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The World keeps you up to date on the latest news, analysis and voices from around the world on the global climate crisis.

Climate science and solutions
Is Europe ill-prepared for flood disasters?
5:32
Food
Which cold foods do people across the globe enjoy during sweltering summer months?
Climate Change
Panama has relocated islanders affected by rising sea levels — and says many more villages also need to be moved
4:38
Makaa or charcoal is often used in cooking methods in Kenya and other countries in Africa.
Energy
The push to end harmful cooking methods worldwide
6:52
Children play in the surf at Kite Beach with the Burj al Arab, the Dubai Marina and a man flying a powered parachute in the background in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 8, 2016.
Climate Change
To beat the heat, beach lovers in Dubai head to the shores at night
Sea-level rise and storms made stronger by climate change threaten communities across coastal Bangladesh.
Climate Change
‘They forgot about me’: People with disabilities in Bangladesh face increased risk during natural disasters
A person in all black walks past a logo at the media center ahead of the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit.
Environment
Confidence in UN climate talks at a low point ahead of COP28 in Dubai
Salah Fareeq Al-Feroun's farm sits unattended without the necessary water to cultivate Iraq's signature anbar rice, Al-Meshkhab, Najaf Province, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2023.
Food
Iraq’s signature anbar rice is disappearing amid water shortages
A tree in Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Preserve.
Climate Change
Climate change is rapidly shifting Costa Rica’s sensitive ecosystems
Glaciologists say that between 1995 and 2010 Iceland’s glaciers lost about a meter of vertical thickness per year. The the “Blue Blob” appeared, halving that loss.
Environment
‘Blue Blob’ slows glacial melt in Iceland as temperatures rise across the globe
Barnacle geese have developed new migration routes and breeding grounds amid warming global temperatures. 
The Big Fix
Animal species are evolving to adjust to climate change, but scientists say time is running out
Left to right: Smoke from a wildfire over the Athens sky; a woman walks in a village during a period of drought; students hold up a banners; the Atlantic forest in Brazil.
The Big Fix
VIDEO: ‘The Big Fix’ explores climate change solutions around the globe
Syed Sajjad Ali inspects tomatoes planted inside a Kheyti greenhouse.
The Big Fix
This greenhouse innovation helps farmers in India cope with climate change
Guyana faces risks from climate change that include rising sea levels that could eventually submerge the capital Georgetown.
Energy
Guyana’s discovery of oil reserves has the nation split between boosting the economy and preserving the environment
grassy mountain
Climate Change
An unseasonably warm winter in Europe threatens ski resorts, tourism
The Nehr-i-Khayyam drainage ditch in Karachi, Pakistan, where sewage and trash collect and can impede the flow of stormwater.
Climate Change
‘The system is broken’: At COP27, developing countries push for more money to adapt to climate change
The view of where Abdul Ghazi’s house used to be, as seen from the roof of the school where he and his family fled to escape the flooding that struck Pakistan.
Climate Change
A Pakistani family sees firsthand the effects of climate change, as negotiators at COP27 battle over how to pay for them
Extreme flooding in Pakistan in 2022 affected 33 million people.
Climate Change
Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world’s poorest countries?
Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, left, speaks during an opening session at the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Climate Change
COP27: UN chief tells climate summit, Cooperate or perish
Mussel growers harvest mussels by passing beneath the docks on small barges, pulling up the ropes and cutting the harvest loose.
Environment
Unusually warm seas kill off mussel harvests in Spain, leaving restaurant owners with limited options
Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. 
Natural disasters
‘Doomsday’ flooding in Pakistan linked to glacial melt, expert says
Residents of the Accra suburb of Alajo patch up a road after severe flooding destroyed it.
Climate Change
‘Everything is destroyed’: Extreme flooding in Ghana tests climate resilience
Floodwaters slowly recede in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Lafitte, Louisiana, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.
New IPCC report says climate change poses an extreme risk to billions of people
The Castillo de San Marcos, one of the major heritage sites in St. Augustine, Florida,
Climate Change
Rising sea levels along Florida’s coast threaten to damage valuable archeological sites
A boy plays in a fountain to cool off as temperatures approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, July 18, 2019, in Kansas City, Missouri. 
Health & Medicine
A warming climate leads to more pediatric ER visits, study shows
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, center, arrives for a great chanting ceremony at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on March 16, 2007.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet’
Dead trees stand on the beach and in the ocean at "The Boneyard," created by beach erosion and fierce storms, in Hunting Island State Park on Hunting Island, S.C., in the United States
Climate Change
Seemingly small shifts in global temperatures have huge consequences for the planet
A massive sinkhole in central Turkey is attributed to a three-year drought and climate change.
Climate Change
Massive sinkholes appear in farmers’ fields in central Turkey due to climate change and drought
Philanthropist Bill Gates attends the World Leaders' Summit "Accelerating Clean Technology Innovation and Deployment," at the COP26 Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. 
Critical State
Foundations of international relations: Part II
Coniferous trees in Yoho National Park reach toward the sky with snow-topped mountains in the background in Canada's stretch of the Rocky Mountains, straddling the border of British Columbia and Alberta
Environment
Extreme weather events lead to Christmas tree shortage in Canada
A coal-fired power station in Witbank, South Africa
Climate Change
World leaders agree to help South Africa phase out coal
In this Sept. 29, 2021, file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new Pentagon plan calls for incorporating the realities of a hotter, harsher Earth at every level in th
Critical State
Political climate: Part II
Climate activists hold a demonstration through the venue of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 12, 2021. Negotiators from almost 200 nations were making a fresh push to reach agreements on a series of key issues that would allow them t
Climate Change
COP26 made incremental progress but failed to deliver on ‘transformational’ change, negotiators say 
Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed signs a document underwater calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions in Girifushi, about 20 minutes by speedboat from the capital Male, Maldives
Climate Change
At COP26, island nations push hard for countries to meet goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere rest on the ground as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
Polish border police push back migrants at Belarus border
Chinese environmental activist Howey Ou in St-Laurent, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Climate Change
This teen climate activist is blazing a new path to raise environmental awareness in China
In this photo provided by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, greets US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry during the Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 25, 2021.
Climate Change
Oil giant Saudi Arabia says it wants to get to net-zero emissions by 2060. But critics question its roadmap.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, Oct. 29, 2021. People were protesting in London ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which
Climate Change
Why COP26 is the ‘last, best hope’ for fighting climate change 
Yaa Asantewaa laments how farmers affected by climate change lead to a scarcity of vegetables at higher costs.
Climate Change
‘We might be pushed out of business’: Ghana’s vegetable sellers see produce dwindle due to climate change
Visitors look at the Chinese military's KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft during 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province
Top of The World
Why China’s air force is provoking Taiwan
The Ducourt family vineyard in France. 
The Big Fix
Winegrowers in France experiment with hybrid grape varieties to combat climate change
In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a mining dumper truck hauls coal at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Montana.
Climate Change
‘They Knew’: A new book chronicles 50 years of US govt’s failure to address the climate crisis
Students hold up a banners during a rally in front of the parliament in Athens, Greece
Top of The World
The Big Fix special edition newsletter
The shoreline of a village on the Greek island of Evia is shown with massive plumes of dark smoke rising in the distance.
Climate Change
Discussion: Climate change and a deepening global health crisis
In this Thursday, July 29, 2021, file photo, birds fly over a man taking photos of the exposed riverbed of the Old Parana River, a tributary of the Parana River during a drought in Rosario, Argentina.
Climate Change
The ’emotional whiplash’ of coming of age during the climate crisis
A long wooden dock is shown with blue barrels on both sides on the dry bed where a lake used to be.
Climate Change
5 things to know about the new UN report on climate change
Buildings burn as the Dixie Fire tears through the Greenville community of Plumas County, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.
Climate Change
Climate change is driving extreme weather events around the world in 2021
Children sit by a dug out water hole in a dry river bed in the remote village of Fenoarivo, Madagascar
Food
Climate change is driving the worst drought Madagascar has seen in four decades
Australian flooding
Climate Change
Climate migration has begun, and it’s only getting worse, expert says
Woman in orange outfit walks in dry climate with girl in pink dress and boy in beige outfit
The Big Fix
NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats
In 2019, the Morgan sisters biked to New York City from Andover with their mom to raise awareness about climate change.
Climate Change
Young activists are making their mark in the climate debate
A scene from an Amsterdam metro subway with a huge TV ad of a white man's face
The Big Fix
Amsterdam bans fossil fuel ads from its metro
Reunion Island artist Dilo surrounded by pink and magenta flowers around her head.
The Big Fix
Reunion Island artist Dilo uses the sounds of nature to celebrate it 
Farmworkers wearing hats gather spinach from a field.
Human rights
As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
Image of an illegally deforested area on Pirititi Indigenous lands.
Climate Change
The Amazon rainforest is likely adding to global warming, says a new study
Women perform on stage in a pop band. One throws her hand in the air.
Climate Change
Can K-pop stars wield their celebrity to influence climate action?
Student activists carry posters and shout slogans as they participate in a protest march against climate change in Delhi, India, March 19, 2021.
The Big Fix
Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of ‘radical climate acceptance’
Child holds onto an inflatable globe
Climate Change
Capitalism is ruining the world, and can save it, says economist
A man wearing glasses looks at a globe.
The Big Fix
Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube
Protesters demand the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi
Protest
India cracks down on climate activists supporting farmer protests