Climate Change

Fire danger indices use information about weather conditions and fuel moisture or how dry vegetation is on the ground. Increasing climate change conditions are set to increase the risk of wildfire and also lengthen fire seasons, according to a study. Wildfires are some of the most destructive natural disasters in the country, threatening lives, destroying …

Climate change will increase wildfire risk & lengthen fire seasons: Study Read More »

Government ministers are expected to discuss ways they can protect people from climate-driven health threats, which now threaten to undo decades of progress in public health. Inshort Heat stress. Lung damage from wildfire smoke. The spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes into new regions as temperatures rise. These are just a few of the ways that public …

Explained: How climate change is making the world sick Read More »

The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal set by world leaders is all but impossible to meet, according to a new analysis by the United Nations. The annual report from the U.N. Environment Programme lays out how far behind the …

This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution Read More »