Losing power also has real consequences for people’s businesses, livelihoods and potentially their health and safety.

Refugee settlements are particularly affected by high temperatures and extreme rainfall, even more so than the rest of their host countries.

This is a green light for creating the largest-ever compensation fund for sex abuse claims.

Piecemeal legislation is easily unpicked, as the recent high court ruling showed.

A new neuropsychology study on California wildfire survivors found chronic cognitive problems in addition to anxiety and PTSD.

Researchers asked aid workers how to best prepare for the climate emergency in places where its effects are most severe.

International law bars nations from causing environmental harms in other states. Should that include sending thousands of refugees over the border in search of food, water and shelter?

Conservation or copper? A proposed mine in northern Minnesota pits industrial jobs against a thriving outdoor economy.

Two environmental engineers say governments need to do more to protect people from possible water contamination after wildfires.

Buildings aren't the only things at risk in wildfires. Recent disasters in California have left local water system contaminated with toxic chemicals afterward, slowing return and recovery.