Droughts wipe out enough to feed 81 mln people - World Bank
"This is an example of a poverty trap"
India's water-logged farmers try out revamped flood insurance
Insurance policies for farmers could stem losses - but getting them right has proved tricky in India
U.S. government should manage climate risks as costs soar
Extreme weather and fire events have cost the federal government over $350 billion over the last decade
Nicaragua will join Paris climate pact, leaving U.S., Syria isolated
Nicaragua, a poor Central American nation often threatened by hurricanes, was the only nation to reject the agreement in 2015
Forest fires stoke record loss in world tree cover -monitor
Global tree cover losses rose 51 percent in 2016
Residents of shrinking US island reject 'climate victim' label
Within decades the island, already suffering severe erosion, will need to be abandoned.
Kenya's debilitating drought: 370,000 children in dire need of help
The impact of three consecutive poor rainy seasons is now being felt across the country
Twelve big cities to buy zero emissions buses, extend green areas
Many cities are setting tougher environmental goals than governments to limit air pollution and to curb greenhouse gas emissions
Typhoon Lan leaves flooding, four dead in Japan before moving out to sea
At least four people were reported killed, hundreds of plane flights cancelled, and train services disrupted in the wake of typhoon Lan
As climate threats grow, Solomon Islands hunts “evergreen” solutions
"In the Solomon Islands we can't predict the stability of the weather"