Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Wednesday that levels of cooling water at the No.2 reactor of its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are recovering smoothly. Cooling functions at the ...

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are the subject of growing concern about their energy consumption and potential impact on climate change. Why do some cryptocurrencies use so much energy, ...

Search teams in flood-ravaged areas of Colorado have accounted for all but a half dozen people, down from hundreds initially reported missing in the disaster nearly two weeks ago, and authorities on ...

Pakistan is facing power shortages, more extreme rainfall, drought and heatwaves, crop losses and other worsening threats from climate change. What is it doing in response?

As climate change brings more rapid melting of glaciers, build-ups of meltwater in mountain areas are worsening, leading to growing risk of devastating glacial lake outburst floods ...

About 1.6 billion children have been affected by COVID school closures since the pandemic began, and some may never catch up. By Emma Batha. March 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) ...

Around the world, climate impacts - from harsher droughts to worsening storms and sea level rise - are already driving migration. What can be done to help people remain in their homes - or to make ...

Context provides news and analysis on three of the world’s most critical issues: Competition for water is growing around the world, particularly as climate change brings more erratic rainfall, harsher ...

General Ban Ki-moon shake hands following the closing news conference during the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Tur ...

Feminist university students shout slogans during a meeting to mark International Women's Day at the Central American University (UCA) in Managua, Nicaragua March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas ...

The United Nations appealed on Friday to the Saudi-led military coalition to fully lift its blockade of Yemen, saying up to eight million people were "right on the brink of famine". Earlier this week ...

Climate change is warming seas and melting glaciers, slowing raising sea level around the world. That is threatening everything from low-lying islands to coastal communities, which are being hit with ...