'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024
1 week, 5 days ago

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Raw Story  

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024. World Weather Attribution, experts on how global warming influences extreme events, said nearly every disaster they analyzed over the past 12 months was intensified by climate change. - Floods - Climate change isn't just sizzling temperatures -- warmer oceans mean higher evaporation, and warmer air absorbs more moisture, a volatile recipe for heavy rainfall. The Americas suffered severe drought in 2024 and wildfires torched millions of hectares in the western United States, Canada, and the Amazon basin -- usually one of Earth's wettest places. Drought in Brazil cost its farming sector $2.7 billion between June and August, while "climatic challenges" drove global wine production to its lowest level since 1961, an industry body said.

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UN declares ‘decade of deadly heat’, calls for action against climate breakdown
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1 week, 2 days ago

UN declares ‘decade of deadly heat’, calls for action against climate breakdown

Hindustan Times  

The world has endured a “decade of deadly heat”, with 2024 capping 10 years of unprecedented temperatures, the UN has said. 'I can officially report that we have just endured a decade of deadly heat,' says UN chief In his new year message, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said the 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last decade, …

Decade of deadly heat ends with record year as world warned of ‘road to ruin’
1 week, 2 days ago

Decade of deadly heat ends with record year as world warned of ‘road to ruin’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world has endured a “decade of deadly heat”, with 2024 capping 10 years of …

$228 billion lost, 2,000 lives taken: The shocking cost of 10 worst climate disasters of 2024 revealed
1 week, 2 days ago

$228 billion lost, 2,000 lives taken: The shocking cost of 10 worst climate disasters of 2024 revealed

Live Mint  

2024 year-ender: Ever wondered what is the economic cost of extreme weather events? Well, the ten worst climate disasters resulted in an estimated damage of over $228 billion worldwide in 2024, a new report revealed. The report titled ‘Counting the Cost 2024: A Year of Climate Breakdown’ by Christian Aid also highlights ten extreme weather events that didn’t rack up …

Human impact exposed: 41 days of ‘dangerous’ heat linked to climate change in 2024, says report
1 week, 4 days ago

Human impact exposed: 41 days of ‘dangerous’ heat linked to climate change in 2024, says report

Live Mint  

Human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat in 2024, harming human health and ecosystems, an analysis for a year-in-review has found. Among other key findings, the report revealed that climate change intensified 26 of the 29 weather events studied by World Weather Attribution that killed at least 3700 people and displaced millions. The result highlights …

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report
1 week, 5 days ago

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report

The Hindu  

Due to climate change, the world experienced an average of 41 more days of extreme heat in 2024, a new report said on Friday. A yearly review report by two groups of climate scientists — World Weather Attribution and Climate Central — said the world saw an average of 41 more days of dangerous heat in 2024. "It is likely …

26 extreme weather events led to 3,700 deaths globally in 2024: Report
1 week, 5 days ago

26 extreme weather events led to 3,700 deaths globally in 2024: Report

Hindustan Times  

Climate change contributed to the deaths of at least 3,700 people and the displacement of millions in 26 extreme weather events that two climate attribution and research organisations studied in 2024. Extreme rain in Kerala and surrounding areas was one of the 219 extreme weather events studied for the report. “It’s likely the total number of people killed in extreme …

Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024
1 week, 5 days ago

Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

Associated Press  

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024. “The finding is devastating but utterly unsurprising: Climate change did play a role, and often a major role …

Climate change adds 41 extra days of dangerous heat globally in 2024
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Climate change adds 41 extra days of dangerous heat globally in 2024

India Today  

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate change worsened much of the world’s damaging weather throughout 2024. “The finding is devastating but utterly unsurprising: Climate change did play a role, and often a major role …

Extreme weather events cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars this year
1 week, 5 days ago

Extreme weather events cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars this year

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Extreme weather events in 2024 will ultimately cost Americans more than $500 billion in total …

Heatwave hotspots that should not exist are popping up across the world
1 month, 1 week ago

Heatwave hotspots that should not exist are popping up across the world

India Today  

The year 2023 has officially been recorded as the hottest year in history, with global temperatures averaging 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, surpassing the previous record set in 2016. Amid this unprecedented rise in temperatures, a new study reveals a concerning phenomenon: certain regions across the globe are experiencing extreme heat waves that exceed predictions made by climate …

Harsh weather sends up deaths by 144% in Telangana
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Harsh weather sends up deaths by 144% in Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Over 1,81,419 acres of crop area were affected, 66 people died, and 4,350 animal deaths were reported, all due to extreme weather events which spanned over 50 days from January 1 to September 30, revealed ‘India Climate Report 2024’, launched by the Centre for Science and Environment and its publication, Down to Earth. CSE report said there had been …

Revealed: The 10 DEADLIEST extreme weather events over the past 20 years - and scientists say climate change made them ALL worse
2 months, 1 week ago

Revealed: The 10 DEADLIEST extreme weather events over the past 20 years - and scientists say climate change made them ALL worse

Daily Mail  

From droughts, floods and heatwaves, it seems no corner of the globe has been spared by fatal climate events in the past two decades. All 10 events – three tropical cyclones, four heatwaves, a drought and two floods – were made worse by human-caused climate change, say scientists at World Weather Attribution. The Somalian drought back in 2011 caused a …

Health risks of climate change reach record-breaking levels
2 months, 1 week ago

Health risks of climate change reach record-breaking levels

China Daily  

By Jonathan Powell | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-10-31 21:02 Children play at an improvised soccer field in the dry area of Lake Tefe, amid what the national disaster monitoring agency Cemaden has already called Brazil's worst drought since at least the 1950s, in Tefe, Amazonas State, Brazil October 18, 2024. People worldwide faced an unprecedented 50 extra days of health-threatening …

European heatwave killed over 47,000 people in 2023, more women than men
4 months, 3 weeks ago

European heatwave killed over 47,000 people in 2023, more women than men

The Independent  

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UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief calls for action to stem ‘extreme heat epidemic’

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres urges countries to shift away from fossil fuels to tackle the climate crisis driving extreme heat. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Antonio Guterres said billions of people around the globe are experiencing “an extreme heat epidemic” fuelled by climate change. “Extreme heat is increasingly tearing through economies, widening inequalities, undermining the Sustainable Development Goals, and killing people,” the …

Nearly 5 billion people lived under extreme temperatures in June, study finds
6 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 5 billion people lived under extreme temperatures in June, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 60 per cent of the world’s population endured extreme heat driven by the …

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding
6 months, 2 weeks ago

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding

Al Jazeera  

More than 50 million people in the US under heat warnings while hundreds are evacuated from flooding in the Midwest. Soaring temperatures have placed more than 50 million people in the United States under extreme heat advisories, while flooding has spurred rescue operations and evacuations throughout the Midwest. The National Integrated Heat Health Information System said on Monday that about …

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change

Al Jazeera  

Deadly heat that recently blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists has said. The World Weather Attribution group also said the extreme highs experienced across the region in May and June were four times as likely to occur today as a quarter of …

India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up
7 months ago

India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over 200 people, including dozens of workers on election duty, have died in the last …

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India among worst hit by extreme heat, floods, glacier disaster in 2023: WMO

Hindustan Times  

Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Tuesday while highlighting that extreme heat, severe floods, a glacial lake outburst flood devastated parts of India also last year. In India, Yemen, and Pakistan, floods were the natural hazard event which caused the greatest number of fatalities, highlighting …

Climate crisis may kill 14.5 million people and inflict USD 12.5 trillion economic loss by 2050
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate crisis may kill 14.5 million people and inflict USD 12.5 trillion economic loss by 2050

New Indian Express  

The analysis is based on scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the most likely trajectory for the planet’s rising average temperature -- 2.5°C to 2.9°C over pre-industrial levels.Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare and member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, warned: “Over the next decade, the failure to mitigate and adapt to …

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages
11 months, 4 weeks ago

US suffered 28 extreme weather events in 2023, lost $93 billion in damages

India Today  

In an unprecedented year for climate extremes, the United States grappled with a historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, as reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The nation's average temperature soared to the fifth-highest on record, signaling a troubling trend that experts attribute to climate change and possibly the El Nino weather phenomenon. The global stage also …

Natural disasters that plagued the world in 2023
1 year ago

Natural disasters that plagued the world in 2023

Al Jazeera  

Natural calamities and harsh weather dominated news headlines in 2023. Seismic tremors, massive floods, raging wildfires, unrelenting droughts, landslides, cyclones and storms hit around the world, killing and displacing tens of thousands of people. On September 8, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Morocco, killing at least 2,900 people and wounding 5,500. It was followed by another magnitude 6.3 earthquake …

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation
1 year, 3 months ago

REVEALED: The US has suffered a record 23 billion-dollar climate disasters so far this year costing an eye-watering $57.6 BILLION - as tornadoes, wildfires and flooding ravaged the nation

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of Americans have died due to climate catastrophes in 2023, which has already smashed records for the highest number of billion-dollar disasters incurred in a single year. With four months still to go, the US has been struck by 23 disasters which came at a loss of at least $1 billion each - eclipsing the previous annual record of …

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go
1 year, 3 months ago

U.S. sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go

LA Times  

Ryan Orosco carries his son, Johnny, on his back amid floodwaters around their home in the Northern California city of Brentwood in January. The deadly fires in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the U.S. to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more — with four months still to go …

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go
1 year, 3 months ago

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there’s still 4 months to go

Associated Press  

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or more. “I would not expect things to slow down anytime soon.” NOAA has been tracking billion-dollar weather disasters in the United States since 1980 and adjusts damage costs for inflation. …

US sees record number of ‘billion-dollar’ disasters so far this year
1 year, 3 months ago

US sees record number of ‘billion-dollar’ disasters so far this year

Al Jazeera  

The government agency NOAA has tallied 23 billion-dollar weather disasters, surpassing a previous record set the year before. The United States has experienced a record number of natural disasters with damage estimated at more than $1bn, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association reported, as extreme weather events increase due to climate change. NOAA, a federal weather and storm monitoring agency, …

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Asia-Pacific needs disaster warning systems to counter rising climate change risks, report says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Countries in the Asia-Pacific region need to drastically increase their investments in disaster warning systems and other tools to counter rising risks from climate change, a United Nations report said Tuesday. She noted that countries that have put early warning systems in place, such as India and Bangladesh, which faces severe threats from devastating tropical storms, can save …

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say
1 year, 5 months ago

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers evaluated the role of climate crisis in these extreme heat events using peer-reviewed methods, weather station data …

Battling deadly heat: How cities can adapt to rising temperatures
1 year, 5 months ago

Battling deadly heat: How cities can adapt to rising temperatures

Hindustan Times  

Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are smashing one record after another, with extreme, deadly heat being reported in countries from the US and China to Japan, Italy and Spain. Limiting warming to the lower Paris Agreement target of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels would still expose 400 million people to dangerous heat levels by the end of the century, the …

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis
1 year, 5 months ago

World reels from wildfires, floods as US, China discuss climate crisis

Firstpost  

With scientists saying the target of keeping global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels is moving beyond reach, evidence of the crisis was everywhere Global temperatures headed towards alarming highs and extreme weather proliferated as the world’s two biggest polluters, China and the United States, sought on Monday to reignite climate talks. ‘VERY SCARY’ The high temperatures are …

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink
1 year, 5 months ago

Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink

The Independent  

The world is hotter than it’s been in thousands of years, and it’s as if every alarm bell on Earth were ringing. Unless humanity radically transforms the way people travel, generate energy and produce food, the global average temperature is on track to increase by more than 3 degrees celsius, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – unleashing …

Extreme heat contributed to more than 60,000 deaths in Europe last year
1 year, 5 months ago

Extreme heat contributed to more than 60,000 deaths in Europe last year

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The findings of the current study, with over 61,000 estimated heat-related deaths, further support the evidence that heatwaves have …

The new "abnormal": Experts agree climate change will intensify droughts and heatwaves in the future
1 year, 6 months ago

The new "abnormal": Experts agree climate change will intensify droughts and heatwaves in the future

Salon  

Imagine a future in which one-fifth of the planet is regularly subjected to boiling heatwaves and blistering droughts. "It's a 'new abnormal' and it is now playing out in real time—the impacts of climate change are upon us in the form of unprecedented, dangerous extreme weather events." "Compound drought and heatwaves severely threaten socio-ecological systems, leading to greater impacts — …

Review of Vinod Thomas’s Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change: Notes on averting a climate disaster
1 year, 7 months ago

Review of Vinod Thomas’s Risk and Resilience in the Era of Climate Change: Notes on averting a climate disaster

The Hindu  

Every national and State government is today confronted by the challenge of climate change, a phenomenon that defies electoral cycles and demands political consensus to prepare for a growing existential risk. All countries recognise the need to build resilience against the effects of global heating, but as Vinod Thomas, a visiting professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, …

Two million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century: World Meteorological Organisation
1 year, 7 months ago

Two million killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century: World Meteorological Organisation

The Hindu  

Nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion, the U.N. weather agency said on May 22. The Geneva-based agency has repeatedly warned about the impact of man-made climate change, saying rising temperatures have increased the frequency and intensity of …

The staggering human cost of extreme weather revealed
1 year, 7 months ago

The staggering human cost of extreme weather revealed

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. As many as 11,778 disasters have been reported since …

Fears for Asia’s summer after recent ‘monster’ heatwave
1 year, 8 months ago

Fears for Asia’s summer after recent ‘monster’ heatwave

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A “monster” Asian heatwave which shattered temperature records in more than a dozen countries is …

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change. Adriana Moreno said she feels like she’s been talking about climate change for years, but it’s only recently that the 22-year-old high school teacher has noticed her …

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

The Hindu  

An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change. Adriana Moreno said she feels like she's been talking about climate change for years, but it's only recently that the 22-year-old high school teacher has noticed her older family …

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Extreme weather is nearly universal experience: AP-NORC poll

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An overwhelming majority of people …

Extreme weather events are becoming more severe, not less
55 years ago

Extreme weather events are becoming more severe, not less

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Climate, weather or meteorological events that we would classify as “extreme” have declined in severity over the last 20 or 30 years. Scientific research has documented how events including extreme precipitation, droughts and forest fires have become more frequent and severe as a result of climate change. THE FACTS: A podcast clip shared on Instagram this week falsely claims …

Extreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say
1 year, 10 months ago

Extreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say

Associated Press  

The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, a panel of scientists warned Monday. Radley Horton, a research professor at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, stated that human-induced climate change has caused the global average atmospheric temperature to warm by about 2 degrees in the last several …

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster

LA Times  

New climate data show that 2022 was among the hottest years on record but that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions just keep rising. Another study showed the amount of heat being taken up by Earth’s oceans reached another record high last year. And it’s another stark reminder that despite some recent progress on climate policy, such as the passage of the …

Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

The Hindu  

US weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar disasters report on January 10, 2023. For example, “it is clear that climate change increases the upper limit on hurricane strength and rain …

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged US weather extremes in 2022

Associated Press  

DENVER — Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, totaling more than $165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday. Even though 2022 wasn’t near record hot for the United States, it was the third-wildest year nationally both in number of extremes …

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Cities ablaze and countries submerged: The worst climate disasters of 2022

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The climate crisis intensified Pakistan’s monsoon rains by 50-75 per cent, World Weather Attribution subsequently discovered. open image in …

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters
2 years ago

2022 was a historic year for climate change reform — and for natural disasters

Salon  

It may seem like 2022 was such a slog it felt more like three years instead of one — something about the pandemic has warped time perception — but even so, on geological timescales, it was a blip. Our planet's average temperature has fluctuated many times throughout its 4.5 billion year history, but things are heating up, fast, and humans …

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion
2 years ago

New abnormal: Climate disaster damage 'down' to $268 billion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re just getting used to it but that’s not …

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