severe weather events

Study looks at impact of the heatwave plan for England, brought in after the 2003 heatwave which caused 2,000 excess deaths in the UK.

Attribution studies show that climate change is increasing the odds and the impact of many extreme weather events.

The latest report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit shows how the understanding of the connections between climate change and extreme weather events is evolving rapidly. JACK ALEXANDER reports on how the links between weather and climate change and its impact on policy making is more important now than ever.

Climate change its causing flooding and droughts that damage agricultural land in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The "rice bowl" of Asia produces 57 percent of rice production for the country - including 80 percent of its exports. ROBYN WILSON met the farmers facing ruin.