Vulnerable, small island nations, like those in the Caribbean are amongst those being hit hardest by climate change. In the tiny country of Grenada, Hurricane Ivan wiped out crops, homes,...
In September 2009, Typhnoon Ketsana hit Vietnam killing 162 people. While typhoons and other natural disasters are often seasonal, in Vietnam, the weather has become so wildly unpredictable because of...
In the run up to the historic climate negotiations between global leaders in Copenhagen, this special episode of The United Nations - 21st Century captures the human side of the...
In this week's climate change story, we are reminded of the hurricanes that devastated parts of the U.S. in recent years: Katrina, Rita, Ivan. While Americans got lucky this year,...
In this week's climate change story, scientific evidence of rising sea levels predicts the loss of the southern end of Florida by the close of the century. Other major U.S...
This week's climate change story portrays the intensifying power of weather in the Southern United States. Only weeks ago, Georgia was buried in water when hit by a fluke storm...
(Al Jazeera English: September 23, 2009) Obama urges Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks during the first tri-lateral meeting, along the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in...
In August 2007 Hurricane Dean devastated much of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, destroying infrastructure, the environment and people's livelihoods, much of which is still in disrepair to this day. To better...
(November 8, 2007) The worst floods in Mexican history have left thousands homeless and the Tabasco region devastated. Watch as we present the Mexican perspective, and show how the...
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