In Bangladesh, the long-term climate and economic impacts of a 2009 cyclone led to hardships, including reliance on moneylenders through an arrangement that has been compared to modern slavery.

Climate crisis management needs coordinated efforts from five key actors — scientists, policymakers, institutions, financiers, and the general public, he says ...

“This shift underscores the urgent need to address climate change and its far-reaching impacts on public health,” said Kabirul, who has been researching dengue for more than a decade.

Implications for Africa Africa is disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, despite contributing relatively little to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Mosquito-borne dengue fever was rarely a major problem in Bangladesh's coastal districts, but some hospitals are so full of those with the potentially deadly virus that patients are treated on the ...

In Africa, the most strongly climate-influenced heatwave took place between 14 and 30 December 2024. We found that climate change made this event at least 15 times more likely to happen.

These reports reflect scientific consensus on the causes and impacts of and possible solutions to climate change. The reports are not only scientific publications.

The experience of colonialism led to economies and societies being re-arranged in ways that have had far-reaching ...

But chocolate continues to face a significant challenge: Climate change is threatening cacao production, particularly in West Africa, which produces around 70% of the world's supply.

The Climate Change Act provides for various mechanisms aimed at mitigating South Africa ’s carbon emissions while supporting a just transition to a sustainable, climate-resilient economy.