Several large U.S. financial institutions, including the Federal Reserve, have withdrawn from the networks after years of growing political and legal pressure.

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system.

An American International Group Inc. unit owes legal defense costs for climate change-related litigation against a Sunoco LP subsidiary because there’s at least a chance the claims are covered, the energy company told a Hawaii federal court.

Violent weather exacerbated by climate change fueled hunger and food insecurity across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, according to a new United Nations report.

It's true that training and using AI models like ChatGPT consume large amounts of electricity, resulting in the release of greenhouse gas emissions.

Researchers found that reduced low-cloud cover over land slightly mitigates global warming, although temperatures continue to rise. This discovery, based on advanced measurements, emphasizes the importance of accurate climate data to improve models and guide policy decisions.

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have made one threat very clear: Climate change is undermining the insurance systems American homeowners rely on to protect themselves from catastrophes. This breakdown is starting to become painfully clear as families and communities struggle to rebuild.

When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, one of his main goals had been to rein in carbon-dioxide (CO₂) emissions in order to curb climate change.

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in southwest suburban Lemont are taking a close look at how that Arctic weather is impacting weather in the Chicago area, and how climate change plays a role.

Economist and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Wolfram Schlenker warns that reduced funding for agricultural research and development and protectionist trade policies could worsen climate change-induced food crises and disrupt global food security.

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful tool to improve the accuracy and timeliness of forecasting, with 2024 proving to be a banner year for swift progress.

They have necessitated investments in edge-to-cloud computing and in supercomputers and workstations for applications in these fields.