How do islanders think about becoming climate migrants?
Many islanders are thinking of moving - but for better opportunities, not because of climate change
Aid workers struggle as South Asia floods affect more than 16 million
More than a third of Bangladesh and Nepal have been flooded
Cities across Africa face threat of landslides like Sierra Leone
Threat worsening as rainfall, deforestation increase
Srinagar city plan puts residents at risk of floods - officials
Flood control department says the development plan will encourage more people to settle in disaster-prone areas
Deepening drought hits Ethiopia herders as millions go hungry
Eastern and southern Africa were hit hard last year by drought exacerbated by El Niño that wilted crops, slowed economic growth and drove food prices higher
EXPERT VIEWS-How can Sierra Leone learn from mudslide to avert future deaths?
"Freetown and other precarious cities need safer urban planning and land use initiatives"
INTERVIEW-Proposed U.S. aid cuts threaten 'disaster' for world's poor - foundation head
With foreign aid at risk, new coalitions need to help drive large-scale action on hunger, poverty and energy access, Rockefeller Foundation chief says
Wildfire-plagued Portugal declares public calamity as braces for more
With just over 2 percent of the EU landmass, Portugal accounts for almost a third of burnt areas in the union this year.
Hundreds still missing in Sierra Leone mudslide as search intensifies
Aid agencies have warned that corpses trapped in the mud are likely to contaminate water sources and cause outbreaks of disease
Brazil farmers run out of space as bumper crops pile up
From Iowa to China, years of bumper crops and low prices have overwhelmed storage capacity for corn, wheat and other basic foodstuffs.