FACING DOWN DISASTER As negotiators prepare for COP28, they face a world that is backsliding from the Paris agreement—and the goal of keeping heating below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The primary message of the 2024 Global Water Summit is that changes in the world’s water availability and location are undermining human survival in parts of the planet. “In 2024, the world ...

Research from the World Bank and others puts the benefits of numerical weather prediction (NWP) at $162bn a year. Its success can be attested to by any modern farmer or military commander. It can ...

The worst oil disaster unleashed millions of barrels of crude into the environment, leaving behind death, destruction, and a ...

Its 2020 World Disaster report finds that the number of climate and weather-related disasters per decade has increased nearly 35 per cent since the 1990s. In the first six months of the COVID-19 ...

Seven of the Worst Bridge Disasters in World History The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is shocking—but not unprecedented ...

In order to support countries at risk of climate disaster, world leaders must adopt a people-first approach to addressing climate change. Efforts must prioritize funding climate resilience, adaptation ...

The world's deadliest natural disasters span more than 2,500 years of human history and include earthquakes, tsunamis and cyclones.