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Extreme Weather Hits Around the World as Global Temperatures Rise

A mix of devastating wildfires, tropical storms, mudslides and heat waves foreshadows a future of intensified extremes as the world warms.

Thanks, From Your Newsletter Anchor

Climate Forward’s lead writer is handing over the reins. She shared her parting thoughts.

A New Kind of Disaster Aid: Pay People Cash, Before Disaster Strikes

Experiments suggest that sums as low as $50 can help the world’s poorest protect themselves and their property in ways they couldn’t otherwise.

Heat Wave and Wildfire Smoke Affecting Huge Portions of North America

The twin threats have sickened people across the continent with little relief in sight.

Bangladesh Offers a Glimpse of the Water Crises of Tomorrow

Bangladesh, a river delta nation, is on the front line of climate change. Its coping strategies could offer lessons for the wider world.

How Africa Can Help the World

We often ask whether the 54 countries on the continent can leapfrog fossil fuels and go straight to renewable energy. That may be the wrong...

Americans and Their Cars

Summer is road trip season, so we’re taking a look at what our love of automobiles means for climate.

Will Wildfires Like Canada’s Become the New Normal?

Canada’s devastating fires and toxic smoke might not recur every year, but the heat from climate change increases the risks of a wide range of...

Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes

Scientists have long warned that global warming will increase the chance of severe wildfires like those burning across Canada and heat waves like the one...

How Extreme Heat Causes Cascading Crises

Power grids and hospitals can be overwhelmed, but there are fixes.
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