Today in climate change (19 September 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both https://theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-expansion-or-pacific-security-albanese-is-learning-australia-cant-have-both-265066

The Pacific won a stunning climate victory at the International Court of Justice. What’s next? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-14/whats-next-after-pacific-icj-climate-victory/105747794

China Is Leading The Way To A Fossil Fuel Free Future https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/12/china-is-leading-the-way-to-a-fossil-fuel-free-future/

‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’ https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/qa-pakistan-will-have-to-adapt-to-floods-as-the-new-normal/

Extreme Heat in U.S. Cities Revealed at High Resolution https://eos.org/research-spotlights/extreme-heat-in-u-s-cities-revealed-at-high-resolution

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment https://www.acs.gov.au/pages/national-climate-risk-assessment

The higher Australia’s 2035 emissions target, the more necessary a carbon tax will be https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/albanese-government-2035-climate-emissions-target/105771566

Warning of climate breakdown and soaring heat deaths a ‘wake up call’ for Australia, PM says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/15/millions-of-australians-at-risk-from-rising-sea-levels-and-heat-deaths-could-soar-landmark-climate-report-warns

How Climate Risks Are Putting Home Insurance Out of Reach https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-home-insurance

Africa’s Future Climate: Navigating Extremes through Innovation and Early Warnings https://wmo.int/media/magazine-article/africas-future-climate-navigating-extremes-through-innovation-and-early-warnings

The year Australia is due to blow its carbon budget https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/australia-carbon-budget-2035-emissions-target/105341080

First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/climate-risk-assessment-sea-level-rise-2035-target/105765456

Major climate change indicators broke records in 2024 https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/44711

An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/

Anthropogenic impacts on the Yellow River Basin https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00718-2

Climate Risk Assessment’s ‘high risk’ warning for 1 million Australian homes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/climate-risk-assessment-million-homes-insurance-gdp-costs/105774418

Fossil fuels harm health from ‘cradle to grave’ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-fossil-fuels-health-cradle-grave.html

Sun Day events spotlight the benefits of solar power https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/09/12/solar-power-florida-sun-day-third-act-bill-mckibben-hollywood-orlando-gainesville-climate-change/

UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-foreign-aid-for-nature-hits-800m-record-due-to-cash-for-carbon-credits/

‘It’s a warning, set to a dance beat’: Jon Batiste on his new song urging climate action 20 years after Katrina https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/28/jon-batiste-climate-crisis-song-petrichor

Why painting your home white could help you survive a heatwave https://theconversation.com/why-painting-your-home-white-could-help-you-survive-a-heatwave-264634

Northern WA communities already adapting to extreme climate future https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/northern-wa-communities-react-to-dire-climate-change-predictions/105774370

Latest heatwaves, droughts, floods could cost Europe €126 billion by 2029 https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20250915-latest-heatwaves-droughts-floods-could-cost-europe-%E2%82%AC126-billion-by-2029

Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/17/heatwaves-caused-more-than-1000-deaths-in-australia-over-four-year-period-study-finds

Climate change tripled death toll from European heatwaves this summer, study says https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/09/17/silent-killer-climate-change-led-to-16500-more-heat-deaths-in-europe-this-summer-study-say

Droughts Sync Up as the Climate Changes https://eos.org/research-spotlights/droughts-sync-up-as-the-climate-changes

Climate Change May Have Killed 16,469 People in Europe This Summer https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-may-have-killed-16469-people-in-europe-this-summer

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