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Canadian scientists show that unregulated exploitation of fossil fuels could lead to dramatic rises in temperature more than double the levels previously feared.

Major insurer calls for an end to government subsidies that encourage expensive house-building schemes in areas of the US at high risk of floods and storms.

Very high temperatures are set to affect some of the world’s least developed countries before touching the richer nations that are more responsible for climate change.

New study shows that the financial costs of developing countries adapting to the impacts of climate change may rise to as much as $500 billion by 2050.

Scientists in Australia warn that global warming will lead to more intense and concentrated summer storms seriously testing city drainage systems already struggling to cope.

Temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa could reach unbearably high levels that would make some regions uninhabitable and increase the pressures of climate refugees.

New research calls in to question climate models that link weather extremes to current temperature rise.

For the second year scientists report the extent of the sea ice in the Arctic region has continued to shrink dramatically to record winter levels.