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Statement on Venezuela earthquakes by Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

A landmark global economic analysis, paired with a state-of-the-art heat solution cost-benefit calculator covering 11,408 cities worldwide, shows that investing in heat action saves billions in losses.

The number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress worldwide has risen sharply over the past half-century, propelled by climate change, according to a study released Monday as Europe sweltered through a punishing heat wave.

Rising temperatures can affect our power supply, including nuclear and natural-gas power plants

The BFI, Arts Council England, LIVE Green, and Julie’s Bicycle have partnered to roll out Cool Off in Culture, a UK-wide campaign signposting the public to cultural venues during increasingly frequent heatwaves.

Forest fires now burn ten times more acreage annually than in 1985, while wildfire severity has gotten even worse. In California, 30 times more acreage burned from high-severity, forest-killing fires, according to new UCLA research.

Older people in Austria widely perceive an increase in extreme weather since their childhood. Yet how strongly they notice these changes depends on their social position, where they live and how they relate to environmental issues.

In Somaliland, recurrent drought and climate shocks have severely disrupted livelihoods, leaving agro-pastoral communities struggling to sustain their income and food security. The women of Burao had watched the drought take almost everything.