Tropical forests lost at fastest recorded rate in 2024
...1. Record-breaking tropical forest loss in 2024 The tropics lost a record-breaking 6.7 million hectares of primary rainforest in 2024, according to new data from the University of Maryland?s GLAD lab, published via the World Resources Institute?s (WRI) Global Forest Watch platform....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/tropical-forest-loss-2024-nature-climate-news/
How will climate change affect temperature in the tropics? | World ...
...More record-breaking temperatures will occur in the tropics, according to a new study. The study analyzed temperature data from the last 60 years, looking at raw temperature trends and at normalized temperature trends. Warming will lead to more intense hurricanes and cause more severe droughts, damaging the environment, ecosystem, and human well-being....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/06/tropics-record-breaking-temperatures-climate-change-environment/
Tropical deforestation's toll on human life, and other climate and ...
...This round-up contains the key nature and climate news from the past week. Top nature and climate news: Deforestation in the tropics is driving up temperatures; Pakistan's Punjab region deals with extreme flooding; Collapse of critical ocean current system no longer a 'low-likelihood' event....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/09/tropical-deforestatation-half-million-people-nature-climate-news/
Were the tropics once covered in ice? | World Economic Forum
...The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a not-for-profit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2015/04/were-the-tropics-once-covered-in-ice/
What are tropical glaciers and how is climate change affecting them ...
...What are tropical glaciers? The words ?glacier? and ?tropics? seem incongruous at first glance. But, as in colder climes, tropical glaciers occur in the high mountain ranges in the tropics, where the thermometer drops low enough to turn rain into snow....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/10/tropical-glacier-climate-change-elnino-indonesia/
The tropics are expanding. Here's why you should be worried
...The Tropics are defined as the area of Earth where the Sun is directly overhead at least once a year ? the zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. However, tropical climates occur within a larger area about 30 degrees either side of the Equator. Earth?s dry subtropical zones lie adjacent to this broad region....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2017/07/the-world-s-tropical-zone-is-expanding-heres-why-we-should-worry/
Collaboration for the Congo Basin - The World Economic Forum
...The Congo Basin is the world's largest tropical forest carbon sink, 60% of which is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor aims to protect 100,000 square kilometres of tropical forest, create 500,000 jobs and address food insecurity. This article was first published in CGTN French and Aargauer Zeitung in German....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/02/collaboration-for-earth-s-largest-tropical-forest-reserve/
How does deforestation affect rainfall? Here's a new study
...People living near deforested regions often report hotter and drier climates after forests are cleared, and a new study now provides evidence of this. It uses satellite data of deforestation and rainfall in three key tropical forest regions ? the Amazon, the Congo and Southeast Asia. Rainfall decreased in the dry season and wet season, the researchers found, with wet season rainfall as much ......
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/03/study-finds-evidence-that-tropical-deforestation-stops-the-rain/
The Arctic could be ice free by 2040 | World Economic Forum
...The world?s winds are driven partly by the temperature difference between the north and south poles and the tropics. With the Arctic heating faster than the tropics, this difference will decrease and wind speeds will slow, possibly disrupting the northern jet stream and leading to more extreme weather....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2017/05/the-arctic-could-be-ice-free-by-2040/
Biodiversity loss threatens the economic future of sub-tropical ...
...Brazil's agricultural boom is driving deforestation, risking biodiversity and food security. Sustainable solutions could unlock billions in economic value....
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/biodiversity-loss-threatening-economic-future-sub-tropical-countries/