The European Environment Agency is calling for better integration of national climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies by EU contries in order to further strengthen climate change resilience. 

A new report shows that the impact from the United States’ decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement could be significantly mitigated thanks to determined action shown by US states, cities and businesses.

World leaders and senior officials representing 56 Muslim nations have pledged to increase investment in science and technology as a means of tackling food, water, health and climate change challenges at the first ever Islamic-word Science and Technology summit which took place this week.

The inadequate supply of water and sanitation is costing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region around US$21 billion per year in economic losses, according to a new World Bank report.

The first ever Islamic world science and technology summit which will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan on 10th and 11th September this week  has placed food and water security as a major priority.

A national initiative to conserve the UK’s peatlands has won a five year extension in a bid to stem the threats of climate change and flooding and tackle critical water supply issues.

The National Hurricane Centre is warning that  ongoing catastrophic and life threatening flooding will continue across south eastern Texas and situation could continue to worsen - the worst of floods are expected on Wednesday and Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.

Weather-related disasters could affect around two-thirds of the European population annually by the end of this century, according to a new study from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the EC’s science and knowledge arm.

A € 2.6m+ EU-funded project has developed new modelling tools to better forecast the impact of extreme weather on agricultural production in Europe and beyond – the MODEXTREME software tools are available without restriction to the public under the creative commons licence.

New innovative research has found that for England and Wales there is now a 1 in 3 chance of a new monthly rainfall record in at least one region each winter during the period from October to March every year.