Climate in Crisis

Branson sat down with NBC News while in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. This week he revealed his new climate change coalition, Planetary Guardians.

Unlike other states, California does not let insurance companies consider future risks when deciding how much to charge for an insurance policy.

A national push to "rewild" looks to restore natural environments that might help mitigate the effects of climate change.

Record rain turned into a disaster when two dams burst, sending flood water through the center of the city of Derna.

“After the year 2050, 2060, all of the Mediterranean will be in bad shape in terms of extreme events,” the country's leading climate scientist said. “They would happen more often and with larger intensity.”

As firefighters raced to hold back wind-whipped flames, they faced near-death escapes, blinding smoke, car-melting heat — and a battle they couldn’t win.

The move angered green groups, opposition politicians and large chunks of U.K. industry, but was welcomed by some in his governing Conservative Party.

As climate disasters drive home insurers to exit markets, many Americans already face rising premiums and lowered home values. Tens of millions more could join them.

Wildfire smoke made an imprint on pollution trends in three-quarters of all U.S. states, according to research published in the journal Nature.

The move comes as Democratic lawmakers and activists call on President Joe Biden to take bigger steps to fight climate change.

Global prices of olive oil surged to $8,900 per ton in September, driven by “extremely dry weather” in the Mediterranean, according to the USDA.