Climate Change

'Bomb cyclone' pummels fire-scarred California

Powerful storm barrels toward southern California after flooding highways, toppling trees, and causing mudslides in areas burned bare by recent fires across the northern part of the US state.

Climate change poses threat to global stability: US intelligence

An assessment from 18 US intelligence agencies underscores the looming interconnected natural, geopolitical and economic crises stemming from the climate emergency.

HL: Global climate protests push for more government action

Protesters called for measures preventing dangerous global warming levels and taking into account the plight of the world's poorest, who are particularly hard-hit by climate change.

Total knew it was destroying the planet, but chose to do nothing

The French fossil fuel giant was first warned of the effects of its products on catastrophic warming in 1971, but chose to muddy the waters, historians say.

Five countries most affected by climate displacement

Climate change aggravates social, economic, and security challenges in developing countries that have made the smallest contribution to it.

Can developing countries avoid a 'climate debt trap'?

Ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, developing countries want rich nations to take historical responsibility for climate change, as the poorest are piling up debt to face its consequences.

Climate activists hail Turkey's decision to ratify climate accord

Turkey is now expected to adopt new emissions-cutting goals and action plan after lawmakers ratified the Paris deal.

Turkey boosts fight against climate change by ratifying Paris agreement

Turkish lawmakers unanimously approve the Paris Climate Agreement to join the global fight against climate change.

African cities 'need billions' of dollars to fight climate change

The continent needs an additional investment of $280 billion which will lead to more than fourfold return by 2050, according to new report.

Imran Khan paints US as abandoner of Pakistan and Afghanistan

In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan touched on a range of topics and reserved his harshest words for India, labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government “fascist.”

Biden: US to rely on diplomacy instead of wars

At UNGA, Joe Biden declares himself to be the first US president in 20 years not to be running a war after his pullout of troops from Afghanistan, where the Taliban swiftly took over.

Boy band BTS sings its way through UN General Assembly

South Korean boy band BTS danced its way through the UN to promote global goals tackling poverty, inequality, injustice and climate change ahead of the annual UN gathering of world leaders.