And heatwaves fuelled by climate change can worsen dry conditions when they do occur, by increasing evaporation from the soil ...

Torrential rains that triggered floods and landslides have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions across parts of ...

A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was "impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say. Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking ...

Intense rainy season has unleashed a humanitarian crisis across large areas of the Sahel region. Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced ...

Senegalese women marched in Dakar for climate justice Saturday ... This year saw record breaking floods across the Sahel, and ...

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria.

By Gloria Dickie and Kate Abnett (Reuters) -Nearly 200 countries will gather next week for the U.N. climate summit, COP29.

Each chapter presents a nuanced case study: Across the Sahel, farmers and herders fight ... Across Jordan, climate-related poverty turns villagers against their overwhelmed government and appears ...

Record-breaking rainfall and flash floods have hit Spain, causing dozens of casualties and massive disruption and economic ...

John Podesta, President Biden’s clean energy adviser, said agencies were racing to deliver money from the 2022 climate law before Donald Trump arrives. By Lisa Friedman Limits on building ...

Gallagher Re and African Risk Capacity Ltd (ARC Ltd) have developed a new parametric reinsurance product for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) aimed at ...

Heavy rain in this region is rare ... In April 2024, temperatures in Mali hit 48.5C during an extreme heatwave across the Sahel region of Africa, which was linked to increased hospitalisations ...