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"Europeans’ ‘psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing down progress, warns study"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
"Europeans’ ‘psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing down progress, warns study"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange
A new 'hypertropical' climate is emerging in the Amazon, exposing trees to deadly stress https://phys.org/news/2025-12-hypertropical-climate-emerging-amazon-exposing.html
The Trump administration is moving to
dismantle the
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado,
taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs
Hey, at least we’ll still have billionaires. https://aus.social/@jhaue/115725409869759980
Climate protesters demand to be heard as they march on COP30 with costumes and drums (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/belem-brazil-united-nations-climate-talks-cop30-2b1c95f4b54149c514b54ce81b6123d6
http://www.memeorandum.com/251115/p63#a251115p63
"A new investigation of Elon #Musk’s X by Sky News found that every account set up by reporters, 'no matter their political orientation, was fed a glut of rightwing content', much of which was extreme. The experts it consulted believe this pattern could have resulted only from an algorithm engineered for this purpose, and that 'an algorithmic bias must be decided by senior people at …
Weekly Climate Solutions Digest #18!! 💖🌊✨
https://www.forpeopleandpla.net/weekly-climate-solutions-digest-18/?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn
"Analysis: World’s biggest historic polluter – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty"
#UN #UnitedNations #Emissions
Seeking cover under the government umbrella from liability while the master of desaster you got elected calls climate change a hoax. Fossil fuel companies are truely ruled by weak men & even weaker free market propagandists. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/republicans-climate-liability-shield-fossil-fuel-industry?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
During the #COP30 climate conference in Brazil, Australia's opposition party withdrew from the country's net-zero by 2050 target. It now sees net-zero as a potential 'welcome outcome' of using Australia's resources (coal, gas) plus new energy technologies. Reckless.
Fantastic work by @… visualising Climate Change through 2025 - the Antarctica numbers are eye-opening ( 1.06°C)-> higher anomaly recorded in 2025 than almost anywhere else, except of course the Arctic 1.37°C
#PolarAmplification
https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2025
CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox News are not currently registered to attend UN global climate conference COP30, and their coverage of negotiations is sparse (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/13/cop30-climate-talks-belem-us-broadcaste…
Jensen Huang, the CEO of supercomputer chip-maker Nvidia, is now loudly cozying up to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, even though Wright is fully on board with the Trump administration’s climate denial policies.
A so-called “climate science” report Wright’s Department of Energy released in July has been condemned by scores of scientists as “biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policymaking.”
The report is part of the administration’s effort to overturnthe scientifi…
"A few reasons to feel hopeful about the climate in 2026"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado (Joey Garrison/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6942047625625600014c41b7
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p149#a251216p149
"The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich. If democracy is the problem capital is always trying to solve, propaganda is part of the solution. Like the kings and empire-builders of the past, they use their platforms to project the claims that suit them and suppress the claims that don’t. This means boosting right and far-right movements, which defend wealth and power..." -- George Monbiot.
Yes. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/581692/how-to-support-a-low-emissions-farming-future We just need to halve the herd. That simple. Yeah, farmers will fail. That's how 'the market' deals with unsustainable businesses. But they&…
The Paris agreement is 10 years old today.
How time flies. But how little really has changed.
"Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly."
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2015/12/1…
Beautiful and important piece on #rewilding, what we stand to lose, what we've gained and the hidden costs. (From 2 years ago, worth revisiting).
https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/rewilding-beavers-conservation/
Inequality is a problem on the scale of climate change, say eminent economists https://www.politico.eu/article/inequality-global-problem-needs-global-answer-say-eminent-economists/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/
Omg
Hackers steal maternity ward CCTV videos in India cybercrime
When people say they need hope about climate change, what are they really asking for?
New piece breaks down why hope collapses so easily and what stronger feelings can replace it.
Not prediction. Participation.
Read it here: [link]
https://www.b…
Climate change expands wildfire danger worldwide, study warns #environment
Is anybody counting up the carbon footprint of AI? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? https://merveilles.town/@lrhodes/115900810202010965
Willowdale Climate Action Roundtable on November 24th at the North York Central Library Auditorium
#willowdale #northyork
"Climate conference's webpages emit 10 times more carbon than average sites, study says"
#Climate #ClimateChange
10 years on, believe it or not, the Paris Agreement was signed.
This was our very short reaction at the time. Prescient, you might think.
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly. | Steady State Manchester https://…
Cop30 live:
‘If we continue destroying everything on this earth there will be chaos,’
warns Indigenous chief
Earlier on day five of the climate summit, activists blockaded the main entrance demanding to speak to the Brazilian president
http…
New research from Burkina Faso and Mauritania reveals how climate shocks hit the most vulnerable hardest—agricultural workers, conflict-affected communities, and rural households struggling to survive.
The solution? Expanding social protection systems that respond to climate emergencies, paired with early warning systems and sustainable livelihood support.
😰 Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/harrison-ford-donald-trump-climate-crisis
Rain one minute, heat wave the next: How climate 'whiplash' drives unpredictable fire weather https://phys.org/news/2026-01-minute-climate-whiplash-unpredictable-weather.html
Búzios Scientific Statement, summary in 5 posts.
100 climate researchers, coordinated by @… &
IIASA, , released a joint statement to inform the #COP30 negotiations and provide guidance on difficult but doable global efforts designed to limit da…
FEMA Cuts Disaster Aid, Leaving States Fending for Themselves (Scott Dance/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/climate/fema-disaster-recovery-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t08.GAoE.R8zXyQwkkeOr&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p163#a251016p163
For reasons I am revisiting an old classic: Manabe and Stouffer, 1980.
The field of climate science is now effectively mostly about proving how correct those first simulations of the gigantic carbon experiment in the atmosphere were.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247488071_Sensitivity_of_a_Global_Climate_Model_to_an_Increase_of_CO2_Concentration_in_the_Atmosphere
"From London to Leicester: The UK cities leading on climate action according to CDP"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate
"Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to deadly Asia flooding, study finds"
#Asia #Climate #ClimateChange
Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change #America
"Indoor air pollution from New Zealand’s 523,000 wood burners was estimated to account for 446 hospital admissions for heart and lung problems, and 101 early deaths annually, in a country with a population of just over 5 million people. "
Wood burning and gas cooking hugely costly to healthcare systems, New Zealand study finds | Environment | The Guardian
The Dependence of Earth #Milankovitch Cycles on Martian Mass: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ae2800 -> Tiny Mars’ big impact on Earth’s climate: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/01/12/tiny-mars-big-impact-earths-climate - study shows how red planet’s pull shapes ice ages.
Climate funding isn't reaching the people who need it most. The Global South House is changing that.
This coalition of locally rooted funds puts Indigenous Peoples, traditional communities, and youth at the center of decision-making. Their approach: democratic, transparent, and built from the ground up—ensuring resources actually reach frontline communities.
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/profound-impacts-record-ocean-heat-intensifying-climate-disa…
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/profound-impacts-record-ocean-heat-intensifying-climate-disa…
This week, public power is stepping up.
Great British Energy is targeting 15 GW of wind, solar and storage by 2030. New York's NYPA is building 5.5 GW of renewables. Bolivia launched its first Indigenous protected area with forest monitoring. Tennessee turned a former farm into Middle Fork Bottoms State Park, reconnecting floodplains to reduce flooding.
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Global warming amplifies extreme day-to-day temperature swings, study shows #environment
"How five countries are adapting to the climate crisis"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades
The proposed lease sales in the Pacific Ocean would primarily be off Santa Barbara County, Calif.,
where a small amount of drilling is already occurring, according to two of the people familiar with the Interior Department’s draft plan
"The fragility of Africa’s coasts is further exacerbated by the deteriorating condition of its marine ecosystems... under mounting pressure from both climate anthropogenic stressors, including unregulated development, dam-induced sediment trap habitat degradation"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02965-z
How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘The glacier is slowly melting, it’s clearly visible’ – This is climate breakdown https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/nov/10/lake-palcacocha-glacier-melt-peru-this-is-climate-breakdown…
"‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate
Over 1,300 people from 130 countries just spent a month mastering climate action together.
The En-ROADS Climate Ambassador Camp brought participants through 13,800 hours of training on the Climate Solutions Simulator—diving into climate dynamics, testing solutions, and roleplaying real-world scenarios.
Now they're leading climate events in their communities and working toward certification.
Greenland thoughts from Antarctica..
Greenland is all over the press at the moment for all the wrong reasons. But Greenland is also on my mind, not just because of geopolitics, but also because the Copernicus Climate service has just put out their annual global climate highlights for 2025 with some disturbing messages about Antarctica. Understanding Greenland can help us to understand also what is happening here.
http://sternaparadisaea.net/2026/01/14/greenland-thoughts-from-antarctica/
"The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods"
#News #Climate #ClimateChange
"EPA Removes Information on Human Drivers of Warming from Its Website"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://…
Most people believe climate change primarily affects others #environment
Congresswoman Ilhan Omarhas warned that Donald Trump’s repeated personal attacks and dehumanising rhetoric
are fuelling a climate of political violence that could have dangerous consequences.
Speaking days after the president called for her to be thrown out of the country,
Omar said Trump’s incendiary language reaches “the worst humans possible” and encourages them to act.
“We’ve had people incarcerated for threatening to kill me,”
“We have people that are being…
"World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Emissions
Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/climate-change-is-straining-alaskas-arctic-a-new-mining…
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"Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
"Why global environmental negotiations keep failing—and what we can do about it"
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange
Participants in the Learning for Action fellowship are gaining vital skills as they engage with climate solutions and expert insights, empowering them to tackle climate change effectively. https://www.terra.do/blog/answering-your-lfa-questions/
"IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/profound-impacts-record-ocean-heat-intensifying-climate-disasters
"Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says"
#Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange
"The world’s carbon emissions continue to rise. But 35 countries show progress in cutting carbon"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
"Investing in planetary health could unlock $20 trillion a year by 2070, says UN report"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate
Climate change isn't gender-neutral. The 2023/2024 El Niño drought in Southern Africa didn't just destroy crops—it fueled gender-based violence and put women environmental defenders at risk.
COP30's new Belém Gender Action Plan tackles this head-on with gender-responsive budgeting and support for climate action that protects women.
"Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa's destructive winds and rain, analysis finds https://phys.org/news/2025-11-climate-boosted-hurricane-melissa-destructive.html
‘New reality’: Hurricane Melissa strength multiplied by climate crisis, study…
"Forty per cent of Australian women without kids hesitant to have children because of climate change, survey finds"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange
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"No doubt about it: Climate change made Hurricane Melissa way worse"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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We need to talk about our fossil fuel addiction: UNEP chief #politics
‘Green’ energy transition leaves a dirty trail in the Philippines’ nickel belt https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/green-energy-transition-leaves-a-dirty-trail-in-the-philippines-nickel-belt/
"Despite widespread belief in climate policy, disinformation still seeds doubt ahead of COP30"
#COP30 #ClimateSummit
Washington state overestimates climate law's emission reductions by a long shot #Washington
"Five ways Joe Rogan misleads listeners about climate change "
#Climate #ClimateChange #Podcasts
"Trump’s move to pull US from key UN climate treaty may be illegal, experts say"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate #ClimateChange
"Our Changing Planet, as Seen From Space"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/nasa-sat…
"October 2025 was the planet’s third-warmest October on record"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Governments commit to recognizing 160 million hectares of Indigenous land"
#Environment #Nature
"Nowhere to move: How climate change became the property market’s biggest nightmare"
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit"
#COP30 #Climate #ClimateChange
"Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Houses
"Climate change inaction costs millions of lives each year, report warns"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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"Shell-funded school materials accused of downplaying fossil fuels’ climate impact"
#Shell #FossilFuels #Climate
"Extinction rates are slowing—and conservation efforts may be paying off"
#Conservation #Environment
"Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP30 climate summit"
#COP30 #ClimateSummit
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