STOCKHOLM -- Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread of malaria and other diseases, the World Bank said in ...

America’s presidential candidates need to think more about how to help the world’s poor adapt to climate changes, writes Nicki Bennett, an Oxfam aid worker. In On the Ground, a blog by The New York ...

Efforts to mitigate climate change frequently force governments to enact policies that hurt the poor, according to Prof. Ravi Kanbur, applied economics and management. In a lecture Monday, Kanbur ...

Do people see climate change affecting their area? A median of 74% across nine middle-income countries say global climate change is affecting the area where they live at least somewhat, while 24% say ...

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ...

Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Priyanka Mahat is a research associate for climate change policy. Estimating the ...

1. Climate science basics -- What is the greenhouse effect and how does it warm the Earth? -- Why are scientists so certain the climate system is warming? -- How does global warming increase sea ...

This year, ten days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New South Wales coast left more than 48,000 stranded, and wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed at least ...

Bananas make up one of the largest tropical fruit export chains, with 20 million metric tons of bananas exported annually; a whopping 100 billion bananas are eaten globally each year. According to a ...

A warmer atmosphere has the potential to hold more moisture, which can contribute to heavier precipitation in any season, scientists say.

From heat waves to soil nutrients, climate change is impacting our gut health. Editor at Large If you’re like a lot of people, you’re finding it harder and harder to stomach climate change—literally.