Reports, fact sheets and articles covering the impact of extreme weather and climate change events on people with disabilities and the world populationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/en-usSat, 18 Jul 2026 16:15:07 GMTClimate ChangeNew research reveals over 62,700 heat-related deaths across Europe in summer 2024, with vulnerable populations facing disproportionate riskshttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/european-heat-wave.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/european-heat-wave.phpMon, 22 Sep 2025 12:57:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeEarth's atmosphere acts like a sponge, intensifying wet and dry cycles as it absorbs and releases water, according to new researchhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/hydroclimate.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/hydroclimate.phpThu, 09 Jan 2025 17:21:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeUniversity of Tokyo researchers combine chloroplasts from algae with hamster cellshttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/planimal.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/planimal.phpTue, 05 Nov 2024 13:50:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeStudy reveals windblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and disrupted sleephttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/salton-sea.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/salton-sea.phpSat, 02 Nov 2024 15:10:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeInternational experts warn of climate change challenges, threats, and the impact on health systems and emergency medicine systems worldwidehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/climate-health-crisis.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/climate-health-crisis.phpSun, 13 Oct 2024 13:57:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeClimate report warns of escalating crisis and urges immediate action as UN summit nearshttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/urgent-warning.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/urgent-warning.phpTue, 08 Oct 2024 14:57:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeNew study reveals Great Salt Lake dust poses significant health risks due to high oxidative potential in exposed lakebed sedimentshttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/playa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/playa.phpSat, 07 Sep 2024 14:37:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeClimate change could increase the amount of time women spend collecting water by up to 30 percent globally by 2050https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/water-collection.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/water-collection.phpFri, 21 Jun 2024 13:44:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeA new global policy report by the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) reveals transforming world food systems would lead to socio-economic benefits summing up to 5 - 10 Trillion USD a yearhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/fsec.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/fsec.phpMon, 29 Jan 2024 15:28:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeCentral features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate changehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/evolution-climate-change.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/evolution-climate-change.phpTue, 02 Jan 2024 17:58:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeDisadvantaged populations will be the ones to experience some of the most severe burdens of climate changehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/isolation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/isolation.phpFri, 29 Dec 2023 11:17:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeCountries are not paying enough attention to marginalized peoples in responding to climate change-related challengeshttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/adaptation-policies.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/adaptation-policies.phpTue, 28 Nov 2023 00:01:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeThe release of only 1% of dormant pathogens could cause major environmental damage and widespread loss of host organisms worldwidehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/pathogens-ecosystems.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/pathogens-ecosystems.phpThu, 27 Jul 2023 17:06:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeAn epidemiological analysis estimates that 63% more women than men died due to heat in the European summer of 2022, with the highest incidence in the Mediterranean regionhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/summer-2022.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/summer-2022.phpMon, 10 Jul 2023 15:06:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeScientists find a massive amount of methane is coming from wildfires - a source not currently being accounted forhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/methane.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/methane.phpMon, 17 Apr 2023 16:15:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeStudy reveals that reducing anesthetics during surgery lowers greenhouse gases without compromising patient carehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/desflurane.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/desflurane.phpSat, 28 Jan 2023 09:47:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeClimate projections reported by ExxonMobil between 1977 and 2003 were accurate and skillful in predicting subsequent global warming and contradicted the company's public claimshttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/exxon.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/exxon.phpFri, 13 Jan 2023 11:03:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeThe study, Flocking to Fire: How Climate and Natural Hazards Shape Human Migration Across the United States, is the most extensive investigation of how natural disasters and climate change impacted U.S. migration over the last decadehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/american-migration.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/american-migration.phpThu, 08 Dec 2022 10:50:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeResearch confirms mass extinction 550M years ago killed 80% of early life. Environmental changes drove Earth's first die-off, mirroring today's crisishttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/extinction-event.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/extinction-event.phpTue, 22 Nov 2022 09:57:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeThe Hazard Mitigation Grant Program has bought over 43,000 homes since 1989, usually after a presidential disaster declaration, to reduce flood insurance liability and turn properties into green spacehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/home-buyout.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/home-buyout.phpTue, 15 Nov 2022 09:37:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeAt a time when the international community must act to address the climate and food crises, sustainable food cold chains can make a massive differencehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/Isustainable.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/Isustainable.phpSat, 12 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeAs a disability-inclusive development advocate, I have several concerns with the climate justice protest, as the prevailing ableist assumption is that disabled people cannot contribute to the climate change conversationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/systemic-barriers.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/systemic-barriers.phpWed, 09 Nov 2022 11:06:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeOp-ed article in relation to climate health and people with disabilities reflecting concurrent presentation for the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) 2022 conference in Washington DChttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/pwd-climate.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/pwd-climate.phpFri, 14 Oct 2022 14:27:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangePeer-reviewed analysis of how disaster and climate policies overlook disabled people, with case studies and questions for building disability justicehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/climate-disasters.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/climate-disasters.phpTue, 04 Oct 2022 12:22:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeFrom Antarctica to the Tibetan Plateau rainwater is now unsafe to drink due to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/pfas-rainwater.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/pfas-rainwater.phpTue, 02 Aug 2022 11:43:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeTo mark World Oceans Day on June 8th, Commonwealth Head of Oceans and Natural Resources Dr Nicholas Hardman-Mountford shares how Blue Charter is a beacon of hope for the future of ocean governancehttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/wod.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/wod.phpFri, 07 Jun 2019 14:39:00 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeGlobal average sea-level could rise by nearly 8 feet by 2100 and 50 feet by 2300 if greenhouse gas emissions remain highhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/sea-level.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/sea-level.phpSun, 07 Oct 2018 15:57:04 GMTDisabled WorldClimate ChangeWe face a direct existential threat as we are now experiencing record-breaking temperatures around the world, extreme heatwaves, wildfires, storms and floods are leaving a trail of death and devastationhttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/world-fate.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/disability/emergency/climate/world-fate.phpMon, 01 Oct 2018 18:48:31 GMTDisabled WorldFood SecurityLand degradation affects 3.2 billion people, threatening health, food security, and ecosystems; urgent sustainable practices are essential for global well-beinghttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/land-degradation.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/land-degradation.phpMon, 26 Mar 2018 09:44:00 GMTDisabled WorldAfricaConditions in crowded, urban settlements in Africa make effects of climate change worse, pushing temperatures to dangerous heights for children and seniorshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/climate-africa.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/africa/climate-africa.phpMon, 13 Nov 2017 10:13:28 GMTDisabled WorldAsthmaResearch reveals people with oak pollen allergies, particularly children, will have longer exposure to pollen that can induce allergic asthmahttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/oak-pollen.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/asthma/oak-pollen.phpWed, 10 May 2017 19:12:00 GMTDisabled WorldHealthEl Nino could be transporting and spreading waterborne diseases like cholera thousands of miles, across oceans, with significant impacts for public healthhttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/el-nino.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/el-nino.phpFri, 04 Mar 2016 18:16:00 GMTDisabled WorldFood SecurityA look at looming global water conflicts driven by scarcity, climate stress, and inequality, affecting vulnerable populations including seniors and the disabledhttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/looming.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/looming.phpTue, 24 Feb 2015 13:43:00 GMTDisabled WorldHealthDoes the weather actually affect a person with arthritis for example? If it does, how does it affect them? The fact is there has not been a great amount of research into the subjecthttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/weather-affect.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/weather-affect.phpMon, 24 Nov 2014 07:39:00 GMTDisabled WorldFood SecurityStudy shows food quality is declining under the rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide that we are experiencinghttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/c02.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/c02.phpSun, 06 Apr 2014 14:18:40 GMTDisabled WorldFood SecurityClimate projections show human health impacts possible within 30 years as studies demonstrate potential increases in waterborne toxins and microbeshttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/climate.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/climate.phpSun, 20 Feb 2011 10:42:00 GMTDisabled WorldHealthAs temperatures are rising and levels of snowfall are decreasing incidences of the plague are decreasinghttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/climate-change-health.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/climate-change-health.phpTue, 07 Sep 2010 11:11:56 GMTDisabled WorldFood SecurityStudy suggests that re-framing the climate emergency issue helps people better understand and relate to the climate change problemshttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/climate-change.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/climate-change.phpMon, 19 Jul 2010 11:25:00 GMTDisabled WorldFood SecurityFacts and information on effects of global warming and climate changes affecting agriculture output health and quality of lifehttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/global-warming.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/nutrition/foodsecurity/global-warming.phpTue, 01 Jun 2010 16:08:00 GMTDisabled WorldRespiratoryHigh summer temperatures with global climate change creates spike in hospitalizations for respiratory problemshttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/hotter-days.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/hotter-days.phpFri, 20 Feb 2009 13:42:08 GMTDisabled WorldMedical ResearchClimate change concerns raised about spread of arboviruses or disease viruses carried by arthropods mosquitoes midges and tickshttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/climate-change-disease.phphttps://www.disabled-world.com/news/research/climate-change-disease.phpThu, 05 Feb 2009 14:07:35 GMTDisabled World