

As parliament returns for the first time since the May election, talk is focused on productivity, disastrous childcare failures and how Australia should position and prepare itself amid rising global turmoil. If our leaders are serious, they...

UN court to rule on countries’ duty to curb climate change

The United Nations’ top court is expected to issue guidance this week on what countries must do under international law to protect people from the ravages of climate change. Though nonbinding, the ruling from the International Court of Justice...

In an Age of Climate Change, How Do We Cope with Floods?

On the evening of July 3rd, as the sun went down over Kerrville, Texas, a small city of some twenty-five thousand people and the seat of Kerr County, the water in the Guadalupe River was just four inches deep, according to the U.S. Geological...

Uganda green lights military trials for civilians despite court ruling

Illustration by Matt Haney, GPJ In January, Eron Kiiza, a human rights lawyer, represented opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye in military court. Soldiers blocked his entry and directed him to sit in a different...

Only 3 years left — new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change

We are climate scientists, and one of us (Piers Forster) leads the global science team that publishes the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report. This report gives an overview of the state of the climate system. It is based on...

How Are Australians Adapting To Climate Change? Here Are 729 Ways

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Australia's climate is changing . To avoid catastrophic disruptions from successive supercharged disasters, society must adapt. But change takes time and it's not always clear how much progress we're making. We wanted to...

Climate change to cost children 1.5 years of schooling, UNESCO report warns

A new report reveals climate change impacts education globally. Children face potential loss of 1.5 years of schooling due to extreme heat. Climate stressors cause school closures, especially in low-income countries. Heat exposure negatively...

Climate change challenge becomes hot topic for FIFA

Auckland City's Gerard Garriga cools off under the sprinklers during a water break in a Club World Cup Group C soccer match against Boca Juniors on June 24. AP GENEVA — Soccer had a fierce reckoning with heat at the recently concluded FIFA Club...

Manufacturing Workers Among Those Most at Risk of Harm From Climate Change, New Report Finds

21/07/2025 Lloyd's Register Group Services Limited A global safety charity is calling for more research into the most effective ways to protect workers in the manufacturing industry from safety risks posed by climate change. According to a report...

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103.3 Asheville FM hosts 3rd 'Voices' series focused on women in climate change research

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Today, local radio station 103.3 Asheville FM hosted its third Voices series with a climate-focused panel centered on women in climate change research. LOCAL PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS PREPARE FOR $1.1 BILLION IN FEDERAL...

How Climate Change Is Raising Your Grocery Bill

In 2022, California registered its driest three-year period ever recorded, leaving nearly a million acres of farm fields unplanted and producing initial crop revenue losses of nearly $2 billion that year alone. Arizona, which grows most of the...

Europe’s oldest ice core reveals 12,000 years of climate change

A glacier on Mont Blanc holds something remarkable: a frozen archive stretching back more than 12,000 years. This discovery offers an unusually detailed record of Earth’s changing climate and atmosphere that is preserved in layers of ice. The...

Why scientists fear climate change could help Covid to thrive

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Deadly flash floods and climate change impact several states

On July 4, Texas was hit hard by floods that claimed more than 130 lives. New York City recorded its second heaviest rainfall within just one hour. Other areas, including North Carolina, New Mexico, and Kansas City, also faced severe flooding....

Nigerian Scientists Lead Charge Against Methane, Global Warming

The road from Enugu to a landfill site out of town was eerily quiet early on the Sunday morning a team of young scientists from the University of Nigeria readied to go sample collecting. A lone tuk-tuk chugged along a well-laid avenue lined with...