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Europe’s banks aren’t sufficiently considering risks from climate change and must “urgently step up efforts” to make sure they understand the possible impact of floods, wildfires and losses on investments.

Portugal’s government on Friday, July 8, 2022, declared an eight−day state of alert due to a heightened risk of wildfires, as the drought−stricken country prepares for a heat wave packing temperatures as high as 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit).

The European Union’s executive warned on Thursday, July 7, 2022, that the continent is facing one of its toughest years when it comes to natural disasters like droughts and wildfires because of increasing climate change.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada says there is now a path to begin the recovery for Lytton, B.C., almost a year after two people died and most of the community was destroyed by a wildfire.

Extended drought conditions in several Mediterranean countries, a heat wave last week that reached northern Germany and high fuel costs for aircraft needed to fight wildfires have heightened concerns across Europe this summer.

Firefighters in Spain and Germany struggled to contain wildfires on Sunday, June 19, 2022, amid an unusual heat wave in Western Europe for this time of year.

More than 125 million people are under heat alerts as record high temperatures grip the U.S., particularly in the southwest.

California won't be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened species for now after the four-member Fish and Game Commission couldn't reach agreement Thursday on how best to protect the plant from climate change.

Harjit Sajjan toured the ruins of Lytton, B.C., on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, witnessing the full impact of what a wildfire did to the community when it raced through the village in June last year.

Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heat waves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling “climate anxiety” among young people.

Only about half the funds required are being provided by rich countries, according to a report by Oxfam.

Red Cross hires security to protect vulnerable girls, young women from drug dealers, sex traffickers when it arranges urban accommodations for northern residents forced to flee disasters.

The front lawn of Lydia Larce’s home is strewn with debris: Remnants of cabinets and chunks of pink shower marble lie between dumpsters. She lives in a FEMA trailer out back, her home in shambles more than a year after Hurricane Laura tore through Lake Charles.

Research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday found wildfires in North American boreal forests could represent about three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions under the Paris Climate Agreement’s budget to limit warming below 1.5 C.

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.