Almost one-third of the heatwave days India experienced in 2024 were driven by climate change, according to a new report by the medical journal The Lancet. The report found that India recorded an average of 19.8 heatwave days last year, of which 6.6 days would not have occurred without human-induced climate change.

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Finance for climate adaptation is only one-twelfth what the world needs, and the gap isn’t shrinking, the UN Environment Programme warns.

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico.

Heat-related deaths now make up more than 3% of mortalities in 26 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East. In Equatorial Guinea, 7.4% of deaths are blamed on high temperatures—the highest in the world. The United Arab Emirates has the rich world’s highest rate, at 6.7%.

Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq's ancient southern cities face erosion because of climate change.

As Earth warms at a record rate, winters are shorter and milder and there is less snow globally, creating clear challenges for winter sports that depend on cold, snowy conditions. With 100 days until the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games begin, many athletes say climate change is shaping their training and perhaps even the future of their sport.