Heavy snowfall und subzero temperatures have wreaked havoc on the United States this holiday season. Deutsche Welle takes a closer look at how this and other types of extreme weather link back to climate change.

The young population in the coastal villages want to develop their skills and knowledge and advance their career.

Instead of effectively tackling the issues related to climate change, world leaders have politicised it over the last 30 years.

India is set to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought, a senior minister has told the BBC.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Friday declared a "state of disaster" in many rural areas hit by a severe drought, with more than a quarter of the population facing food shortages.

India will urge rich nations to deliver "climate justice" for developing countries at a major environmental conference in Paris later this month, the environment minister of the country says in an interview with AFP.

Taiwan begins rationing water supplies to more than one million households as it tackles the island's worst drought in years.