As the Earth warms, the effects are becoming harder to ignore. Powerful storms, floods, heat waves and droughts are reshaping daily life. AP’s climate and environment coverage focuses on the people at ...

Some irreversible climate harms are already happening to the planet, researchers are warning ahead of this year’s global climate summit. In a new report, a group of researchers said that between 2023 ...

This is the worst-ever year for climate politics—but the struggle is far from over. Protesters stage a “die-in” during a rally for Climate Justice in Seoul on September 27, 2025. “We are hurtling ...

The world needs a new approach to environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet by adopting policies to jointly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and ...

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Donald Trump's administration started 2026 by removing the United States from several international climate organizations.

As Connecticut experiences more intense weather events that cost taxpayers millions, environmental advocates are asking lawmakers to introduce new legislation that would create a climate superfund, ...

Scientific analyses show that the Ukraine and Middle East wars have unleashed staggering amounts of planet-warming emissions. Smoke fumes cover a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli air strike ...

What if the worst environmental problem wasn't the one everyone is talking about? While Western elites sip fair-trade coffee ...

Climate change doesn’t just pose an existential threat to our planet. It’s also ratcheting up national security risks. With increasing food insecurity, resource scarcity and unstable borders, climate ...