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Maldives tells UN climate talks: 'We are not prepared to die' Reuters
More Americans view climate change as 'imminent' threat Reuters
Human rights protection hangs in balance at UN climate talks Sebastien Malo
Defying war and catcalls, Syria's women hop on climate-smart bikes Laurie Goering
Development bank EBRD ends era of coal projects Reuters
Climate talks work on fair way to phase out coal use: Canada Reuters
Failure to agree climate deal rules would be suicidal: UN chief Reuters
Tanzania signs $3 bln hydro deal in heritage site despite concerns Reuters
Brazil green groups prepare climate-change contingency plan Sebastien Malo
As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages Laurie Goering
Ministers - but few leaders - arrive for climate talks Reuters
Deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado savanna falls to record low Reuters
Climate policies put world on track for 3.3C warming - study Reuters
Brazil should stay in Paris climate accord - future envt minister Reuters
City action key to ensuring 'a climate-safe future' - scientists Sebastien Malo
Fossil fuel tax proposed to cover rising costs of wild weather Laurie Goering
Illegal gold rush destroying Amazon rainforest - study Anastasia Moloney
Protesters disrupt U.S. fossil fuel event at climate talks Reuters
Switch to clean energy and save $500 mln, aid agencies told Lin Taylor
UN talks offer helping hand to people uprooted by climate change Megan Rowling
French military enlists green group to fight climate change Sebastien Malo
U.N. climate negotiators sweat over detail and divides Reuters
Activists denied entry to Poland for climate talks: green groups Megan Rowling
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Places where water is scarce and getting scarcer Mariaelena Agostini
Cocoa companies fail on pledge to stop Africa deforestation Nellie Peyton
House in order: Emissions from buildings level off Sebastien Malo
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The sand, the saxaul and the ghost sea Claudio Accheri and Umberto Bacchi
Colour creeps back as Aral Sea emerges from the dust Umberto Bacchi and Claudio Accheri
Seawalls and forests aim to save the living-and dead-in Tanzania Hannah McNeish
Mudslide risk in S. California wildfire zones prompts evacuation Reuters
Trump's EPA proposes looser carbon limits on new coal plants Reuters
Developing nations say swifter climate action needs more cash Megan Rowling
Peru to phase out throw-away plastic bags in three years Reuters
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We focus on the human and development impacts of climate change.

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Two storm-scarred lives cross paths in climate change fight

For someone at climate talks for the first time and another who has been 24 times, it is clear not enough is being done
Mami Mizutori UNISDR

What if we knew the real costs of climate change?

There is no economic loss data for 63 percent of the disasters recorded over the last 20 years
Hiroto Mitsugi, Jean-Marc ... FAO

Extreme weather menacing lives, livelihoods of mountain people

It’s not too late to take actions to assist mountains peoples and to work to mitigate at least some of the effects of climate change
Ralph Regenvanu & Avinash ... Vanuatu

It's time for those who caused climate change to pay for it

Asking nations hit by storms to buy insurance against them is like making victims of car accidents - rather than drivers - pay the costs

In Depth

The final frontier: who owns the oceans and their hidden treasures?
Climate change 'biggest global health threat' of century, doctors warn
Drought-threatened Zimbabwe faces a quandary: Grow maize or not?
In Kyrgyzstan, warming brings less water - and more conflict

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Defying war and catcalls, Syria's women hop on climate-friendly bikes
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