CLIMATE

The Paris Agreement became a law Friday, but a U.N. report issued Thursday warns a lot more needs to be done to avoid potentially catastrophic increases in global temperatures.

About 44 million Americans, or roughly one-seventh of the population, received nutrition aid from the federal government this year.

Things aren't looking good for small farmers in disadvantaged regions of the globe.

If global aviation were a country, it would rank as the seventh largest carbon emitter in the world.

Repsol energy found up to 1.2 billion barrels of light oil in Alaska's North Slope.

The European Union is expected to ratify the agreement as early as Wednesday.

The International Business Times caught up with Mary Rice, a pulmonary and critical care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess in Boston, to talk about the effects of climate change.

The Chinese government announced it would roll out the program on a limited basis next year.

Rising temperatures and changes in humidity caused by climate change will severely affect the future of the Olympics, even limiting the number of viable host cities, according to researchers.

A team of researchers at the University of Arizona in Tucson found that trees may do more harm than good in fighting climate change.

A new study has revealed that the inexorable rise in the planet’s temperature is leading to a marked change in the distribution of clouds all over the Earth.

The heavy downpours, which have been attributed to the current El Niño, also injured dozens and damaged infrastructure in the north.

Twenty-three NGOs called for urgent aid to drought-ravaged Somalia, where residents are struck by the devastating effects of the current El Niño.

In honor of Earth Day, here are some fun and educational ways you can spend the day honoring Mother Nature.

Climate change issues should be tackled by the U.N., not in trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. trade representative said.

The next glacial period, which, in a human-free planet, would have started 50,000 years from now, is not likely to arrive for another 100,000 years, a new study suggests.

The president focused Tuesday on fighting climate change -- after signing a bill that will speed up pipeline approvals.

A new government report shows climate change 2.5 times faster than global average as Moscow sees record highs.

In the wake of the new climate-change agreement, enthusiasm for sustainable energy-producing alternatives is likely to swell. Here are a few possibilities.

However, China and a number of other developing countries say they are pleased with the new agreement.

The U.S. senator from Texas, a Republican candidate for president, says he doesn't believe in climate change. He's also getting a lot of money from the oil industry.