Taiwan may face fewer typhoons - but harsher drought - as planet warms
Atmospheric shifts appear to be driving typhoons north, sparing the island from storm damage, but that could leave rice farmers short of water
U.S. federal spending bill includes funding to combat climate change
The bill, which includes tax incentives for wind and solar, marks the first time in 13 years Congress has used energy policy to tackle global warming
Climate risks to health set to worsen inequity, harm children
From poor families in flood-prone homes to women required to cover up in extreme heat, climate change will hit the health of vulnerable groups the hardest, warns Kristie Ebi
Japan to mull bolder emissions target, carbon pricing scheme next year - vice minister
The environment and industry ministers will work on a plan next year to create a carbon pricing scheme as part of efforts to make Japan carbon-neutral by 2050
Rains give West African herders brief respite amid growing heat
This year's downpours have created the thickest vegetation in years, offering relief for Senegal's farmers and its 3 million-strong herding community after six years of drought
Biden unveils diverse team tasked with ambitious climate agenda
Michael Regan would become the first Black man to run the Environmental Protection Agency if confirmed by the Senate, and Deb Haaland, as interior secretary, would be the first Native American Cabinet member
Planned Harvard balloon test in Sweden stirs solar geoengineering unease
An early experiment toward using sun-dimming technology to cool global warming has opponents fearing a slippery slope toward engineering the climate
OPINION: Rainforests are under siege but indigenous peoples could still save the Amazon
Five years after Paris climate accord, with the Amazon at risk, we can help governments scale up solutions that can protect forests and stop pandemics
With climate change focus, Biden filling environmental, interior posts
President-elect says his team "will be ready on day one to confront the existential threat of climate change with a unified national response rooted in science and equity"
Climate change could create 63 million migrants in South Asia by 2050
Unless bigger efforts are made to curb global warming and help people adapt to its impacts, South Asia will see a three-fold surge in internal migration, report predicts