Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

There are ways to tackle climate change: now we must find the will

Thank you for your courageous advocacy for divesting and keeping fossil fuels in the ground (16 March). I proudly signed the 350.org and Guardian petition asking the Gates ...

Climate change demands immense changes to the economic system

Mark Lynas says: ?Solving climate change does not mean rolling back capitalism, suspending the free market or stopping economic growth? Save us from the miserabilists in th...

How market forces are winning the climate change battle

Greenhouse gases have stopped rising, and it's not hurting the global economy after all

Despite the stereotype of a business lobby warning about th...

Cyclone Pam: Vanuatu's president blames climate change for extreme weather

The president of Vanuatu says climate change is contributing to more extreme weather conditions and cyclone seasons, after cyclone Pam ripped through the island nation.

Florida Officials Banned the Term 'Climate Change'

Politicians have been known to employ an arsenal of tactics aimed at confusing the public about what scientists know about climate change: citing widely discredited experts...

India has joined the climate change challenge: John Kerry

India has joined the climate change challenge, US Secretary of State John Kerry today said as he praised Indian efforts to combat the growing menace. ?During President Obam...

Florida’s authorities want to wish climate change away

Americans excel at denial. Take climate change. There?s overwhelming scientific evidence that human activity has accelerated climate change. But a staggering 52% of the pop...

Women’s Day– Three Key Words For The Year

By Augustine Veliath

On this International Women’s Day I have a sense of accomplishment.

I was part of an event Elevate 2015 in Mum...