News and announcements

FAO experts map where crops and pasturelands are most vulnerable to drought.

HERA and its partners launched HERA Materna, the world’s first ever heat-pregnancy insurance program. Extreme heat is threatening pregnant women on the frontlines of the climate crisis, and until now no financial protection has existed to shield them.

Smog from wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., according to a NASA-funded study.

Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can be much worse than outdoors.

For the first time, the World Risk Poll has measured not just how people around the world view the threat of climate change, but also whether they believe their fellow citizens feel the same.

Even as global rates of workplace injury are declining, action is still needed to reduce harm amongst the most vulnerable. There are also signs of complacency in the face of rising harm from food, drinking water and poor air quality.

Climate change is increasing human-snake encounters, even as many countries remain ill-equipped to treat victims

While populations in continental regions are predominantly exposed to seasonal cumulative excess heat, many populations in tropical and subtropical climates are chronically exposed to high temperatures and high humidity.