Today in climate change (3 October 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

‘It’s not us anymore’: Renewables go from boom to bust in the wind capital of Canada https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/574903/-It-s-not-us-anymore-Renewables-go-from-boom-to-bust-in-the-wind-capital-of-Canada

Abnormally hot days may hit Australia’s south-east after rare sudden warming over Antarctica https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/26/fears-of-abnormally-hot-days-in-southern-australia-after-sudden-stratospheric-warming-over-antarctica

Transport will make or break Australia’s new climate plan – and time is running out to fix it https://theconversation.com/transport-will-make-or-break-australias-new-climate-plan-and-time-is-running-out-to-fix-it-265986

Climate researcher warns of “unimaginable catastrophe” https://www.zdfheute.de/panorama/wetter-klimawandel-drei-grad-erwaermung-rahmstorf-vinke-100.html

International Day of Education: creating hope in the climate crisis https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/judithherbertson/2025/01/24/international-day-of-education-creating-hope-in-the-climate-crisis/

Six million young Tanzanians lead the charge for climate action and human rights https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/six-million-young-tanzanians-lead-the-charge-for-climate-action-and-human-rights-5207620

More than half of world’s coastal settlements retreating from rising seas, study shows https://www.preventionweb.net/news/more-half-worlds-coastal-settlements-retreating-rising-seas-study-shows

6 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously https://www.wri.org/insights/strategies-achieve-climate-mitigation-adaptation-simultaneously

Is flooding under climate change more predictable than we thought? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099151

When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen https://theconversation.com/when-china-makes-a-climate-pledge-the-world-should-listen-266346

World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s https://www.iied.org/worlds-major-cities-hit-quarter-more-hot-days-1990s

As Floods Worsen, Pakistan Is the Epicenter of Climate Change https://e360.yale.edu/features/pakistan-climate-floods

Red alert in the climate engine room https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/hottest-year-on-record-in-oceans-around-australia/105698530

Air temperatures over Antarctica have soared 35ºC above average. What does this unusual event mean for Australia? https://theconversation.com/air-temperatures-over-antarctica-have-soared-35-c-above-average-what-does-this-unusual-event-mean-for-australia-265079

Classroom heat widens the achievement gap https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/classroom-heat-widens-achievement-gap

What Hamburg’s tiny island can teach cities about resilience https://iclei-europe.org/news/?What_Hamburg%E2%80%99s_tiny_island_can_teach_cities_about_resilience_&newsID=aE4EYUqm

Ocean stratification in a warming climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00715-5

Renewables overtake coal for first time on monthly basis in Australia’s main grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-overtake-coal-for-first-time-on-monthly-basis-in-australias-main-grid/

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