Category: climate change

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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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WMO at COP30 https://wmo.int/site/wmo-cop30

Climate tipping points are close: scientists urge radical action before it’s too late https://theconversation.com/climate-tipping-points-are-close-scientists-urge-radical-action-before-its-too-late-268931

Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/09/climate-disasters-displaced-250-million-people-in-past-10-years-un-report-finds

The Path to COP30 https://www.wri.org/un-climate-change-conference-resource-hub

COP30 https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/cop30

The UN climate summits are working – just not in the way their critics think https://theconversation.com/the-un-climate-summits-are-working-just-not-in-the-way-their-critics-think-268953

2025 set to be second or third warmest year on record, continuing exceptionally high warming trend https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/2025-set-be-second-or-third-warmest-year-record-continuing-exceptionally-high-warming-trend

Adaptation is moving up the climate agenda. COP30 must get serious about financing it https://zcralliance.org/blogs/cop30-adaptation-finance/

Agenda for Cop30 agreed as crucial climate talks begin – as it happened https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2025/nov/10/cop30-climate-talks-brazil-belem-latest-news-updates

COP30 kicks off 10 years on from the Paris Agreement. Where is the world at? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/how-the-world-changed-ten-years-from-the-paris-agreement/105915560

China’s Emissions Have Been Trending Down for 18 Months https://e360.yale.edu/digest/china-emissions-decline

Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems https://crews-initiative.org/

As global climate action threatens to stall, can Australia step up at COP30 in Brazil? https://theconversation.com/as-global-climate-action-threatens-to-stall-can-australia-step-up-at-cop30-in-brazil-267430

Extreme Heat Risk Governance Toolkit and Framework https://www.undrr.org/publication/documents-and-publications/extreme-heat-risk-governance-toolkit-and-framework

Torres Strait Islanders appeal federal court decision on landmark climate case https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/climate-case-appeal/105990864

The Pacific won a landmark climate case at the world’s top court. Now they want countries to act https://grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/the-pacific-won-a-landmark-climate-case-at-the-worlds-top-court-now-they-want-countries-to-act/

People in Middle-Income Countries Say Climate Change Is Affecting Their Community https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/11/05/people-in-middle-income-countries-say-climate-change-is-affecting-their-community/

Climate change expands wildfire danger worldwide: New study warns of unprecedented risks in the coming decades https://www.cmcc.it/article/climate-change-expands-wildfire-danger-worldwide-new-study-warns-of-unprecedented-risks-in-the-coming-decades

Preparing cities for a changing climate https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/prepare-cities-for-changing-climate-and-meet-sustainable-development-goals

Canada, Singapore and UK Among Countries Most Prepared for Climate Change, BloombergNEF’s New Ranking of Climate Adaptation Preparedness Finds https://about.bnef.com/insights/nature-and-agriculture/climate-adaptation-scorecard/

Fossil fuel CO₂ emissions hit record high in 2025 https://phys.org/news/2025-11-fossil-fuel-emissions-high.html

Latest versions of open access climate visuals by Professor Ed Hawkins https://ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visuals/indicators.html

World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/13/world-still-on-track-for-catastrophic-26c-temperature-rise-report-finds

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How climate change fuelled Hurricane Melissa – and why it is only going to get worse: ‘This is our new normal’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/climate-change-hurricane-melissa-b2856168.html

Climate literacy in crisis: Why understanding climate science matters now more than ever https://michiganadvance.com/2025/10/29/climate-literacy-in-crisis-why-understanding-climate-science-matters-more-than-ever/

Exploring Legal Tools for Glacier Protection: Who Speaks for Glaciers? https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/10/27/exploring-legal-tools-for-glacier-protection-who-speaks-for-glaciers/

From knowing to doing: closing the climate adaptation gap https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/knowing-doing-closing-climate-adaptation-gap

Warming Made Hurricane Melissa Four Times More Likely https://e360.yale.edu/digest/hurricane-melissa-attribution-study

NewClimate Institute experts will be present in Belém throughout COP30 https://newclimate.org/news/newclimate-institute-at-cop30

The most conservative thing we can do about climate change? Adapt https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/29/climate-change-adaptation-conservative-miami-resilience-king-tide-sea-level-rise-infrastructure/

North American ice sheets drove the final surge in sea-level rise at the end of the last deglaciation https://watchers.news/epicenter/north-american-ice-sheets-drove-the-final-surge-in-sea-level-rise-at-the-end-of-the-last-deglaciation/

Seasonal variations of tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns impacting Southeast Asia in a warmer climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02566-w

Climate change increasingly contributing to home insurance premium hikes, IAG warns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/climate-change-plays-role-in-growing-home-insurance-iag-warns/105964560

Modern sea-level rise breaks 4,000-year stability in southeastern China https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09600-z

In Decade Since Paris Agreement, Climate Outlook Has Improved Dramatically https://e360.yale.edu/digest/paris-agreement-2025-emissions-outlook

Heatwaves in Northern and Central Europe becoming more intense and unpredictable https://www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/en/about-cen/news/06-news-2025/2025-10-30-heatwaves-becoming-more-intense-and-unpredictable.html

Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/10/overlooked-melting-in-east-antarctica-could-skew-sea-level-rise-projections

How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dgp1p3p1o

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El Niño could soon turn deadly predictable, scientists warn https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251024041753.htm

Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/25/australia-fossil-gas-record-heat

Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/risk-of-atlantic-current-collapsing-much-higher-than-previously-expected/

Slashing methane emissions could slow the runaway train of global warming long enough to get other emissions under control https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/10/greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-methane-leaks-eu-regulations-trump-lng-exports-smac/

UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-greenhouse-gases-wmo-un-708c3d35ce6fc3d3bcaccafdba6bba45

Antarctica Will Teach Us A Hard Lesson About Non-Linear Change https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/08/antarctica-will-teach-us-a-hard-lesson-about-non-linear-change/

Southern Ocean Is Building a ‘Burp’ That Could Reignite Global Warming https://www.sciencealert.com/southern-ocean-is-building-a-burp-that-could-reignite-global-warming

Thai villagers have moved four times to escape rising sea levels – life on the climate-change frontline https://theconversation.com/thai-villagers-have-moved-four-times-to-escape-rising-sea-levels-life-on-the-climate-change-frontline-267278

UN Report Finds Country Climate Commitments Falling Short https://www.wri.org/news/statement-un-report-finds-country-climate-commitments-falling-short

Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-a-crisis-of-intergenerational-justice-its-not-too-late-to-make-it-right-263347

‘Climate change impacting marathon records’ https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cx2pxl7v9myo

Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10% https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/americas-super-rich-running-down-planet-safe-climate-spaces-oxfam

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28102025/millions-of-avoidable-deaths-climate-change-health-harms-reach-unprecedented-levels/

Global climate plans need urgent acceleration to meet 2035 emissions target, UN report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/climate-goals-not-on-track-to-meet-2035-emissions-target-says-un/105945130

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf149/8303627

Just 1% of coastal waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? https://theconversation.com/just-1-of-coastal-waters-could-power-a-third-of-the-worlds-electricity-but-can-we-do-it-in-time-268237

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-caf

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01919-1/abstract

World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/worlds-climate-plans-fall-drastically-short-of-action-needed-analysis-shows

In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action https://theconversation.com/in-2024-the-climate-crisis-worsened-in-all-ways-but-we-can-still-limit-warming-with-bold-action-268579

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/rising-heat-kills-one-person-a-minute-worldwide-lancet-countdown

Are Countries’ New Climate Plans Ambitious Enough? What We Know So Far https://www.wri.org/insights/assessing-2025-ndcs

Why heat warnings need to get more local https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/why-heat-warnings-need-to-get-more-local/

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‘Bigger, hotter, faster’: Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bigger-hotter-faster-extreme-blazes.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/environment

Southern Ocean’s low-salinity Antarctic waters continue absorbing CO₂ despite climate model predictions https://phys.org/news/2025-10-southern-ocean-salinity-antarctic-absorbing.html

Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy https://theconversation.com/europes-climate-is-changing-fast-heres-how-its-affecting-people-and-the-economy-266399

Adapting roads, rails and bridges to extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/transport-infrastructure-adaptation-to-a-hotter-world-solutions-for-hot-summer-days/a-72563060

October on track to beat hottest November on record for Sydney https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/october-on-track-to-beat-hottest-november-on-record-for-sydney/1890953

BOM’s first long-range summer forecast shows increased chance of extreme heat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/bom-summer-weather-forecast-hot-and-dry-with-high-fire-risk/105899594

Warming Made L.A. Wildfires 25 Times Larger https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-la-wildfires

Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change

Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Niño cycles https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/climate-whiplash-intensifying-el-nino/

Weather and climate extremes in a changing Arctic https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00724-4

Atmospheric rivers emerge as future freshwater reserves and heat stocks https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02780-6

Birdsville breaks October records as severe heatwave blankets parts of Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/extreme-heatwave-blankets-parts-of-queensland/105917292

Climate change could make it dangerous for humans to go outside – we must act https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/2122594/climate-change-dangerous-humans

Greenhouse Gases In Earth’s Atmosphere Hit New Record https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2025/10/20/greenhouse-gases-in-earths-atmosphere-hit-new-record/

What goes up must come down: The ‘universal thermal performance curve’ that shackles evolution https://phys.org/news/2025-10-universal-thermal-shackles-evolution.html

Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms https://e360.yale.edu/digest/meat-oil-gas-methane

State of Climate Action 2025 https://systemschangelab.org/state-climate-action-2025

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/global-use-of-coal-hit-record-high-in-2024

Australian homes in flood zones are collectively worth about $42 billion less due to the risk of floods https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/42bn-dent-in-aussie-home-values-as-climate-fuels-worsening-floods/

First Nations and feds make progress on joint climate action https://environmentjournal.ca/first-nations-and-feds-make-progress-on-joint-climate-action/

3 ways nature-based solutions are tackling climate displacement in the Global South https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/nature-based-solution-climate-displacement-global-south/

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/mosquitoes-found-iceland-first-time-climate-crisis-warms-country

Ten actions to combat extreme heat https://www.undrr.org/news/ten-actions-combat-extreme-heat

Increasing heat is super-charging Arctic climate and weather extremes https://phys.org/news/2025-10-super-arctic-climate-weather-extremes.html

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Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100141

Worrying map of Australia highlights startling warning of change ahead: ‘Worse to come’ https://au.news.yahoo.com/worrying-map-of-australia-highlights-startling-warning-of-change-ahead-worse-to-come-063617429.html

Urban Climate Integration Framework (UCIF): A Multi-Scale, Phased Model https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/10/1990

Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads https://theconversation.com/intense-rain-landslides-and-potholes-everywhere-how-climate-change-is-trashing-australias-roads-264328

This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight https://e360.yale.edu/features/hannah-ritchie-interview

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/carbon-offsets-fail-cut-global-heating-intractable-systemic-problems-study

Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/solar-power-offers-ray-hope-middle-easts-least-electrified-country-2025-09-30/

Climate change uplifted the intensity of a typhoon of the type like “Ragasa” https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/research/climate-science/modelling-tropical-cyclones/typhoon-ragasa/

Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, McGill-led study finds https://www.mcgill.ca/nursing/channels/news/millions-buildings-risk-sea-level-rise-mcgill-led-study-finds-368163

‘Unprecedented but not unexpected’: Study unpacks record 2023 ocean heat wave https://phys.org/news/2025-10-unprecedented-unexpected-ocean.html

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/marine-heatwaves-more-frequent-uk-irish-coasts-experts-say

IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5°C https://www.eco-business.com/news/iea-reiterates-no-new-oil-and-gas-needed-if-global-warming-is-limited-to-15c-2/

For the First Time, Renewables Supplying More Power Globally Than Coal https://e360.yale.edu/digest/iea-renewable-energy-2025

Climate Change and Our Future: Why Every Action Counts https://vocal.media/earth/climate-change-and-our-future-why-every-action-counts

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02629-y

How climate information and early warning systems protect lives and economies https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/how-climate-information-and-early-warning-systems-protect-lives-and-economies

European landscape resilient to climate extremes strengthened thanks to enhanced sponge functioning https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/european-landscape-resilient-climate-extremes-enhanced-sponge-functioning

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/new-zealand-oceans-warming-34-per-cent-faster-than-global-average