climate disasters

By modifying the federal disaster to also focus on pre-disaster prevention, the new program will foster a culture of proactive preparedness.

The federal government expects the cost of providing disaster relief funding to balloon to a billion dollars or more each year as the climate crisis advances, according to a new risk management report.

When the smoke clears, the lies remain.

After years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters, the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice last year for an opinion on “the obligations of States in respect of climate change.”

Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim

As climate activists spoke out against fossil fuel presence, countries detailed the barriers slowing their transition to clean energy.

It’s time to add one more contingency to your travel plans: a major natural disaster.

The mother of a boy who died a year ago in a Nova Scotia flood says her grief returns daily, along with frustration over what she considers the province's slow pace in reforming its preparations for climate disasters.

When her farm and kombucha brewery in Abbotsford flooded in 2021, Shoshauna Routley canoed away from her life’s work and home. While an insurance payout helped her rebuild Healthy Hooch, it didn’t cover her house.

Industry representatives have characterized the lawsuits as a “waste of taxpayer resources” and contended that climate change should be addressed by Congress, not the courts.

A group of climate activists on Monday blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle climate disasters.

Legislation of the sort being pursued by Vermont and others won’t repair all of the damage wrought by climate change or stop pollution on its own, but such laws could provide remediation funding for communities that don’t have much money to go around.

Don’t trust the oil and gas industry to report their actual carbon pollution, said former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who added that the man leading the United Nations climate talks runs one of the “dirtiest” oil companies out there.

Heads of state, finance leaders and activists from around the world will converge in Paris this week to seek ways to overhaul the world's development banks — like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank — and help them weather a warmer and stormier world.

A peer-reviewed paper proposes that the top 21 polluting companies pay $5.4 trillion over 26 years to compensate for climate damages.