The People’s Party controls a majority of regional governments and faces flak for failing to prepare for the disaster.

Experts and officials say that climate change has increased the frequency of heat waves and periods of drought, extending periods of high risk for wildfires.

Earlier heat waves this summer showed how prolonged high temperatures tightened Europe’s power market.

The head of a financial services firm said that rising temperatures are now “a source of risk and return in any investment you have."

The government is counting on a new generation of Italians who see nuclear power as a source of low-carbon electricity and a tool to help fight climate change.

The fossil fuel industry has argued that federal law bars the lawsuit. But local Colorado governments say it’s an appropriate exercise of state power.

Food and housing insecurity, chronic illness, and mental health challenges persist among many families.

The governor’s support signals momentum behind rethinking how the state pays for the cost of natural disasters.

As well as pushing up temperatures, the building El Niño is expected to worsen drought and strain food production in some parts of the world.

The phenomenon, called a pyrocumulonimbus, is so rare in Europe that France’s firefighters federation said it had never before recorded one in the country.

Indonesia faces a dilemma as it attempts a large-scale waste-management reform while also protecting the livelihoods of around 600,000 waste pickers.

Whales are facing a new threat around South Africa: the conflict in the Middle East.

The power giant’s move to buy Dominion Energy reflects its plans to become the utility of choice at the epicenter of the AI boom.

Poor countries in Africa and South Asia don't have the resources to expand access to air conditioning as extreme heat increases.

Part of the EU executive’s recent proposal puts controls on free carbon allowances, only releasing 80 percent to companies after they provide a decarbonization plan.

The announcement comes after a group of Ashaninka Indigenous leaders began meetings with federal officials seeking urgent protection for their territory.

The objective is to determine if a newly acquired sample of gold comes from a protected area, meaning it has been illegally mined.

The project is intended to preserve the species’ population and enhance biodiversity.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stepped into a fight over powering AI facilities with natural gas turbines. It could shape the industry’s future.

Republicans are blasting Canadian forest management after smoke recently reached Washington.