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Denmark becomes first country to pledge ‘loss and damage’ finance
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A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View
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Postcards from a World on Fire
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We built a fake metropolis to show how extreme cold could wreck cities
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Why Ian May Push Florida Real Estate Out of Reach for All but the Super Rich
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The hurricane’s record-breaking cost will make it even harder for many to get insurance, experts say — threatening home sales, mortgages and construction.
Attribution of 2020 hurricane season extreme rainfall to human-induced climate change
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Pakistan: Flood Damages and Economic Losses Over USD 30 billion and Reconstruction Needs Over USD 16 billion - New Assessment
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Post-Disaster Needs Assessment calls for urgent support to implement a Recovery and Reconstruction that ‘Builds Back Better’
As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia
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Warmer air is thinning most of the vast mountain range’s glaciers, known as the Third Pole because they contain so much ice. The melting could have far-reaching consequences for flood risk and for water security for a billion people who rely on meltwater for their survival.
"Virtually every child" will be exposed to frequent heat waves by 2050
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The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme
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South Asia’s monsoon is inextricably linked, culturally and economically, to much of Asia. Climate change is making it increasingly violent and erratic.
‘Life Brought Me Here.’ An Island Nation Adapts to a Changing Climate
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Droughts, cyclones and floods have forced the people of Madagascar, a poor country in the southern Indian Ocean, to find new homes, new livelihoods and even new diets.
Is this still weather or already climate change?
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Isn't it much too warm today? Does it really always rain this much? Here you can check whether the current weather in your region is still normal or due to climate change.
How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive
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Cotton farmers in Texas suffered record losses amid heat and drought last year, new data shows. It’s an example of how global warming is a “secret driver of inflation.”
In a First Study of Pakistan’s Floods, Scientists See Climate Change at Work
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"Climate change makes you sick from head to toe"
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Kathmandu Finally Got Tap Water. After a Climate Disaster, It Was Gone.
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A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal’s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts and rapid global warming.
Out-of-Towners Head to ‘Climate-Proof Duluth’
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The former industrial town in Minnesota is coming to terms with its status as a refuge for people moving from across the country because of climate change.
‘Do You Really Want to Rebuild at 80?’ Rethinking Where to Retire.
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It’s a small yet noticeable shift, experts say — but climate change is causing retirees to start reconsidering moves to disaster-prone dream locales.
The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why
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The countries least responsible for climate change are suffering the most
Multiple agencies concur: ’22 was one of Earth’s hottest years
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During the fifth- or sixth-warmest year on record, the world experienced unrelenting waves of extreme weather
How climate change exacerbated the 2021 Henan floods
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Chinese scientists have found that climate change intensified the Henan downpour – and the risk of even worse disasters is increasing
How Can We Measure Droughts and Deluges? Weigh the Planet.
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Scientists have long cautioned that warming temperatures would lead to wetter and drier global extremes — increasingly severe rainfall, more intense droughts. A new study shows where that may already be happening.
England’s summer heat waves linked to record excess deaths among elderly
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Climate Shift Index by Climate Central
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Europe has warmed faster than any other region in the past 30 years
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Timeline: The struggle over ‘loss and damage’ in UN climate talks
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Despite Rain Storms, California Is Still in Drought
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A rapid string of punishing storm systems, known as atmospheric rivers, has brought extreme amounts of rain and snow to California during the past weeks, but the sudden deluge has not made up for years of ongoing drought.
Wish You Were Here. Ignore the Floods and Fires.
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Climate change is reshaping the American economy. New Mexico is leaning on ecotourism and sustainable industries to see it through, but extreme weather keeps getting in the way.
The Last 8 Years Were the Hottest on Record
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The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record, European climate researchers said on Tuesday.
How climate disasters cause lasting harm for low-income homes
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Extreme weather events can lead to "financial shocks" for low-income households. Reforms of disaster insurance are needed to prevent families from tipping into ruin, researchers say.
Poor Countries Need Climate Funding. These Plans Could Unlock Trillions.
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As global warming delivers cascading weather disasters, leaders at U.N. climate talks in Egypt are increasingly calling for changes to a system that traps developing nations in debt.
20 Nations at High Risk From Global Warming Might Halt Debt Payments
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The countries want their collective $685 billion in debts forgiven so the money can be invested in climate projects.
2021 Was Earth’s Fifth-Hottest Year, Scientists Say
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The finding, by European researchers, fits a clear warming trend: The seven hottest years on record have been the past seven.