‘Climate Change Will Soon Make Millions Homeless’

Millions of people will soon have to leave their homeland as a result of global warming, says a report on environmental refugees by the Italian environmental association Legambiente. Half of them will move due to natural catastrophes, the rest will be hit by desertification and rising sea levels.

Conservation Group, Universities Unveil Climate Change Web Tool

A web tool for projecting past and future temperature of specific areas of the world was unveiled Friday for use by climate experts and the general public.

Refugees Join List of Climate-Change Issues

With their boundless vistas of turquoise water framed by swaying coconut palms, the Carteret Islands northeast of the Papua New Guinea mainland might seem the idyllic spot to be a castaway.

Rare animals ‘to be moved from native habitats because of climate change’

Endangered animals from wildcats to butterflies and fish could be transported from their native habitats to other countries under controversial plans being developed by scientists to help them cope with climate change.

Climate change could kill 500,000 a year by 2030

It’s been a busy week for climate change campaigners. First, a gathering of Nobel laureates at St James’s Palace, London, declared world governments must take bold and quick action to avert catastrophic climate change. Then, on Friday, Kofi Annan piled on the pressure, throwing his weight behind the first report investigating the impact of climate change on humans.

Global Warming already costing $125bn a year in economic losses

Global Warming is already responsible for 300,000 deaths a year and results in annual economic losses of $125bn, according to a major new study on the human impact of climate change.

Research reveals Pacific Ocean threats and solutions

The Pacific Ocean, occupying a third of the planet’s area, faces threats that will render some coastal areas uninhabitable.

Warming means new threats from bugs, heat waves

Tree-devouring beetles, disease-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs of the threat that climate change is likely to pose to human health.

U.S. says rich nations likely to miss carbon targets

Rich nations as a group are unlikely to reach the deep 2020 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions urged by developing nations as part of a new U.N. climate treaty, the top U.S. climate envoy said on Friday.

Climate change causes 315,000 deaths a year

Climate change kills about 315,000 people a year through hunger, sickness and weather disasters, and the annual death toll is expected to rise to half a million by 2030, a report said on Friday.

Climate change huge challenge for Africa: minister

The challenges facing Africa to fight climate change are enormous and costs are huge though hard to quantify, South Africa’s environment minister said on Friday.

New York, Boston “Directly in Path” of Sea Level Rise

By 2100 visitors to Boston could be parking their boats, not their cars, in Harvard Yard.