The average global temperature in April was 1.67 degrees F above the 20th-century average of 56.7 degrees F, making it the second-hottest April in the 140-year record behind April 2016. Keep Reading
Launching a major, long-term strategy to tackle flooding and coastal change, the United Kingdom’s Environment Agency Chair, Emma Howard Boyd has said ‘we cannot win a war against water’ by building higher flood defences and called for a new approach. Keep Reading
The United States is the "only Arctic State that has not made similar investments in ice-capable surface maritime security assets." Keep Reading
Report estimates that a combination of private insurance coverage for wind damage, federal flood insurance, and federal disaster assistance would cover roughly 50 percent of losses to the residential sector. Keep Reading
"Local fire departments must provide emergency response in treacherous conditions without the expectation of immediate state or federal assistance." Keep Reading
H.R. 367 provides continuing appropriations to the U.S. Coast Guard to compensate them whenever interim or full-year appropriations are not in effect. Keep Reading
The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in Africa is becoming clearer, the United Nations said on March 19, warning that the emergency “is getting bigger by the hour”. Aid access is the biggest challenge, after two swollen rivers burst their banks. Keep Reading
The report makes clear that the science, technology, and financing exists to move towards a more sustainable global economy, and ensure that the worst-case scenario is avoided, but political leaders, together with much of the public and private sector, is still wedded to outdated, polluting models of production and development. Keep Reading
The US-led team said confidence that human activities were raising the heat at the Earth’s surface had reached a “five-sigma” level, a statistical gauge meaning there is only a one-in-a-million chance that the signal would appear if there was no warming. Keep Reading
In the United States, 74 percent of respondents said cyber attacks from other countries was their top concern, followed by the threat from ISIS, climate change, and North Korea’s nuclear program. Keep Reading
