Today in climate change (13 February 2026)

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Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/08/global-weather-el-nino-pacific-ocean-high-temperatures-2027

Australia urged to release “terrifying” climate security analysis after UK report flags ecosystem collapse by 2030 https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-urged-to-release-terrifying-climate-security-analysis-after-uk-report-flags-ecosystem-collapse-by-2030/

Scientists explain why methane spiked in the early 2020s https://phys.org/news/2026-02-scientists-methane-spiked-early-2020s.html

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514697-weakening-ice-shelf-has-caused-crucial-antarctic-glacier-to-accelerate/

How technology is helping communities across the globe adapt to climate change https://www.unep.org/technical-highlight/how-technology-helping-communities-across-globe-adapt-climate-change

A new and better way to keep tabs on El Niño and La Niña https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/a-new-and-better-way-to-keep-tabs-on-el-nino-and-la-nina/

In graphs: How extreme heat will affect urban health https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/in-graphs-how-extreme-heat-will-affect-urban-health/

Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerate https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514697-weakening-ice-shelf-has-caused-crucial-antarctic-glacier-to-accelerate/

Overheated and underprepared: Europeans’ experience of living with climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/overheated-and-underprepared-europeans-experience-living

Can neighbourhood interventions strengthen collective climate action? https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000571

China’s emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem https://phys.org/news/2026-02-china-emissions-policies-climate-problem.html

Why 1.5°C failed and setting a new limit would make things worse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2515030-why-1-5c-failed-and-setting-a-new-limit-would-make-things-worse/

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590332225003914

Scientists See Growing Risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’ as Warming Gains Pace https://e360.yale.edu/digest/hothouse-earth-study

Melting glaciers as symbols of tourism paradoxes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02544-2

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/

Pitches in peril: a landmark climate report ahead of the 2026 World Cup https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/pitches-peril-landmark-climate-report-ahead-2026-world-cup

Multi-year La Niña–El Niño transition influenced Earth’s extreme energy uptake in 2022–2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-01921-6

Effects of Human-Caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions on U.S. Climate, Health, and Welfare https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/29239/chapter/1

Today in climate change (23 January 2026)

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Scientists discover Greenland’s ‘Achilles heel’ that is driving its rapid ice melt https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-discover-greenlands-achilles-heel-sediment-that-rapidly-driving-ice-loss/

By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean https://www.climatechangepost.com/news/by-2100-year-round-navigation-of-the-arctic-ocean/

Australia’s climate hit regions will need fit-for-future science and modelling https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-climate-hit-regions-will-need-fit-for-future-science-and-modelling/

Water cycle instability drove global water-related disasters in 2025 https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/water-cycle-instability-drove-global-water-related-disasters-in-2025

Major river deltas are sinking faster than sea-level rise https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/science-sinking-river-deltas.html

More than 120 giga-scale battery projects planned around world in 2026, as costs continue to fall https://reneweconomy.com.au/more-than-120-giga-scale-battery-projects-planned-around-world-in-2026-as-costs-continue-to-fall/

Urban Greenery Is Making Some Cities Hotter, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/urban-greenery-heat

WMO and IWMI strengthen cooperation on Climate and Water Resilience https://wmo.int/media/update/wmo-and-iwmi-strengthen-cooperation-climate-and-water-resilience

How climate change is making extreme rainfall events like the Great Ocean Road flooding more frequent and intense https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/victoria-floods-climate-change-and-extreme-rainfall/106237516

Greening school playgrounds improves quality of life in cities and helps deal with climate change https://www.uoc.edu/en/news/2026/greening-school-playgrounds-health-climate-uoc

Heatwaves, extreme heat, and heat stress https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/heatwave

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study

NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it https://theconversation.com/nz-is-again-being-soaked-this-summer-record-ocean-heat-helps-explain-it-274013

Humidity quietly turning U.S. heat waves into a far deadlier threat https://watchers.news/epicenter/humidity-quietly-turning-u-s-heat-waves-into-a-far-deadlier-threat/

In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-wind-solar-fossil-fuels

Shaping a cooler Bangkok: Tackling urban heat for a more livable city https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/shaping-cooler-bangkok-tackling-urban-heat-more-livable-city

Climate change increased the chance of intense Australian heatwave fivefold, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/climate-change-increased-australian-heatwave-january-study/106253192

Today in climate change (16 January 2026)

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Extreme heat is a global health emergency https://heathealth.info/

Successes in climate action https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02546-0

Solar to the fore as grid sails through heatwave and record demand https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/solar-powers-australia-through-heatwave-conditions/106211394

Solar power overtakes coal and gas in Germany, a country with little sun https://electrek.co/2026/01/07/solar-overtakes-coal-and-gas-in-germany-a-country-with-little-sun/

2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-2025-critical-mark-eclipsed/

How smart home materials can shield us from extreme heat and cut energy bills all year https://theconversation.com/how-smart-home-materials-can-shield-us-from-extreme-heat-and-cut-energy-bills-all-year-254614

Roads can become more dangerous on hot days – especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists https://theconversation.com/roads-can-become-more-dangerous-on-hot-days-especially-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-motorcyclists-272995

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Small Island Developing States https://www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/nature-based-solutions-for-climate-adaptation-in-small-island-developing-states/

How to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change https://news.ncsu.edu/2026/01/compounded-resilience-communities/

Where will the next megafire break out? Climate change is making it tougher to predict https://theconversation.com/where-will-the-next-megafire-break-out-climate-change-is-making-it-tougher-to-predict-272807

La Niña breakdown underway as models point to ENSO-neutral conditions in early 2026 https://watchers.news/2026/01/11/la-nina-breakdown-underway-as-models-point-to-enso-neutral-conditions-in-early-2026/

Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather https://theconversation.com/rain-one-minute-heatwave-the-next-how-climate-whiplash-drives-unpredictable-fire-weather-273104

What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters? https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-global-water-cycle-and-how-is-it-amplifying-climate-disasters-272806

When heat drains growth: The human cost of rising temperatures in Bangladesh https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/endpovertyinsouthasia/when-heat-drains-growth–the-human-cost-of-rising-temperatures-i

Climate adaptation has a new global plan. What the Belem indicators are and why they matter to Africa https://theconversation.com/climate-adaptation-has-a-new-global-plan-what-the-belem-indicators-are-and-why-they-matter-to-africa-271174

Climate change’s hidden price tag: a drop in our income https://news.arizona.edu/news/climate-changes-hidden-price-tag-drop-our-income

Glacial Lake Outburst Flooding https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/terminology/hips/mh0607

Climate Variability Emerges as Both Risk and Opportunity for the Global Energy Transition https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/climate-variability-emerges-both-risk-and-opportunity-global-energy-transition

A Concern in the Summer: 5 Facts on Heat Stress https://unu.edu/ehs/article/concern-summer-5-facts-heat-stress

‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/12/cycling-extreme-heat-tour-down-under-fossil-fuel-sponsorship

An Antarctic ‘polar thriller’ and a neurodivergent novel imagine a climate changed future https://theconversation.com/an-antarctic-polar-thriller-and-a-neurodivergent-novel-imagine-a-climate-changed-future-271105

Rising sea level in Black Sea poses risk to 160 mln: Study https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rising-sea-level-in-black-sea-poses-risk-to-160-mln-study-217204

AI improves flood projections under climate change https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/01/ai-improves-flood-projections-under-climate-change

Climate Adaptation Means Building Social Infrastructure https://ssir.org/articles/entry/climate-adaptation-social-infrastructure

WMO confirms 2025 was one of warmest years on record https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2025-was-one-of-warmest-years-record

Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/coal-power-generation-falls-china-india-since-1970s

El Nino events reduce life expectancy, cause trillions in economic losses: Study https://www.ntu.edu.sg/news/detail/el-nino-events-reduce-life-expectancy–cause-trillions-in-economic-losses–study

The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitats https://theconversation.com/the-economics-of-climate-risk-ignores-the-value-of-natural-habitats-272769

Climate change has already made the United States poorer https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504376122

Today in climate change (19 December 2025)

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‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/a-shift-no-country-can-ignore-where-global-emissions-stand-10-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement

State of the Climate Update for COP30 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-climate-update-cop30

1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t just a number https://www.earthday.org/decoding-15-degrees-celsius/

Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis

Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica https://www.science.org/content/article/warm-humid-atmospheric-rivers-threaten-antarctica

Past and future change in global river flows https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00745-z

Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336680/arctic-has-hottest-year-ever-recorded-climate-impacts-cascade

Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02513-9

Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy https://theconversation.com/communities-must-be-central-to-climate-adaptation-strategies-10-insights-to-guide-national-policy-269926

How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly https://grist.org/climate/climate-environmental-stories-2025/

Warming Responsible for Two-Thirds of Emissions from Western Wildfires https://e360.yale.edu/digest/warming-western-fire-emissions

King Charles issues climate change warning amid ‘frustration’ at escalating crisis https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-climate-crisis-itv-steve-backshall-b2877491.html

Coastal storms and climate change https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change

‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/18/massive-disruption-uk-worst-case-climate-crisis-risks

Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32

Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia https://www.preventionweb.net/news/climate-whiplash-2064-study-projects-extreme-swings-rainfall-and-drought-asia

Crystal Clusters Contain Clues to Magma’s Past and Future Eruptions https://eos.org/articles/crystal-clusters-contain-clues-to-magmas-past-and-future-eruptions

Today in climate change (12 December 2025)

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Strictly protected Mediterranean forests stay cooler, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-10-strictly-mediterranean-forests-stay-cooler.html

New approach narrows uncertainty in future warming and remaining carbon budget for 2°C https://phys.org/news/2025-12-approach-narrows-uncertainty-future-carbon.html

Integrated assessment of climate-related security risks for peace and security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and their gender dimensions https://www.unep.org/resources/report/integrated-assessment-climate-related-security-risks-peace-and-security-blue-nile

Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global https://theconversation.com/storms-in-the-southern-ocean-are-producing-more-rain-and-the-consequences-could-be-global-270880

Temporary carbon removals can offset methane’s short-term warming impact https://phys.org/news/2025-12-temporary-carbon-offset-methane-short.html

Global Warming At 3 °C By 2050? What’s Behind The New German Climate Warning https://worldcrunch.com/focus/green-or-gone/global-warming-at-3c-by-2050-what-s-behind-the-new-german-climate-warning/

How do we know the role of climate change in weather events? Attribution science https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/attribution-science-101

Temperature increase is accelerating in Arab Region, with escalating impacts https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/temperature-increase-accelerating-arab-region-escalating-impacts

COP30 and displacement: Limited political momentum but strategic opportunities for 2026 https://www.internal-displacement.org/policy-analysis/cop30-and-displacement-limited-political-momentum-but-strategic-opportunities-for/

Wildfire emissions in 2025 reach records for Europe and Canada https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/cams-wildfire-emissions-2025/

Satellites play critical role in tracking climate adaptation, researchers say https://phys.org/news/2025-11-satellites-play-critical-role-tracking.html

2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/2025-virtually-certain-second-or-third-hottest-year-on-record-eu-data-coperincus

Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-dutch-flock-to-floating-homes-embracing-a-wetter-future

Texas makes clean power breakthrough as solar output overtakes coal https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/texas-makes-clean-power-breakthrough-solar-output-overtakes-coal-2025-12-09/

Five ways cities across Europe and Central Asia are adapting to extreme heat https://www.preventionweb.net/news/five-ways-cities-across-europe-and-central-asia-are-adapting-extreme-heat

Scientists make alarming discovery while studying Arctic ice: ‘Powerful’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/warming-arctic-rainfall-patterns-sea-ice/

Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/10/australia-must-increase-energy-grid-capacity-wind-solar-aemo

The State of Climate Resilience and Water Governance in the City of Toronto: Advancing Adaptation at the Climate–Water Interface Through Baseline Assessment Research https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cli2.70025

Even ‘weak’ cyclones are being turned into deadly rainmakers by fast-warming oceans https://theconversation.com/even-weak-cyclones-are-being-turned-into-deadly-rainmakers-by-fast-warming-oceans-271550

A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/a-30-year-old-sea-level-rise-projection-has-basically-come-true/

Excessive Heat Harms Young Children’s Development, Study Suggests https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/december/-excessive-heat-harms-young-children-s-development–study-sugges.html

Three things that might trigger massive ice sheet collapse https://theconversation.com/three-things-that-might-trigger-massive-ice-sheet-collapse-267275

A climate-neutral pathway makes 90 percent of fossil fuels in the EU redundant by 2050 https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/eu-climate-target-could-cut-fossil-fuel-use-by-90-per-cent

Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32

Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier https://theconversation.com/hundreds-of-iceberg-earthquakes-detected-at-the-crumbling-end-of-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-268893

Europe agrees to cut emissions 90% by 2040 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/europe-agrees-to-slash-emissions-90.html

Today in climate change (5 December 2025)

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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

Today in climate change (14 November 2025)

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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

Today in climate change (7 November 2025)

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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

Today in climate change (31 October 2025)

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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/

Today in climate change (24 October 2025)

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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