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People travel on a boat as they move to safer places through a flooded road in Chennai, December 2, 2015. Credit: Reuters

Cities Unprepared for Rising Disaster Risk, Says World Bank

Laurie Goering 17/05/2016

As cities expand and revamp, they have the opportunity...

The remains of one of six partially eroded islands in the nation of Solomon Islands

Rising Seas Submerge Five Pacific Islands, Find Researchers

Sebastien Malo 10/05/2016

The submerged islands were part of the Solomon Islands,...

Blazing Himalayas Set off Blame Game

The Third Pole 08/05/2016

Climate change and arsonists have been blamed for fires...

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Indiscriminate Industrialisation, Environmental Degradation Have Turned Odisha Into a Cauldron

Bhaskar Parichha 03/05/2016

Meteorologists have warned that if the current heatwave conditions...

Forest Fire in Uttarakhand

The Greed for Timber, and Climate Change, Have Made Himalayan Foothills a Tinderbox

Karn Kowshik and Neha Sinha 30/04/2016

Unlike many other disasters, the toll of this one...

Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli signs the Paris Agreement on climate change at United Nations Headquarters in New York

China, US Pledge to Ratify Paris Climate Deal This Year

Michelle Nichols and Valerie Volcovici 23/04/2016

China and the US together account for 38& of...

An aerial view of Brazil's soybean cultivation. Credit: Nasa Goddard Beauties/Flickr CC BY 2.0

Brazil’s Thriving Soy Industry Threatens its Forests and Global Climate Targets

Peter Richards & Jeffrey Hoelle 20/04/2016

With Brazil’s soybean sector thriving and its political establishment...