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"Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action"
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Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action - Carbon Brief
Most people "underestimate" general support for climate change and "overestimate" actual, real-world climate action.

During the summer’s federal recess, during which lawmakers leave the nation’s capital to work directly within their home states or districts,
demonstrators organized by the environmental advocacy coalition Climate Action Campaign are calling on representatives to put climate back on the political agenda.
“The long history of the climate movement proves that we move fastest when there’s real pressure from the grassroots,”
said Bill McKibben, the environmental author and acti…

Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’ prompts activists to turn up the volume
Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging

This is a good analysis of class, even if it doesn't really answer the question it sets.
Why climate movements struggle to talk about class - resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2026-05-29/why-climate-movements-struggle-to-…

Why climate movements struggle to talk about class
Environmental movements often frame injustice through race and gender while overlooking the ways class shapes power, exclusion, and whose voices are heard. The result is a climate politics that can alienate the very working-class communities needed to build effective movements.

Extremely stupid and self-destructive, not wanting to collect climate data.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.m9…

Trump Administration to Dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative
The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.

Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/23/climate-crisis-heat-sucking-soils-dry-extreme-drought-europe-analysis

"Climate change causes the ocean’s waters to expand"
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Climate change causes the ocean’s waters to expand » Yale Climate Connections
It’s one of the reasons global sea levels are rising.

Differences in political leadership ( or Leadership vs abdication of responsibility?) on the #ClimateCrisis
Spain:
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‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to solar power records, and it’s just set another one. Via its own III-V germanium solar PV module, the institute reached 34.4 percent solar module efficiency.
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/12/m

Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to solar power records, and it’s just set another one. Via its own III-V germanium solar PV module, the institute reached 34.4 percent solar module efficiency. The solar record ... [continued]

"Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands"
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Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands
Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers say

Trump pulled the US out of the Network for Greening the Financial System last year, leaving Europe to take the lead on climate-related risks without the involvement of the world’s most powerful economy.
Dutch banker and lawyer Elderson said the banking industry remained convinced that climate and nature-related risks had to be addressed.
“I would think it’s very difficult to find a bank in Europe that will honestly tell you that they think this is not relevant,” he said.
“I…

ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy