The U.N. weather agency is warning that carbon-dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere increased at record-breaking speed last year.

World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas says rapid cuts to CO2 and other greenhouse gases are needed to avoid "dangerous temperature increases" by 2100 that would far surpass targets set in the Paris climate accord.

Facing 195 other countries who have chosen a different path, the task of US negotiators at upcoming climate talks in Bonn is unenviable.

A few more days and the last of Hurricane Sandy's damage will finally be cleared from Mohamad Rahman's southern Brooklyn home -- five years after the storm ravaged New York.

Two young women install a door frame on the two-story house's ground floor under the watch of Ben Fransua, who manages construction for an organization renovating homes damaged by the hurricane.

Typhoon Saola barrelled towards Japan's southernmost Okinawa island chain on Saturday bringing heavy rain as authorities issued a warning for strong winds and landslides.

As major carmakers shift towards electric vehicles, a group of major oil and gas firms announced Friday an investment into a diesel engine. 

More than 73,000 people have fled emergency conditions at home for Florida since Hurricane Maria devastated the US territory in the Caribbean.

An excessive heat warning has been issued in California through Wednesday as the state bakes under extreme temperatures that are shattering records.

The U.S. government should manage risks posed by climate change that could cost it tens of billions of dollars more per year by mid-century, a congressional report published Tuesday said.

But such steps seem in doubt under President Donald Trump, who has dismissed climate change as a "hoax," moved to pull the U.S. out of a global climate agreement and rolled back environmental regulations.

Ambassador Christina Lassen, Head of the Delegation of the European Union, launched on Tuesday in Horsh Beirut the National Air Quality Monitoring Network, a press release said.

The world faces a "dark future" if it fails to tackle climate change and inequality, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde warned on Tuesday.