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UN Chief Warns World 'Way Off Track' on Tackling Climate Crisis as New Report Underscores Need for Bold Global Action

A fire rages in Bobin, Australia on Nov. 9, 2019, as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes across the state of New South Wales.

Extreme Weather Could Spark Economic Recession 'Likes of Which We've Never Seen Before,' Research Warns

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Unpriced risk was the main cause of the Great Recession in 2007-2008."

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Planet Just Had Costliest Decade for Global Natural Disasters: Insurance Industry Report

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Floodwater from the Mississippi River rises around a home on June 1, 2019 in West Alton, Missouri.

The Mississippi Basin floods were among the disasters with a massive price tag.

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'Unquestionably Alarming Signs': Earth Just Had Hottest Decade on Record

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Fire and Rescue personnel run to move their truck as a bushfire burns next to a major road and homes on the outskirts of the town of Bilpin on December 19, 2019 in Sydney

2019 was also the second warmest year on record, and the past five years were...

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Oliviera Feliciano rests at the refugee camp located at the Mariano Rodríguez Coliseum on January 11, 2020 in Guanica, Puerto Rico. Saturday morning's quake was the most powerful aftershock following Tuesday's 6.4 earthquake that damaged her home. (Photo: Jose Jimenez/Getty Images)

'Unconscionable': As Puerto Rico Suffers Earthquake Aftermath, AOC, Sanders, and Velazquez Demand Trump End Illegal Hold on Relief Funds

Activists for climate action rallied

Tens of Thousands Join 'Sack ScoMo' Protests Against Government Climate Inaction as Bushfires Rage Across Australia

With 14 'Billion-Dollar Disasters' and Record-Breaking Heat in Alaska and Across South, 2019 Was a Year of Climate Extremes for US

More Than One Billion Animals Killed in Australia Wildfires Called a 'Very Conservative' Estimate

'Virtually Unstoppable' Blazes, Record Heat, and Mass Evacuations as Australia Wildfires Intensify

A woman stands amid buildings and homes destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Groundbreaking Study Finds 'Fingerprint' of Human-Caused Climate Change in Global Daily Weather

Indonesian children wade in their flooded neighborhood

Flooding From What Officials Called 'Not Ordinary Rain' Kills Dozens and Displaces Thousands in Jakarta

'Entire Species Are Being Wiped Out': Ecologists Say Half a Billion Animals May Have Been Killed by Australia Wildfires

Canberra, Australia on Wednesday was so smoky that visibility past a few hundred yards was virtually non-existent.

Smoke From Australia Fires Delivers Capital 'Worst Air Quality on Record'—With More to Come

Digging for water in the Ewaso Ngiro river basin in central Kenya on April 4, 2017.

A Call to Action as Planet's Essential Groundwater is Being Rapidly Depleted

Residents walk past a house damaged during Typhoon Phanfone in Tacloban, Leyte province in the central Philippines on December 25, 2019. - Typhoon Phanfone pummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation. (Photo: Bobbie Alota/AFP via Getty Images)

Typhoon Devastates Philippines With at Least 20 Dead on Christmas Day

A firefighter and a koala watch a bushfire in Eden Hills, Adelaide, South Australia.

Pouring Coal on the Fires, Aussie PM Rejects Climate Solutions as Country Burns

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Greenpeace

New Photos of Australia’s Record-Breaking Bushfires Show Life in a State of Climate Emergency

350.org

Australia’s Catastrophic Bushfire Crisis

350.org

Jakarta Floods Indicate a Decade of Harsher Climate Impacts

Oxfam International

Climate Fuelled Disasters Number One Driver of Internal Displacement Globally Forcing More Than 20 Million People a Year from Their Homes

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Study Predicts Additional Month of 100-Degree Days at US Military Bases by Midcentury

Oregon State University — College of Forestry

World Scientists Declare Climate Emergency, Establish Global Indicators for Effective Action

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Josue De Luna Navarro

If You Think Coronavirus Profiteering Is Bad, Wait Till the Climate Heats Up

Zoltán Grossman

Washing Our Hands of Trump and Powerlessness

Max Sano

Climate Action Planning in a Federal Leadership Vacuum

Bill Spence

Australian Government Is Burning Our Children's Future

Rev. John Dear

Fire Drill Fridays Take L.A.

Pat LaMarche

The Climate-Fueled Camp Fire Took Their Homes. Now They Are at Risk of Losing FEMA Housing Too.

Tara Lohan

5 Things You Should Know About the Earth’s Warming Ocean

Tom Engelhardt

For the Fate of Planet Earth, Please See Page 5

Marianne Brooker

Climate Refugee Ruling Sets 'Global Precedent'

Emily Folk

Environmental Changes in our Food System