Today in climate change (17 October 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Wind and solar smash grid market share records, even after heavy curtailment, coal at new low https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-smash-grid-market-share-records-even-after-heavy-curtailment-coal-at-new-low/

IEA Report Claims Fossil Fuel Imports Have Declined In More Than 100 Countries https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/10/iea-report-claims-fossil-fuel-imports-have-declined-in-more-than-100-countries/

Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/antarctic-sea-ice-winter-peak-in-2025-is-third-smallest-on-record/

World Reaches a Climate ‘Tipping Point,’ Imperiling Coral Reefs https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-tipping-point-coral-reefs

Modelling shows gas project emissions will cause hundreds of heat-related deaths https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/fossil-fuel-climate-impact-study-models-heatwave-deaths/105870098

The $3.3 trillion climate question: Can data centres take the heat? https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/data-centres-3-3-trillion-question-heat-cooling/

State of Global Water Resources 2024 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-water-resources-2024

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project https://theconversation.com/for-the-first-time-we-linked-a-new-fossil-fuel-project-to-hundreds-of-deaths-heres-the-impact-of-woodsides-scarborough-gas-project-266060

Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/most-of-the-world-has-recently-set

Record renewable energy growth falls short of climate goals https://www.dw.com/en/record-renewable-energy-growth-falls-short-of-climate-goals/a-74357169

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/record-leap-in-co2-fuels-fears-of-accelerating-global-heating

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/uk-prepare-buildings-2c-rise-temperature

Existing demand-side climate change mitigation policies neglect avoid options https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02800-5

Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/antarctica-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-like-greenland-and-that-isnt-good/

The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet https://theconversation.com/the-climate-crisis-is-fuelling-extreme-fires-across-the-planet-267626

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