Climate

The host of this year’s UN climate summit remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels as it tries to inspire a global switch to clean energy.

‘Climate change’ has nearly vanished from many Democrats’ campaign pitch, replaced by electricity prices. What would the party actually do on climate if it won the midterms?

Heat, drought and storms linked to climate change are already killing millions worldwide. Researchers want global warming to be declared a global health emergency as the health harms from it escalate faster than ever.

The world is set to breach the critical 1.5-degree temperature limit, with Donald Trump’s US withdrawal from climate action worsening the outlook, according to a UN report. But there is a small silver lining.

From cooler soil to paid grazing land, farmers in the US are finding that solar panels can do more than generate power.

Many lifelong residents of Los Angeles have health impacts from growing up close to oil extraction. Now, the city is trying to close down the worst offenders, but it’s an enormous task.

A glacier and rock collapse in Nepal killed nearly 1,400 people and left thousands missing. Scientists say decades of warming helped set the disaster in motion.

The pistachios sold across the US have a surprising history: California’s trees trace their roots to Iran. Now both regions face the same threat: their farmland is sinking as groundwater disappears.

Europe just opened a carbon capture and storage plant billed as the continent’s largest. But global climate scenarios call for far more capacity than exists anywhere on Earth.

Fix leaks or ban pools: As European countries prepare for hotter, drier years to come, here’s what the data says about how to really save water