A major heat wave and drought has sent world grain prices sky rocketing for a second of three summers suggesting...
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Climate indicators for an El Niño event in the western Pacific have eased slightly in the past two weeks, but...
The feared El Nino weather phenomenon could strike as early as the third quarter of 2012, raising prospects of wreaking...
Lloyd’s has published a roundup of the environmental issues inherent in as the world grows warmer. The recently concluded Rio...
Fresh water supplies are unlikely to keep up with global demand by 2040, increasing political instability, hobbling economic growth and...
From floods that crippled countries, to mega cyclones, huge blizzards, killer tornadoes to famine-inducing droughts, 2011 has been another record-breaker...
Gerard Wynn, a Reuters market analyst, has expressed his own views on the necessity of continuing to deal with the...
Deaths and health problems from floods, drought and other U.S. disasters related to climate change cost an estimated $14 billion...
Countries and megacities in Africa and Asia are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change over the...
An article on the Lloyd’s web site notes that “news reports on climate change have focused on dire predictions of...