• Extreme heat can be deadly for people who are homeless

    Extreme heat can be deadly for people who are homeless

    Jun 20, 2022 03:14 PM EDT

    ... heat contributes to some 1,500 deaths annually, and advocates estimate about half of those people are homeless. Temperatures are rising nearly everywhere because of global warming, combining with brutal drought in some places to create more intense, frequent and longer heat waves. The past few summers have been some ...

  • Officials try to deliver aid to flooded South Asia villages

    Officials try to deliver aid to flooded South Asia villages

    Jun 20, 2022 01:15 PM EDT

    ... 2004, more prolonged flooding occurred. Scientists say flooding in Bangladesh has been worsened by climate change. According to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about 17% of the population will need to be relocated over the next decade or so if global warming persists at the present rate.

  • India, Bangladesh floods leave at 18 dead and millions without homes

    India, Bangladesh floods leave at 18 dead and millions without homes

    Jun 18, 2022 04:15 PM EDT

    ... as floods and cyclones, made worse by climate change. According to the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about 17% of people in Bangladesh would need to be relocated over the next decade or so if global warming persists at the present rate. Hussain reported from Gauhati, India.

  • WATCH: President Biden hosts climate meeting amid rising gas prices

    WATCH: President Biden hosts climate meeting amid rising gas prices

    Jun 17, 2022 08:20 PM EDT

    ... his presidency, when he vowed to make the United States a leader again on slashing fossil fuel emissions to stave off the worst scenarios of global warming. Republicans and some Democrats since then have stalled and all but killed Biden’s most ambitious climate legislation. While Biden has succeeded in ...

  • Analysis: Why Biden declared solar panels, heat pumps integral to national defense

    Analysis: Why Biden declared solar panels, heat pumps integral to national defense

    Jun 10, 2022 05:33 PM EDT

    ... markets. The Department of Defense has identified numerous national security risks arising from climate change. Those include threats to the water supply, food production and infrastructure, which may trigger migration and competition for scarce resources. Fossil fuels are the dominant source of greenhouse gas emissions that are driving global warming.

  • China blocks moves to increase protection of emperor penguins

    China blocks moves to increase protection of emperor penguins

    Jun 03, 2022 09:54 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — China has blocked efforts to step up protection of emperor penguins that are increasingly threatened by the effects global warming is having on their natural habitat in Antarctica, officials said Friday. Dozens of countries had backed giving the world's largest penguins special protection status at a 10 ...

  • Storm warnings posted for Florida as system that battered Mexico moves into Gulf

    Storm warnings posted for Florida as system that battered Mexico moves into Gulf

    Jun 02, 2022 11:50 PM EDT

    ... were buried under mud and rocks. This storm is now headed for Florida. Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane season since 1949. Climate scientists say tropical systems will become more powerful and destructive because of global warming.

  • G-7 nations aim to end greenhouse gas emissions from energy by 2035

    G-7 nations aim to end greenhouse gas emissions from energy by 2035

    May 27, 2022 02:43 PM EDT

    ... and climate minister, Robert Habeck, said the 40-page communique couldn't hide the fact that G-7 countries had long been laggards on combating global warming. "But we're trying to make up for those things that didn't go so well in the past," he said. "Including on ...

  • Climate activists in Davos say major issues ignored

    Climate activists in Davos say major issues ignored

    May 26, 2022 07:41 PM EDT

    ... They said there was no talk at all of reparations, often referred to as “loss and damage,” for poor countries that have contributed little to global warming but are experiencing some of the worst effects. And finally, they said the calls for a transition to renewables were hollow, as they ...

  • Devastating heat wave in South Asia 'sign of things to come' in face of climate change

    Devastating heat wave in South Asia 'sign of things to come' in face of climate change

    May 24, 2022 05:29 PM EDT

    ... weather data that suggested early, long heat waves that impact a massive geographical area are rare, once-a-century events. But the current level of global warming, caused by human-caused climate change, has made those heat waves 30 times more likely. WATCH: India’s deadly heat wave shows the ...