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Keywords: Climate risks
Severe weather events and wildfires generated more than $2.4 billion in insured losses in Canada over the past year, highlighting the growing financial pressure that extreme weather is placing on households, communities and the insurance sector. According to data from the Insurance Bureau of Canada,......
The World Bank has raised its forecast for economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa to 4.3% in 2026, up from an estimated 4.1% in 2025 and 0.3 percentage points higher than its previous projection issued in April. The latest edition of the World Bank’s regional economic report describes the outlook......
Hungary’s traditional paprika industry is facing growing pressure from drought, rising temperatures and shrinking cultivated areas, adding climate-related challenges to existing competition from cheaper imports and changing food habits. Paprika has long been associated with Hungarian cuisine and......
An estimated 25.8 million children and adolescents across Latin America could be exposed to climate-related risks linked to the return of El Niño, according to UNICEF. The weather phenomenon is expected to bring contrasting conditions across the region, ranging from prolonged drought in some areas......
The United Kingdom is encouraging households to strengthen their basic emergency preparedness by keeping essential supplies at home, including drinking water, non-perishable food, lighting equipment and medicines. The guidance forms part of a broader effort by British authorities to improve the country’s......
If a disaster on a global scale were to disrupt the systems that sustain modern life, geography could become an important factor in determining which societies are able to endure. Researchers examining catastrophic scenarios have identified Australia, and particularly Tasmania, as places with several......
Climate change is increasingly disrupting children’s education, with girls facing a disproportionate risk of falling behind or leaving school altogether, according to UNICEF. The United Nations Children’s Fund said extreme weather events linked to climate change can have consequences that......
The El Niño climate phenomenon is strengthening across the equatorial Pacific and could reach a very strong intensity toward the end of 2026, according to the latest assessment from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The agency also estimates that there is an almost 100% chance that......
The economic and social consequences of climate change are intensifying across countries every year, with no nation remaining fully protected from the effects of a warming planet, according to Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Speaking at......