Climate damages in the European Union from global warming could rise to at least 190 billion euros ($259 billion) a year in the 2071-2100 period, a study by the 28-nation bloc found.

A woman cooks bacon and shrimp on the trunk of a car in the scorching sun in Jinan city, east China's Shandong province, on May 29, 2014.

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North Korea's rivers, streams and reservoirs are running dry in a prolonged drought, state media said on Monday, prompting the isolated country to mobilize some of its million-strong army to try to

As the country closely monitors the impact of El Nino phenomenon on the progress of the south-western monsoon, which has remained below normal so far, a working paper which has created an India-spe

The United Nations, which marked World Day to Combat Desertification on 17 June, describes drought as the "world's costliest natural disaster".

California lawmakers are racing a deadline to overhaul an $11 billion bond program to upgrade aqueducts, reservoirs and pipelines, some almost a century old, under pressure from a third year of sev

Generators from nuclear reactors to coal-fired power plants will feel the brunt of the weather changes.

The world’s meteorologists and climate experts are watching closely for another burst of westerly winds across the Pacific that could trigger the first El Nino weather pattern since 2009-2010.

Rising sea levels, extremes of weather and an increase in the frequency of droughts and floods will all play havoc with the world's energy systems as climate change takes hold, a new report has fou