Today in climate change (5 December 2025)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Highlights from the extreme heat and agriculture report https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/highlights-extreme-heat-and-agriculture-report

Southern Annular Mode dynamics, projections and impacts in a changing climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00746-y

The Quiet Retreat: Why the oil and gas industry is implementing its own decline, even as the IEA resurrects an old growth scenario https://carbontracker.org/the-quiet-retreat-why-the-oil-and-gas-industry-is-implementing-its-own-decline-even-as-the-iea-resurrects-an-old-growth-scenario/

When Earth Got 6°C Hotter 56 Million Years Ago Plants Stopped Absorbing Carbon Properly. Scientists Say It Could Happen Again https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/climate/when-earth-got-6c-hotter-56-millions-years-ago-plants-stopped-absorbing-carbon-properly-scientists-say-it-could-happen-again/

Land Use Changed the Climate. Now Climate’s Changing the Land https://www.wri.org/insights/land-use-climate-change-feedback-loop

Scientists warn mountain climate change is accelerating faster than predicted, putting billions of people at risk https://phys.org/news/2025-11-scientists-mountain-climate-faster-billions.html

Urbanization is projected to increase local surface temperature by 2100 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02947-1

New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02122025/worker-heat-standards-save-lives/

Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on Australia https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00747-x

Here’s what’s next in the fight to curb climate change, now that talks in Brazil have ended https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-cop30-belem-brazil-united-nations-1e4a535b5416f59deae0303ebd422288

Global report highlights Mendenhall Glacier’s rapid retreat as a catalyst of climate change, warns impacts may speed up https://www.juneauindependent.com/post/global-report-highlights-mendenhall-glacier-s-rapid-retreat-as-a-catalyst-of-climate-change-warns-i

A decade of climate court cases: How legal battles are holding governments and polluters accountable https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/03/a-decade-of-climate-court-cases-how-legal-battles-are-holding-governments-and-polluters-ac

Deadly floods in Asia show why humans need to adapt to climate change https://observer.co.uk/news/the-sensemaker/article/deadly-floods-in-asia-show-why-humans-need-to-adapt-to-climate-change

Building Better Climate Initiatives: 7 Essential Ingredients for Effective Intergovernmental Cooperation https://www.wri.org/technical-perspectives/effective-cooperative-climate-initiatives

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html

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