Natural disaster

With countries around the world continually beating their own records for both heat and rainfall year on year, extreme weather is becoming more common. Now, as the planet heats up, natural disasters are on the rise. We have seen events from wildfires to hurricanes increasing in frequency and intensity, but how exactly can our changing climate have an effect on natural disasters?

Staying in Europe is the only way we can make a serious impact on climate change and the environment, MEP Alex Phillips writes.