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🎭 Climate deniers' online strategy: Using scientific aesthetics to appear credible
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-climate-deniers-online-strategy-scientific.html

Climate deniers' online strategy: Using scientific aesthetics to appear credible
Climate deniers use scientific aesthetics to reinforce and legitimize their message. At the same time, their main opponents, the climate activists, are portrayed as emotional and irrational. This has been demonstrated by researchers from the Universities of Gothenburg and Amsterdam, who have studied how climate deniers communicate online. The results are published in Environmental Politics.

"Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Arctic

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part of the Atlantic is leading to the heating up of Arctic Ocean depths.

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean #Arctic

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part of the Atlantic is leading to the heating up of Arctic Ocean depths.

A couple of months ago Bali experienced its worst floods in more than a decade.
-- They came at the peak of the dry season.
Instead of the empty wells farmers faced last year,
this time their crops were washed away;
roads turned into brown, swirling rivers;
houses collapsed in the torrents;
and 17 people were killed.
⭐️Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country, faces a paradox.
Sometimes described as a sleeping giant, it is one of the …

For anyone below 30 (half of the world population), climate COPs have taken place all their life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Wikipedia

"The secret to tackling the climate crisis could be right under our feet. Here’s why"
#Climate #ClimateChange

How soil could be the secret weapon to meet climate targets
Despite being one of the largest natural carbon sinks, most nations exclude soil from their climate plans.

Trump Administration Coordinated Secret ‘Working Group’ to Support EPA Climate Rollbacks | Civil Eats
https://civileats.com/2026/01/23/trump-administration-coordinated-secret-working-group-to-support-climate-rollbacks/

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/eu-touts-climate-leadership-while-undermining-antideforestation-rules-critics-say/

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say
BELÉM, Brazil — At a Nov. 19 press conference at the U.N. climate summit currently underway in Brazil, European Union officials spoke for half an hour without a single mention of forests or efforts to halt deforestation — even though COP30 is taking place in a city dubbed the “gateway to the Amazon.” For Boris […]

A look at the growing reliance of US data centers and the Pentagon on Chinese batteries, a dependence increasingly viewed as a national security threat (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/…

The Pentagon and A.I. Giants Have a Weakness. Both Need China’s Batteries, Badly.
As warfare is reinvented in Ukraine, and Silicon Valley races to maintain its A.I. lead, China’s battery dominance is raising alarms far beyond the auto industry.

• Fossil fuels were not mentioned in the key final decision – petrostates including Saudi Arabia and allies fought fiercely to keep that out.
• A commitment to a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels was not part of the formal deal
https://www.theguardian.c…

U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/22/climate-summit-brazil-agreement/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYzNzg3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY1MTY5OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjM3ODc2MDAsImp0aSI6Ijk1NGJhZGQ3LWE1OWQtNDM3NC1iY2E3LTAwYmRmMmNlOWQ1YiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjUvMTEvMjIvY2xpbWF0ZS1zdW1taXQtYnJhemlsLWFncmVlbWVudC8ifQ.A7GIY_0EDsMcI4WRM5XH7fHNTz_zZU7nFRRcRjXveLw&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p58#a251122p58

Trumpian Park Service sweeps slavery under the rug
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/22/slavery-exhibit-removed/

"Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away"
#Denmark #Climate #ClimateChange

New research from UC San Diego and Princeton reveals the winning formula for climate action: carrot AND stick.
Their study shows that combining clean energy subsidies with pollution taxes drives faster adoption of green tech than either approach alone. Economic models prove this dual strategy can deliver rapid emissions cuts in the near term.

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change #ocean

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance.

Climate scientists and meteorologists
are sounding the alarm
after White House budget director Russell Vought announced
the Trump administration will
❌break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, known as NCAR.
“He is executing the playbook of Project 2025,” says Michael Mann,
scientist and co-author of
"Science Under Siege".
Without NCAR, “we will not have the sorts of observational data and climate m…

“Destroying Knowledge”: Michael Mann on Trump’s Dismantling of Key Climate Center in Colorado
Climate scientists and meteorologists are sounding the alarm after White House budget director Russell Vought announced the Trump administration will break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, known as NCAR. “He is executing the playbook of Project 2025,” says Michael Mann, scientist and co-author of Science Under Siege. Without NCAR, “we will not have the sorts of observational data and climate models that we need to inform climate policy.”

"‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis"
#Pesticides #Climate #ClimateChange

The outgoing Dutch government failed to take the additional measures needed to meet the Climate Law goal of 55% emission reduction by 2030.
Although it's an 'aspirational goal', civil servants are already considering the risk of losing a new court case, and how to fund expensive emergency measures.

Sabotage of climate action is systemic, not the result of individual actors.
Free download of ebook.
H/t @…
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.

Analysis: Sustainable Diets Missing From Nearly 99% of Climate Media Coverage https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/analysis-sustainable-diets-missing-from-nearly-99-of-climate-media-coverage-2025-11-24/

Analysis: Sustainable Diets Missing From Nearly 99% of Climate Media Coverage
Center for Biological Diversity: Only 3% of 10,000+ Articles Mentioned Meat, Animal Agriculture

"We are now at a critical juncture. We are at or very close to human caused environmental change that will fundamentally unpick the life-sustaining systems on Earth. These risk triggering feedback loops...
Ultimately that could cause the planet to drift away along the pathway to “hothouse Earth”, a scenario where even if emissions were reduced, self amplifying feedback loops would drive global temperature increases up to or even beyond 5°C"

“Canada did not sign the letter, Environment and Climate Change Canada confirmed to CBC News Friday.”
Canada is a problem.
A huge problem.
Our Prime Minister is in the Middle East instead of COP. That's all you need to know.
We're all so screwed right now... the world... all of us.
Our leaders in ‘developed' countries cannot extricate their minds from the Fossil Fuel industry and it's going to kill us all, or at least a very large proportion of us.
#COP30 #CanPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/cop30-showdown-9.6987443

"Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change"
#Antarctic #Penguins #Climate

Woke up to 15 #COP30 press releases, most saying the same thing. None, of course, mentioning China.
I know the #climate talks are important, but what purpose does it serve flooding journalists with press releases the same 2-3 weeks every year? Is this civil society money well spent?

Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability

UN climate talks end with deal for more money to countries hit by climate change (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/climate-cop30-brazil-talks-global-warming-17b1f32b1e3ac97f565553bc911b2a2c
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p61#a251122p61

In Helene’s Wake, Rural North Carolina Turns to Solar and Battery Hubs – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/hurricane-helenes-asheville-rural-north-carolina-solar-battery-microgrids-storm-climate-resilience/

Feels like there's a lesson here about climate policy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRwCPUEND1U

Investigation Finds Over 300 Industrial Agriculture Lobbyists Participated In COP30 Climate Talks https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/industrial-agriculture-lobbyists-cop30-climate-talks/

Investigation Finds Over 300 Industrial Agriculture Lobbyists Participated In COP30 Climate Talks
More than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists attended this year’s COP30 event in Brazil, according to a new investigation

These legendary NFL coaches probably would have been fired if they coached in today's climate

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/legendary-nfl-coaches-fired-in-todays-climate/

Looking at "THE PARCHED EARTH OF COOPERATION: HOW
TO SOLVE THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS IN
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
GOVERNANCE", thinking:
Too bad we have no world governance really, so regulation does not work out. The second approach, privatization, actually *caused* a lot of tragedy-of-the-commons issues; see wastewater, climate change, labor exploitation, inflation, shortages, wealth distribution and all the corresponding collateral damage (non-exhausti…

"When customers choose faster #shipping and earlier delivery dates, the system shifts from optimized routing to whatever gets the package out fastest, and that means higher #emissions, said Sreedevi Rajagopalan, a research scientist at MIT’s Center for

This week: MIT cuts carbon capture energy costs, transparent window insulation slashes building heating use, and battery prices drop enough to make solar-plus-storage competitive at $65/MWh.
In South Australia, a 200 MW battery will help stabilize the grid for more renewables. Progress is happening now.
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Weekly Climate Solutions Digest
Welcome The week tilts toward the solstice. In the north, frost feathers windows at dawn; in the south, warm tides thread quietly through mangrove roots while pelicans skim bright water. We are keeping what matters and letting the rest go. MIT chemists teach carbon capture to sip, not gulp, energy,

"This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies
The groundbreaking research offers evidence that specific fossil fuel giants drove economic losses for decades.

At the #Willowdale Climate Action roundtable organized by my local Toronto city councillor Lily Cheng
I’m torned on those events. I wonder how much of it is just to give good conscience to the councillor.
While she keeps voting against more dense neighborhoods and in favor of pro-parking policies

"It is also that these are not all working-class struggles around which a global proletariat could possibly be cobbled together. The class composition of the mass protests in Iran (now), Ukraine (in 2013-14), or Venezuela (since 2013) clearly don’t flow from the manuals of marxist revolutionaries. I’ve argued elsewhere that the world is undergoing a “class reconfiguration” in which ecological struggles and climate vulnerability will be playing a newly unifying role."

Global climate negotiations ended on Saturday in Brazil
with a watered-down resolution that makes no mention of fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming.
The final statement included plenty of warnings on the cost of inaction
but few provisions for how the world might address dangerously rising global temperatures head-on.
A marathon series of frenetic Friday night meetings ultimately salvaged the talks in Belém, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest.
The …

COP30 Climate Summit Ends With Dire Warnings and Scant Plans for Action
The final agreement, with no direct mention of the fossil fuels that are dangerously heating the planet, was a victory for oil-producing countries.

Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/quarter-century-of-collecting-seeds-from-around-the-world-safeguards-them-from-extinction/…

Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction
After 25 years of diligent work, an English botanic gardens is ready to face whatever reality climate change may throw at us.

Experts urge canceling fossil fuel contracts to meet Paris climate goals #climate

Experts urge canceling fossil fuel contracts to meet Paris climate goals
The countries participating in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), currently taking place in Brazil, must cancel fossil fuel concessions in order to keep the Paris Agreement alive. This is the main message of a paper published in the journal Nature and signed by experts Martí Orta, Gorka Muñoa and Marcel Llavero, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, and Guillem Rius, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (IS…

🎗️ North Sea project promises to return carbon to exactly where it came from
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/12/22/climate-change/co2-denmark-north-sea/
🆓

North Sea project promises to return carbon to exactly where it came from
The Greensand project off Denmark is expected to store 400,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, in its reservoir beneath a small, wind-swept oil platform in the North Seam.

Cities are capping old landfills to cut methane emissions and turn waste gas into energy.
Ampersand is opening its East Africa battery swap network to all e-motorcycle makers, slashing upfront costs.
In the Sundarbans, women are restoring mangroves that buffer coasts and build incomes.
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Weekly Climate Solutions Digest
Welcome The week tilts toward the solstice. In the north, frost feathers windows at dawn; in the south, warm tides thread quietly through mangrove roots while pelicans skim bright water. We are keeping what matters and letting the rest go. MIT chemists teach carbon capture to sip, not gulp, energy,

Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, said: “Cop30 will go down in history as the deadliest talkshow ever produced.”
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/cop-30-its-no-joke/

COP 30: it’s no joke
The usual joke about the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) is that each one is a ‘cop-out’.  Each time there is a failure to agree on ending fossil fuel production as the source…

"EU farmer takes oil giant TotalEnergies to court in groundbreaking hearing over climate damages"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Climate

EU farmer takes oil giant TotalEnergies to court over climate damages
The climate change-related lawsuit begins its hearings, just days after TotalEnergies announced its climate investment at COP30.

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action; here's what we can do about it #fossilfuel

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action; here's what we can do about it
2025 has been a year of setbacks for Canada's climate policy. In November, the federal and Alberta governments signed a memorandum of understanding to remove strict climate policies in the province and to support the construction of a new pipeline from Alberta to northern British Columbia.

The latest in our climate chaos theatre: Arctic ice melting in January!
@… on Bluesky:
SUMMER IN WINTER IN GREENLAND
Crazy Temperatures tonight up to 9C (above summer average), persisting during the day.
24 stations at low elevations out of 31 above freezing today.
Kitsissorsuit is chasing the WORLD RECORD of the highest monthly…

Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, is expected to lead climate negotiations at the Cop31
Climate summit in Turkey’s Mediterranean resort city of Antalya in November 2026
https://www.t…

"Experts urge canceling fossil fuel contracts to meet Paris climate goals"
#FossilFuels #Cliamte #ClimateChange

Experts urge canceling fossil fuel contracts to meet Paris climate goals
The countries participating in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), currently taking place in Brazil, must cancel fossil fuel concessions in order to keep the Paris Agreement alive. This is the main message of a paper published in the journal Nature and signed by experts Martí Orta, Gorka Muñoa and Marcel Llavero, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, and Guillem Rius, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (IS…

Floods have devalued Australian homes by $42bn. Experts say that’s the cost of ‘a changing climate’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/22/floods-have-devalued-australian-homes-by-…

"Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief
Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

These European cities won't be able to host future Winter Olympics due to climate change | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/16/these-european-cities-wont-be-able-to-host-future-winter-olympics-due-to-climate-change

Trump administration pauses 5 offshore wind projects on the East Coast (Matthew Daly/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-c0ac1e447c93126327f1922327921aa0
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p45#a251222p45

"No backsliding: that turned out to be the highest achievable in Belém." #COP30
I've got news: having emitted another 53 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases in a year and then making no progress in climate negotiations is backsliding.
cc @…@…

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn't ready for it https://phys.org/news/2025-12-climate-misinformation-national-threat-canada.html

Climate misinformation is becoming a national security threat. Canada isn't ready for it
When a crisis strikes, rumors and conspiracy theories often spread faster than emergency officials can respond and issue corrections.

"China doesn’t want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate activist Greta Thunberg
has been arrested in central London
at a demonstration in support of the Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison.
Ms Thunberg, 22, can be seen holding a sign reading
“I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide”
in a video shared by Prisoners for Palestine

Greta Thunberg arrested at protest supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers
Greta Thunberg was filmed holding a sign reading ‘I support the Palestine Action prisoners’

U.N. summit ends without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/22/nx-s1-5615207/u-n-climate-talks-end-cop30-brazil

"‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

"Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says"
#FossilFuels #Brazil #Climate

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says
This November, as Brazil opened the curtains to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), in its Pará state capital, Belém, the troubles orbiting the country’s environmental agenda were featured in a new report by U.S.-based conservation technology nonprofit SkyTruth, which is dedicated to satellite-based environmental monitoring. In the run-up to the climate summit, the study […]

Fossil fuel industry's 'climate false solutions' reinforce its power, aggravate environmental injustice, study suggests https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-false.html

Fossil fuel industry's 'climate false solutions' reinforce its power, aggravate environmental injustice, study suggests
Many so-called low-carbon projects promoted by major oil and gas companies—including hydrogen, biofuels, carbon capture and storage, and carbon offsetting—operate as false solutions that not only fail to effectively reduce emissions, but also prolong the lifespan of fossil fuel infrastructures, entrench environmental injustices, and reinforce the political and economic power of the very industry responsible for the climate crisis.

A Somber Mood at Science Meeting as Trump Budget Cuts Continue (Eric Niiler/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/climate/ncar-climate-research-agu.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p64#a251219p64

Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said.
The situation in Tehran is the result of “a perfect storm of climate change and corruption,” says Michael Rubin, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute.
“We no longer have a choice,” said Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian during a speech on Thursday.
Instead Iranian officials are considering moving the capital to…

Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame

"In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source"
#Bangladesh #Environment
h…

In Bangladesh, thousands of volunteers are battling climate-fueled disease at its source
As mosquitoes spread dengue and chikungunya, Bangladesh Clean volunteers are taking public health into their own hands.

It’s hard to articulate just how quickly batteries for grid storage are coming online.
These massive arrays of cells can soak up electricity when sources like solar are available and prices are low,
and then discharge power back to the grid when it’s needed most.
Back in 2015, the battery storage industry had installed only a fraction of a gigawatt-hour of battery storage capacity across the US.
That year, it set a seemingly bold target of adding 35 gigawatt-hours by …

Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices Fall to $108 Per Kilowatt-Hour, Despite Rising Metal Prices: BloombergNEF | BloombergNEF
BloombergNEF’s new framework and scorecard provides a tool for investors to analyze country-level climate risk and resilience.

"Urban Greenery Is Making Some Cities Hotter, Study Finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https://e360.yale.edu/diges…

Urban Greenery Is Making Some Cities Hotter, Study Finds

Signature of climate change: Nearly half of harmful wildfire smoke exposure linked to human-caused warming https://phys.org/news/2025-12-signature-climate-wildfire-exposure-linked.html

Signature of climate change: Nearly half of harmful wildfire smoke exposure linked to human-caused warming
Across the western U.S., wildfires and the dangerous smoke that results have increased in frequency and intensity since the 1990s—that much is clear. Surprisingly less clear are the exact reasons why: While greenhouse gas-related global warming is often cited as a culprit, to what extent can this claim be quantified?

"Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/offshore-fossil-fuel-exploration-jeopardizes-brazils-climate-leadership-study-says/

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says
This November, as Brazil opened the curtains to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), in its Pará state capital, Belém, the troubles orbiting the country’s environmental agenda were featured in a new report by U.S.-based conservation technology nonprofit SkyTruth, which is dedicated to satellite-based environmental monitoring. In the run-up to the climate summit, the study […]

"From turkey to cinnamon, here’s how the climate crisis is threatening our favourite Christmas foods"
#Christmas #ChristmasFood #Climate

How climate change is threatening our favourite Christmas foods
Many key ingredients for festive foods have been hit by climate change, causing yields to plummet or forcing farmers to introduce adaptations.

"Denmark tops ranking of most ambitious countries on climate with 85% emission reduction target"
#Denmark #Emissions #Climate

Why Denmark is the most climate ambitious country
Denmark announces incredibly ambitious climate targets at this year’s COP30

"Average global temperature to hit 1.4°C above preindustrial levels in 2026, warns UK’s Met Office"
#Climate #ClimateChange

UK’s Met Office warns 2026 could be among hottest years on record
The Met Office warns that 2026 is likely to become the fourth year on record where temperatures hit 1.4°C above preindustrial levels.

Greening school playgrounds can improve quality of life in cities and help deal with climate change https://phys.org/news/2026-01-greening-school-playgrounds-quality-life.html

Greening school playgrounds can improve quality of life in cities and help deal with climate change
Adapting urban spaces to tackle climate change through nature-based solutions, especially in school playgrounds and environments, benefits both children and society as a whole. This is one of the main findings of a three-year study conducted by a group of experts at European universities and research centers under the leadership of a team of researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech (UPC). The study is an interdisciplinary…

Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024,
down from 36 a year earlier, a report has revealed.
Saudi Aramco was the biggest state-controlled polluter
and ExxonMobil was the largest investor-owned polluter.
Critics accused the leading fossil fuel companies of
“sabotaging climate action” and
“being on the wrong side of history”
but said the emissions data was increasing…

"Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change"
#Peatlands #Environment #Climate

Global peatlands revealed as critical frontier in fight against climate change
Global peatlands—huge expanses of partially decayed vegetation—store more carbon than is naturally present in the atmosphere but are under pressure from drainage-based agriculture. New research from Murdoch University reveals that peatlands present a major opportunity to arrest natural greenhouse gas emissions.

"Global use of coal hit record high in 2024"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Underestimates in global warming pose major climate and financial risks, report shows #climate

Underestimates in global warming pose major climate and financial risks, report shows
Policymakers and financial institutions are underestimating climate risks that could undermine the global financial system, according to a new report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and University of Exeter.

"Six thousand year old data reveals Europe could face 42 extra days of summer by 2100"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange

Ancient data shows Europe may see 42 more summer days by 2100
Summers on the continent could be getting a lot longer, new study shows.

"New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange

New data reveals how Australia’s threatened reptiles and frogs are disappearing – and what we have to do
Australia is home to many endangered reptiles and frogs. This national snapshot shows their numbers have dropped sharply. But it’s possible to reverse this trend.

"October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures ‘way above the norm’"
#Ausustralia #Climate #ClimateChange

"Average global temperature to hit 1.4°C above preindustrial levels in 2026, warns UK’s Met Office"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

UK’s Met Office warns 2026 could be among hottest years on record
The Met Office warns that 2026 is likely to become the fourth year on record where temperatures hit 1.4°C above preindustrial levels.

Ocean impacts nearly double economic cost of climate change, study finds #ocean

Ocean impacts nearly double economic cost of climate change, study finds
For the first time, a study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of carbon—a measure of economic harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-per…

"Ocean impacts nearly double economic cost of climate change, study finds"
#Oceans #Climate #ClimateChange

Ocean impacts nearly double economic cost of climate change, study finds
For the first time, a study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of carbon—a measure of economic harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

"NASA has released its data on rising temperatures. Why is climate change not mentioned at all?"
#NASA #Climate #ClimateChange

NASA sparks concern after report on rising temperatures omits climate
An expert says NASA’s statement is “consistent” with all of the other “anti-climate actions” the Trump administration has taken in the last year.

What did countries agree to at COP30? #environment

What did countries agree to at COP30?
The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.

"Does the EU rollback of 2035 car emissions ban risk undermining Europe’s climate goals?"
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Climate

Scientists warn heatwaves will intensify for 1,000 years even after net zero #environment

Scientists warn heatwaves will intensify for 1,000 years even after net zero
New climate modeling shows that heatwaves will keep getting hotter, longer, and more frequent for centuries—even after the world hits net-zero emissions. Delays of just a few years dramatically increase the likelihood of extreme, once-rare heat disasters, especially for countries near the equator. The research reveals that even reaching net zero by mid-century won't reverse the trend, and some regions will continue to see worsening heatwaves for a thousand years.

"Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia"
#Asia #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia
A climate study led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with an international research team, reveals that under a high-emission scenario, the Northern Hemisphere summer monsoons region will undergo extreme weather events starting in 2064. Asia and broader tropical regions will face frequent "subseasonal whiplash" events, characterized by extreme downpours and dry spells alternating every 30 to 90 days which trigger climate disruptions with catastrophi…

'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions #environment

'Bigger, hotter, faster': Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions
Rampant wildfires in the Americas drove a jump in global greenhouse gas emissions from fires in the year to February, new research found Thursday, warning that climate change was fanning the flames.

"These European cities won't be able to host future Winter Olympics due to climate change"
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Europe's Winter Olympics host sites shrinking due to climate change
Chamonix and Oslo are among the sites considered risky for hosting future Games.

"Arctic sees unprecedented heat as climate impacts cascade"
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Arctic sees unprecedented heat as climate impacts cascade
The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather.

"Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow"
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Climate change is melting glaciers and ice sheets faster than they can regrow
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"Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025"
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Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2025 - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief has compiled its annual list of the 25 most talked-about climate-related studies of the past year.

"Analysis: Seven charts showing how the $100bn climate-finance goal was met"
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Analysis: Seven charts showing how the $100bn climate-finance goal was met - Carbon Brief
With developed countries pledging to ramp up climate finance, analysis shows how donors rely on loans and private finance to meet obligations.

"Use of private jets to Davos has soared in the past three years. Is it time for a super-rich tax?"
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‘Pure hypocrisy’: WEF slammed for soaring use of private jets to Davos
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has gotten off to a bumpy start as participants are criticised for their soaring use of private jets.

"The hidden carbon cost of reality TV shows like The Traitors"
#TV #Media #Emissions

The hidden carbon cost of reality TV shows like The Traitors
Reality TV isn’t the villain of the climate story – but it is a powerful amplifier of taste.

"A 2003-style heatwave today would kill nearly 18,000 Europeans, new study warns"
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Europe could face higher death toll if historic heatwaves struck today
Applying historical heatwave patterns to current climate conditions shows a worrisome death toll, a new study reveals

"Global fossil fuel demand to grow less than 1% this year, study finds"
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"How a Big Oil PR Firm Helped Top UK Cultural Institutions Defend Their Fossil Fuel Sponsorships"
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How a Big Oil PR Firm Helped Top UK Cultural Institutions Defend Their Fossil Fuel Sponsorships
Brunswick Group’s strategies aimed to neutralise growing calls for theatres, museums, and galleries to distance themselves from climate polluters.

"A few reasons to feel hopeful about the climate in 2026"
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A few reasons to feel hopeful about the climate in 2026
This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. 2025 was a brutal year for the climate: record temperatures, ever…

"‘Hot droughts’ could push the Amazon into a hypertropical climate by 2100 - and trees won’t survive"
#Amazon #Climate #ClimateChange

Hypertropical climate in the Amazon could trigger mass tree die-offs
A hypertropical climate has not occurred on Earth in at least 10 million years.