CLIMATE CHANGE

The deluge battered southern Florida, blocking roads, stranding vehicles, forcing flight delays and cancellations at airports.

Over the weekend, deadly storms ravaged Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, resulting in at least 18 fatalities, hundreds of injuries, and widespread destruction.

Critics referred to the move of DeSantis as ignoring the reality of the threats of climate change in Florida. Some of the threats mentioned were extreme heat and flooding, and also increasing severe storms.

Most of Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits are now law and are unlikely to be reversed by Donald Trump if he wins November's presidential election, a senior administration official said Friday.

The High Court ruled Friday that the UK government had acted unlawfully when it approved elements of its plans to meet net-zero targets based on "vague and unquantified" information.

The oil industry's public relations strategy has evolved from climate science denial to "disinformation and doublespeak" to counter meaningful environmental policies, US congressional Democrats said in a report Tuesday.

The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting protections for "refugees and displaced communities" threatened by climate change.

The revived measures include mandatory assessments of safer technologies and "root cause" analyses post-accidents.

A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions.

Veteran US diplomat and politician John Kerry said Wednesday he planned to keep working to address climate change including by encouraging the private sector as he steps away from his envoy role.

An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.

The Geneva Learning Foundation's journey began when thousands of health workers participating in its programs shared their concern that climate change is damaging the health of communities. The World Health Organization echoes this sentiment: Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to health systems worldwide.

Environmental campaigners are losing faith in the UN-led COP climate process after signs that a phase-out of fossil fuels may not be agreed in Dubai, a leading activist said on Tuesday.

Thanks to boosted investment in renewables, coal has proven a far easier energy source to quit than oil and gas -- with a few exceptions -- in major economies.

The Netherlands-based bank has a net zero target date—2050—with a lowered emissions goal set for 2030.

Hydroelectric power is the world's most significant source of renewable energy, but it's not exactly 'green'.

The total commitments fall short of developing countries' prior requests, but experts view it as a positive sign.

Google has successfully launched a joint venture with a startup to power data processing centers using energy from the Earth.

OPEC's Secretary General loudly defended continued investments in oil and gas on Monday, just days before the beginning of COP28 in Dubai.

India's Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman demanded action instead of words because the funding required to address climate change is a challenge, particularly for developing economies.

Memoranda of understanding have been signed, greenwashing claims have been made. Quite a bit is at stake in the coming weeks in Dubai.