Extreme heat

Report warns of 'dangerous feedback loop' where climate driven production shortfalls fuel expansion of damaging practices

Some 3.79 billion people will be living with extreme heat by mid-century if the world reaches 2C of global warming, Oxford University study warns

Government moves to tackle extreme heat, as Canada introduces new methane rules and the UK looks to support South African clean energy investment

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

Summers are getting hotter and are starting to negatively impact economic productivity

New analysis from the World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group urges companies to act now to protect worker health and bolster climate resilience - or face major a blow to productivity

The UK faces a choice - lock into energy-hungry cooling, or redesign homes, streets and routines to stay cool naturally - writes University of East London research fellow Mehri Khosravi

Friends of the Earth report warns nearly 10,000 care homes are in areas of the UK most at risk from increasingly intense heatwaves

Naming heatwaves may increase awareness of climate risks, but it could be dismissed by the public as sensationalist

New study estimates Europe's recent heatwave caused 2,300 excess deaths across major cities, the bulk of which can be attributed to climate change