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Much of New York's infrastructure was not built to handle the amount of rain we've seen recently.
As world leaders gather Wednesday for the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit, entrepreneurs will present new ideas for a sustainable future on the High Line.
As world leaders gather Wednesday for the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit, entrepreneurs will present new ideas for a sustainable future on the High Line.
Today is Climate Day at the United Nations, as leaders from around the world discuss what their countries are willing to do to commit to cut carbon emissions and tamp down on rising global temperatures.
Extreme weather is spurring some insurers to exit states like California and Florida, while homeowners grapple with surging premiums.
The protest was linked to Climate Week. Police made 20 arrests.
Climate change protestors are making their voices heard for another day Tuesday in New York City, and it's all linked to Climate Week. CBS New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
The protest was linked to Climate Week. Police made some arrests.
The president's goal appeared to be elevating his global agenda as he called on the assembly to leave no country behind. CBS New York's Jessica Moore has the developing details.
There's tight security and a gridlock alert as President Joe Biden and other world leaders are in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly. CBS New York's Vanessa Murdock reports.
Chopper 2 was overhead where dozens of people were gathered outside the headquarters on Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan.
Police say two dozen people were arrested during the protest Thursday morning in Tribeca. CBS New York's Dave Carlin has a live update.
Chopper 2 is over the demonstration in Lower Manhattan.
There have been 23 weather extreme events in America that cost at least $1 billion this year through August, breaking the record of 22 set in 2020.
Security guards and, later, more than a half-dozen police officers went over to confront the three protesters.
Students went to India to install weather monitoring stations in communities where climate data is lacking.
Hila Perry, 32, performs throughout the city wearing a big round earth costume. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado sat down with her at a community garden in the East Village.
"Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
Years of keeping fire out of America's forests led to a buildup of dead trees and brush — fuel for today's larger, hotter, more lethal wildfires.
One expert told CBS News that roads and highways "are not built" to handle extreme weather events.
There's no relief in sight as an intense heat wave continues across much of the U.S.
One climate scientist called the marks more "evidence ... that global warming is pushing us into a hotter future."
Preliminary measurements had the mercury topping an average of 62.6 degrees worldwide for the first time since records have been kept, an arm of NOAA says.
Tuesday's precipitation offered another example of how climate change impacts rainfall in our region.
The first six weeks of Canada's 2023 wildfire season put it on track to be its most destructive in history.
