Today in climate change (21 November 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

COP30: Accelerating action and unlocking resilience https://www.undrr.org/climate-action-and-disaster-risk-reduction/undrr-cop30#undrr-events-at-cop30

$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/15/170000-a-minute-why-saudi-arabia-is-the-biggest-blocker-of-climate-action

Climate change: essential reads https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/climate-change-essential-reads

COP30: African youth push for climate justice https://www.dw.com/en/cop30-african-youth-push-for-climate-justice/a-74698981

China: Heatwave 2023 https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/china-heatwave-2023

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/

Statement from Scientists at the Planetary Science Pavilion, about the current state of COP negotiations https://planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/14/statement-from-scientists-at-the-planetary-science-pavilion-about-the-current-state-of-cop-negotiations/

Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals, 20% more than previously thought https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2024/01/17/greenland-losing-30m-tonnes-of-ice-an-hour-study-reveals-20-more-than-previously-thought/

An Eye on Methane 2025: From Measurement to Momentum https://www.unep.org/resources/eye-methane-2025-measurement-momentum

The world’s carbon emissions continue to rise. But 35 countries show progress in cutting carbon https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-carbon-emissions-continue-to-rise-but-35-countries-show-progress-in-cutting-carbon-267980

‘We left pieces of our life behind’: Indigenous group flees drowning island https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0lg9pedz1o

COP30: Accelerating action and unlocking resilience https://www.undrr.org/climate-action-and-disaster-risk-reduction/undrr-cop30#undrr-events-at-cop30

Campaigners Urge Countries to Seize ‘Momentum’ at COP30 and Deliver Roadmap for Green Transition https://www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-belem

Weather behind past heat waves could return far deadlier https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/weather-behind-past-heat-waves-could-return-far-deadlier

The three big reasons why Mozambique is not adapting to climate change and what needs to be done https://theconversation.com/the-three-big-reasons-why-mozambique-is-not-adapting-to-climate-change-and-what-needs-to-be-done-269616

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