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Act now against El Niño or costs will double, UNDP warns

Acting now to counter the devastating effects of the El Niño phenomenon will cost half as much as waiting, the head of the U.N. Development Programme told AFP Friday.

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The suburbs are getting a makeover. That’s a climate win. » Yale Climate Connections

Across the U.S., communities are transforming aging malls, golf courses, and parking lots into walkable neighborhoods that reduce car dependency and help residents adapt to extreme weather.

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Hope Village provides climate-resilient housing to vulnerable residents » Yale Climate Connections

The village was built using an affordable, modular system called LifeArk.

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Some regions may already be living in a 1.5°C warmer world

Regions worldwide may have already experienced around 90%–94% of the warming expected when the global average reaches 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, and 65%–76% of that expected at 2°C of warming. The findings, published in Nature Climate Change, suggest that regional warming in 2025 was statistically indistinguishable from the levels expected in a 1.5°C warmer world, underlining the immediate need for adaptation across all regions.

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Cop31 as it happened: ‘Everything and everyone we love is at stake,’ Greta Thunberg warns

Host Turkey celebrates new oilfields as UN climate summit prepares to host world leaders from more than 90 countries

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2026 set to be one of the 4 hottest years on record

The year 2026 continues the protracted streak of exceptional global temperatures, melting ice and rising sea levels, with a very strong El Niño event set to unleash even more heat and extreme weather well into 2027, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It highlights the knock-on risks to the environment, economy and everyday life.

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As War Roils Energy Markets, China Sees Its Emissions Drop

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Ozone Hole Reaches Its 2026 Maximum - NASA Science

The ozone hole ranked seventh largest by area in 48 years of monitoring, but it was not as deep as other large holes on record.

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The Standing Rock protests launched one man’s renewable energy transformation » Yale Climate Connections

Ten years after the protest, Cody Two Bears reflects on how it led him to create energy alternatives for tribal communities.

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Less rain, more intense storms: Climate change strengthens extreme urban floods

A new study reveals a troubling consequence of climate change: Even as rainfall decreases, cities could face increasingly severe flooding. The study was led by Ph.D. student Raz Nussbaum and co-authored by Dr. Moshe Armon and supervised by professor Efrat Morin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Researchers warn that warmer weather is helping mosquitoes spread dangerous diseases like malaria and dengue

A century of data shows bed nets, drugs and growing cities explain much of why malaria and dengue went separate ways as the planet warmed.

bbc.co.uk

What is climate change? A really simple guide

Human activities are causing the world to heat up, posing serious threats to people and nature.

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Future warming events will outdo the extreme heat waves of the recent past, new study finds

The extreme heat waves we have seen over the last few years may only serve as a preview of what is to come as a result of climate change. A new study led by researcher Philipp Aglas-Leitner from Freie Universität Berlin, published in Nature Communications, finds that future heat waves could last longer, impact larger areas, and be much more severe.

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‘A new age of climate extremes’: Earth accumulating heat at accelerating rate

Increased heat will supercharge extreme weather events, warns UN agency as Cop31 climate summit begins

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How fossil fuel lobby is undermining democracy - 360

Corporate lobbying, political donations and manufactured public support are helping fossil fuel corporations obstruct climate action in Australia. The key to overcoming the influence of polluters lies in understanding who shapes climate policy, and how. Australia, like many nations around the world, has failed to implement climate policies that are consistent with the dire warnings […]

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The worse climate change gets, the harder it becomes to stop it

This year may be seen as a turning point in the climate crisis. The U.N. has accepted that global warming is going to exceed 1.5°C, while climate scientists have concluded that the rate of warming has effectively doubled over the past decade.

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What is net zero and is the UK on track to achieve it?

Reaching net zero carbon emissions worldwide is essential to limit global warming, UN scientists say.

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Norway Supreme Court rules North Sea oil and gas approvals invalid in historic climate case - Greenpeace International

“This historic ruling changes Norwegian oil policy forever, and sets a precedent the world cannot ignore. Norway can no longer ignore the global damage caused when its oil and gas are burned abroad."

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