Without financial support that helps communities adapt to climate impacts, climate change is projected to push tens of millions more Africans into extreme poverty by 2030.
Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Daniel Merino, The Conversation
How scientists are improving their understanding of the connection between extremes and climate change – and what’s to come. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
Despite warnings about the impact of climate change on health, surprisingly little has been written about the mental health consequences of climate change for children.
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Research shows climate change is already affecting the healthy psychological development of children worldwide. Children’s mental health risks will only accelerate as climate change advances.
The aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Barataria, Louisiana, US.
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Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in Southern and Eastern Africa, which are at the heart of inclusive food value chains, are not receiving fair prices for their produce.
Philadelphia’s Manayunk neighborhood was flooded by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
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Evidence is mounting that, as the climate warms, the amount of rain falling in heavy storms is increasing, especially in the central and eastern US.
Temperatures in normally warm Texas plunged into the teens in February 2021, knocking out power for a population unaccustomed to cold, with deadly consequences.
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Counter to what you might expect, events like the February cold wave that froze Texas can actually become more likely with global warming.
Climate change made the devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany and other European countries in July 2021 more likely.
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A new attribution study finds human-caused climate change made Europe’s July floods more likely. What about Tennessee’s flooding? An atmospheric scientist explains how scientists make the connection.
The Creek Fire burns near Shaver Lake, Calif., in the Sierra Nevada in September 2020.
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Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns.
Australia may warm by 4°C or more this century, the IPCC has found. As these IPCC authors explain, there is no going back from some changes in the climate system.
Heat endurance specialists have warned for years that temperatures at Tokyo 2020 events would be extreme. Should future Summer Olympics become the Autumn Games?
The Little Ice Age brought some bitter extremes.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565
Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.