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I am proof that the right infrastructure, training and support can help farmers cope with extreme conditions, writes Milexi Rodríguez. My farmers’ group is proof it can be scaled for every woman farmer in Honduras
Already facing extreme conditions, an exodus of charities in the wake of international aid cuts is only makes matters worse. Nick Ferris reports
The Kelvin wave is driven by this year’s super El Niño, according to experts
Exclusive: New analysis shows how climate disasters are sending the national debt of countries soaring, as campaigners warn much more must be done to compensate vulnerable countries that have done little to cause the climate crisis. Nick Ferris reports
At an event in New York to mark the release of The Independent’s Climate 100 List, David Miliband warns that the twin perils of conflict and the climate crisis are breaking records – and the world’s most vulnerable need us make up for lost time and act now to combat them
Rooftop solar alone met more than half the demand on the National Electricity Market on Saturday
Lee White – a former minister for the environment in Gabon – tells Nick Ferris why he believes investment from responsible mining companies gives the world’s second largest rainforest a better chance of survival than traditional foreign aid
Ahead of The Independent’s Climate 100 List being published later this month, we celebrate some of the honourees. Erin Brockovich’s work in helping win a $333m environmental lawsuit in the 1990s spawned a hit film starring Julia Roberts – now, Brockovich tells David Callaway, her attention has turned to the burgeoning issue of data centres
Fresh funding for Sheffield solar-powered battery company comes as cuts bring rethink of UK aid strategy
The El Niño is already impacting weather in America, stymying this year’s Atlantic hurricane production.
As a country on the frontline of the climate crisis, Pakistan is accustomed to water insecurity, writes Dr Shakeel Hayat. The country has had no choice but to find solutions to the climate crisis
Exclusive: Cities could swing to opposite extremes – according to research from WaterAid – with some pushed towards drought and others facing flooding. Stuti Mishra reports
Scientists say coming event threatens to kill coral across large stretches of reef and wipe out some species in particular areas
Report says percentage of the world facing at least one day of extreme heat stress each year has risen from 16 per cent to 22 per cent since the 1970s, equivalent to around one billion additional people
Exclusive: ‘Our new partnership with the Met Office will help countries protect against extreme weather events’
Scientists say this year could be the hottest on record
Investments analysed by The Independent show how climate action – whether in renewables that are cheaper than fossil fuels, or in weather-proofing new infrastructure projects – is now ‘built-in’ to the global economy, regardless of any leader’s political agenda. Nick Ferris reports
Exclusive: Agencies including the World Bank and the Africa Development Bank tell Nick Ferris how their new partnership, Mission 300, has been able to transform energy access in Africa even as foreign aid budgets have been cut
Millions of smallholder farmers supplying the UK are being squeezed by climate change and the Iran war — while the government is over two months overdue on announcing supply chain oversight rules that would help them
Several of the world’s poorest and most climate vulnerable countries say their negotiating abilities will be hurt at talks in Germany this month due to their delegates being unable to obtain visas
Wildfires accounted for 38 per cent of all insured natural hazard losses globally
Canada is the world's fourth-largest oil producer, and the bulk of its production is clustered in northern Alberta's boreal forest
From health and nutrition to agriculture and infrastructure, nearly every aspect of daily life is being hit by climate change in rural Tanzania. Nick Ferris visits an area programme run by the NGO World Vision to see how aid groups are responding
In Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam, researchers are using drone mapping to track malaria’s changing spread after years of declining cases. Nick Ferris reports
The financial pressure on airlines to move away from oil is growing, as the Iran war pushes jet fuel to its highest price in years. Experts tell Stuti Mishra there are cleaner alternatives – if the right investment can be found
Exclusive: Some £260bn is required annually to tackle the escalating problem, with only £56bn currently mobilised, amid an increasing risk of forced migration, conflict, and hits to food chains that impact billions of people
Exports in March were equivalent to Spain's entire solar capacity
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