The Latest Breaking News from WWA

An extreme heatwave in the Sahel region in March and April would not have been as lethal without human-caused climate change, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of climate researchers has found. It warned of an increase in extreme weather if carbon emissions are not rapidly reduced.

Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence.

Dozens of war widows who remarried have been refused an £87,500 payout by the MoD because of a ‘mean-spirited, last minute’ change to rules

Floods like the one in Greece and Libya now ‘reasonably common’ due to climate crisis, study finds

Report says climate change made rainfall heavier but human factors turned extreme weather into humanitarian disaster

Europe and US heatwaves now have a probability of occuring every 10 and 15 years respectively, study finds

The extreme heat that baked parts of Southeast Asia last month was largely driven by human-induced climate change, according to analysis from a team of scientists.

A report released Thursday shows that the devastating series of droughts that has struck the Horn of Africa since late 2020 would not have occurred without global warming.

The torrential monsoon that has submerged more than a third of Pakistan was a one in a hundred-year event likely made more intense by climate change, scientists said on Thursday.

Torrential rains in Japan, record-breaking heatwaves in Europe, and recurring droughts in the western US. For the second year in a row the start of summer in the northern hemisphere has been marked by extreme weather. To what extent is global warming to blame?

Many are still missing after this month’s floods. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent, and it can be devastating