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"Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal - Zoe Williams"
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Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal
On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality, writes Zoe Williams

Climate change has a hidden workplace cost that adds up fast #environment

Climate change has a hidden workplace cost that adds up fast
Rising heat is quietly affecting workers worldwide, revealing a major economic cost of climate change that has often been overlooked.

US military academy students are not allowed to learn basic facts about climate change anymore.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-08-26/west-point-professor-fired-lawsuit-climate-change-22666987.html

West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.

Stars and Stripes: "West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching #climate change, lawsuit says"
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.

"Dans toute la France, des milliers de manifestants pour le climat : « J’aurais aimé qu’on soit plus nombreux, après l’été que l’on vient de passer »"
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Dans toute la France, des milliers de manifestants pour le climat : « J’aurais aimé qu’on soit plus nombreux, après l’été que l’on vient de passer »
De Bordeaux à Paris, en passant par Rennes ou Die, 120 000 personnes, selon les organisateurs, ont pris part à 260 rassemblements « pour le climat, pour le vivant, pour la paix, pour la justice sociale ».

"We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation"
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We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation
There are countless initiatives around the world that can inspire people and spur them into action. Amid the devastation of the climate crisis, our journalists strive to highlight these stories of hope

The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way' #environment

The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'
In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future," a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The devastation causes the world's nations to unite to combat climate change.

"Cities shouldn’t wait for an extreme weather wake-up call, researcher says"
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Cities shouldn’t wait for an extreme weather wake-up call, researcher says » Yale Climate Connections
Yale Climate Connections is a nonpartisan, multimedia service providing daily broadcast radio programming and original web-based reporting, commentary, and analysis on the issue of climate change.

"Children born today in Europe will live through almost twice as much extreme fire weather as their grandparents"
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Children born today in Europe will live through almost twice as much extreme fire weather as their grandparents
A child born in Europe in 2025 will live through more than three additional years of extreme fire weather compared with someone born in 1950 if we continue with current climate policies, according to new research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. That's an 84% increase for today's babies compared with their grandparents. The vast majority (86%) of this increase is due to climate change rather than increased longevity.

"Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero"
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Tropics will be among last places to benefit if global greenhouse gas emissions cut to net zero
Australian scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achieved