Please find below links to recent climate change news…
Climate crisis will increase frequency of lightning-sparked wildfires, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/06/climate-crisis-lightning-sparked-wildfires-increase
Accelerating increase in the duration of heatwaves under global warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01737-w
Discovery of North America’s role in Asia’s monsoons offers new insights into climate change https://phys.org/news/2025-09-discovery-north-america-role-asia.html
Japan and South Korea record hottest summers in history https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/1/japan-and-south-korea-record-hottest-summers-in-history
Europe’s Soaring Heat and the Great Air Conditioning Dilemma https://www.wri.org/insights/europes-heat-and-air-conditioning-dilemma
Japan shocks the world — Solar panels as strong as 20 nuclear reactors unveiled https://www.ecoticias.com/en/japan-shocks-the-world-solar-panels/19817/
Scientists find three years left of remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/news/article/5973/scientists-find-three-years-left-of-remaining-carbon-budget-for-1-5-c
Interactive: The pathways to meeting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/one-point-five-pathways/index.html
Half of all homes in Australia’s most advanced renewable grid now have rooftop solar https://reneweconomy.com.au/half-of-all-homes-in-australias-most-advanced-renewable-grid-now-have-rooftop-solar/
More than 6M kids will fall into poverty due to climate change https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/09/08/brazil-climate-change-children-poverty/4091757354291/
How to help trigger positive tipping points – and speed up climate action https://theconversation.com/how-to-help-trigger-positive-tipping-points-and-speed-up-climate-action-261407
When record heat feels strangely normal https://theconversation.com/when-record-heat-feels-strangely-normal-264515
Study Finds We’ll Lose Almost 40 Percent of Our Glacial Ice https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/08/28/study-finds-well-lose-almost-40-percent-of-our-glacial-ice/
Hunting the heat: four innovative ways to map urban heat https://www.preventionweb.net/news/hunting-heat-four-innovative-ways-map-urban-heat
New method helps regions prioritise climate risks https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/nieuwe-methode-helpt-regios-klimaatrisicos-gericht-te-prioriteren
The 1995 Chicago heat wave killed hundreds. A new tool aims to prevent the next tragedy https://www.preventionweb.net/news/1995-chicago-heat-wave-killed-hundreds-new-tool-aims-prevent-next-tragedy
Rethinking Flood Preparedness in the Age of Climate Extremes https://genasys.com/ebooks-whitepapers/flood-with-climate-extremes-ebook/
Climate change forces BOM to overhaul El Niño and La Niña analysis https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-09/climate-change-prompts-bom-el-nino-la-nina-analysis-overhaul/105753896
Tourism falters under extreme heat https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/09/03/tourism-extreme-heat-related-illnesses-climate-change-acropolis-greece-airlines-grounded-flights/
Climate Action Has a Messaging Problem https://www.wri.org/insights/rebranding-climate-action
How much have fossil fuel giants contributed to heat waves such as B.C.’s heat dome? https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/571489/How-much-have-fossil-fuel-giants-contributed-to-heat-waves-such-as-B-C-s-heat-dome-
How China is adapting to ‘more frequent and intense’ heat extremes https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-china-is-adapting-to-more-frequent-and-intense-heat-extremes/
EU states still fighting over crucial targets in run-up to Cop30, leaked draft shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/08/eu-states-still-fighting-over-crucial-targets-in-run-up-to-cop30-leaked-draft-shows
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/10/link-oil-giants-heatwaves-research-legal-liability
Quarter of heatwaves this century ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-09-11/heatwaves-more-likely-climate-change-nature-major-emitters/105747138
Wind and solar power fuel over one-third of Brazil’s electricity for first time https://www.castanet.net/news/World/571707/Wind-and-solar-power-fuel-over-one-third-of-Brazil-s-electricity-for-first-time
Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun https://theconversation.com/climate-action-can-feel-slow-but-the-fastest-energy-leap-in-history-has-begun-264483
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