Attracta Mooney

Michael Heffner had owned his detached house a short drive from the seafront in Virginia Beach, on the US east coast, for exactly one year when his home insurer abruptly cancelled coverage.

Population growth and industrialisation are compounding the problem, but there is no shortage of solutions

As Pere Aragonès, Catalonia's regional president, declared a drought emergency across the Spanish region in February, he issued a stark warning: "We are entering a new climate reality."

Intense heatwaves in India, Thailand and Bangladesh and fatal floods in China and Pakistan last week coincided with the latest UN weather agency warning that climate change is causing major repercussions across Asia.

Damage to habitats and closer contact can help multiple infections jump from wildlife

Six years after Malaysia first announced it had halted malaria spread by mosquitoes from person to person, the country is grappling with another

The bill for meeting climate goals will be immense. Governments worldwide are trying to figure out how to foot it

Extreme weather events around the world are expected to continue owing to high concentrations of greenhouse gases, scientists say, after April marked the 11th straight month at a record global average surface temperature

In Falls County, about 30 minutes' drive from Waco in the heart of Texas, clean energy company Avangrid is building its largest ever solar project.

Paris event organisers pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions from London and Rio levels. Attracta Mooney, Jana Tauschinski and Leila Abboud