Today in climate change (2 October 2026)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Unequal evidence and impacts, limits to adaptation: Extreme weather in 2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/unequal-evidence-and-impacts-limits-adaptation-extreme

Tragedy stopped Mawson exploring this remote Antarctic region. We must get there to study its melting ice https://theconversation.com/tragedy-stopped-mawson-exploring-this-remote-antarctic-region-we-must-get-there-to-study-its-melting-ice-291165

Consumers put squeeze on coal as Australian households install record amounts of solar and batteries https://reneweconomy.com.au/australian-households-installed-record-amount-of-rooftop-solar-and-home-batteries-in-first-half-of-2026/

As El Niño strengthens across the Pacific, Australian farmers could face fierce frosts https://theconversation.com/as-el-nino-strengthens-across-the-pacific-australian-farmers-could-face-fierce-frosts-292367

What it means for global warming to exceed 1.5°C https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/what-it-means-for-global-warming-to-exceed-15c/

High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/22/high-mileage-used-electric-cars-reliable-petrol-ev-mot

Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark https://theconversation.com/climate-disasters-are-getting-worse-risks-escalate-when-authoritarian-regimes-keep-neighbours-in-the-dark-291857

Climate overshoot will leave lasting impacts even after global temperatures fall https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsci/2026/09/24/research-climate-overshoot-will-leave-lasting-impacts-even-after-global-temperatures-fall.html

For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2026-zero-hurricanes

Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/30/antarctic-winter-sea-ice-falls-to-third-lowest-level-on-record-as-scientists-warn-of-now-problem

China expects strongest super El Nino event on record this year https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/china-expects-strongest-super-el-nino-event-record-this-year-2026-09-29/

Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29092026/record-breaking-el-nino-grows-in-pacific/

Committed Antarctic Ice Sheet mass loss by the end of the twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-02102-1

Climate change mitigation: reducing emissions https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/topics/in-depth/climate-change-mitigation-reducing-emissions

Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026 as heat waves, low winter snow accelerate thaw https://apnews.com/article/switzerland-glacier-melt-glamos-e847da14ad64ce6a3f188c05636e4b73

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