Drought data shows “unprecedented emergency" for 1.84 billion people
Almost a quarter of the world faces human-induced drought, and 85% of those live in low- or middle-income countries.
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Almost a quarter of the world faces human-induced drought, and 85% of those live in low- or middle-income countries.
'Minutes to midnight': World hits 1.4° of warming as Dubai summit opens with new fund and report disputing a leader's credibility.
Heat-trapping gases keep collecting in the atmosphere at a record rate, the U.N. weather agency found.
Scottish energy expert Jim Skea said it's important not to despair over the 'existential threat' from rising temperatures.
The U.K.'s push at the U.N. Security Council could serve as a starting point for a multilateral approach toward addressing the serious security risks posed by artificial intelligence.
Nine social robots, flanked by their creators, offered mixed responses to reporters' questions about their future role in society and how strictly they should be regulated.
Almost half of the world’s population lives in regions highly vulnerable to climate change and where deaths from floods, droughts and storms were 15 times higher in the past decade.
The head of the U.N.'s Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate experts called for quick action because "make no mistake, inaction and delays are not listed as options."
Indigenous communities have long coped with uncertainties of a changing climate. Researchers suggest tapping that knowledge to help save the planet.
Nations have just a few years left to achieve the 2015 Paris Agreement's goals of limiting global warming to a rise of 1.5 or 2 degrees C., climate experts say.
A U.N. Security Council debate drew attention to the peace dividends of preparing for a warmer world and rich nations' broken climate promise.
The world's top climate experts sounded the alarm over the consequences of inaction in an exhaustive new report that details the hell of a warming world.
A panel of the world's top climate scientists began putting the final touches on their latest comprehensive look at how global warming affects the planet.
Governments must be far more ambitious about cutting greenhouse gases to avoid catastrophically overheating the planet, according to a new U.N. report.
The U.N. chief called a major new report on human-caused global warming ‘a code red for humanity’ though a brief window exists to avoid the worst.
The planet's massive losses of species and rising temperatures are driven by human activities that must be tackled together, two organizations reported.