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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jainey K. Bavishi, director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Resiliency, on recent flooding and how the city can prepare for weather events caused by climate change.

A majority of people in the U.S. have experienced extreme weather in the last five years, according to a new survey conducted by NPR, Harvard University and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with meteorologist Matthew Cappucci about the challenges of communicating about climate science during the weather report.

His plea was made even more dramatic because his country is just now starting to pick up the pieces from a typhoon that has killed hundreds.

The head of the country's meteorological administration says it faces climate disasters and ecological degradation resulting from a warming planet.

The conference is being billed as a last-chance summit to avoid catastrophic climate change. The goal is to come to a global agreement to limit greenhouse emissions.

In a victory for environmental activists, investors have passed a nonbinding proposal calling for Exxon Mobil to publicly examine how efforts to cut greenhouse gaseswould affect its bottom line.

President Obama is expected to discuss the dangers of climate change when he delivers the commencement address today at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

But shareholders at Exxon Mobil approved one resolution that could make it easier to one day nominate an environmentalist to the board.

Activists want wealthy countries and investment institutions to address Vietnam's human rights record before they provide funds to the country to address climate change.