China’s coal heartland fighting for a greener future
Shanxi produces more coal than India. How will it survive in Chinaâs clean energy future? (date: 09/07/2025)
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Climate breakdown tripled death toll in Europe’s June heatwave, study finds
Heat caused 2,300 deaths across 12 cities, of which 1,500 were down to climate crisis, scientists say (date: 09/07/2025)
Dhaka builds for a wetter future – in pictures
(date: 07/07/2025)
Texas floods reveal limitations of disaster forecasting under climate crisis
(date: 06/07/2025)
Crete wildfire forces 1,500 to evacuate as Europe heatwave continues
Fire on island being fanned by gale-force winds as blazes also rage on mainland Greece and in Germany (date: 03/07/2025)
More than 80% of UK farmers worried about climate crisis harming livelihood, study finds
Farmers warn of risk to Britain’s food supply as more than three-quarters take hit to income from extreme weather (date: 02/07/2025)
(date: 01/07/2025)
Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave
Extreme heat ‘the new normal’, says UN chief, as authorities across the continent issue health warnings (date: 30/06/2025)
Ex-world leaders call for ‘powerful shift’ as they warn of extreme inequality
Former leaders urge current state heads to work together to end poverty amid potential of first trillionaires emerging (date: 26/06/2025)
Includes impacts modelling on overshooting to 3degC then bringing temperatures back to 1.5 by year 2300. (date: 26/06/2025)
Planetary boundaries - Stockholm Resilience Centre
In 2023: 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries have been crossed. (date: 26/06/2025)
Past and future sea level rise - Met Office
Projections: 50 - 80+cm by 2100; 0.5 - 7m by 2300. (date: 26/06/2025)
Double record breaker: Spring 2025 is warmest and sunniest on UK record - Met Office
"This combination of heat and sunshine, coupled with very low rainfall, has created challenging conditions across much of the country for agriculture and water resources. "By mid-May, the UK was experiencing its driest spring in over 100 years. Although recent wet weather has eased conditions slightly, Spring 2025 still ranks as the sixth driest spring since this series began in 1836, with just 128.2mm of rainfall – approximately 40% below the long-term average and still the driest spring in more than 50 years. "England was particularly dry, experiencing its driest spring in more than 100 years, beaten only by 1893. Wales saw its sixth driest spring, and all other nations fell out of the top ten driest by the end of the month. " (date: 26/06/2025)
The tech giants use AI but is it any good? - BBC Weather
Can't do small scale; or > 6days. Also need physical models for training data + initial conditions. Techniques are developing though. (date: 25/06/2025)
(date: 12/06/2025)
Kabul at risk of becoming first modern city to run out of water, report warns
NGO says Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address (date: 07/06/2025)
Climate change could bring insect-borne tropical diseases to UK, scientists warn
(date: 23/05/2025)
Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows
(date: 21/05/2025)
‘We are witnessing ecocide’: Santander accused of funding vast deforestation
In 2024, the Spanish bank provided more than $600m in financing to firms linked to beef, palm oil, soya and supply chains driving deforestation, says Global Witness (date: 15/05/2025)
Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy | Adam Becker
(date: 03/05/2025)
India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions
(date: 30/04/2025)
Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says
Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessment (date: 30/04/2025)
The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million to elect the new U.S. government
“The oil and gas industry spent about $220m in campaign and political action committee donations in the 2024 US election, according to a recent Yale Climate Connections analysis. About 88% of donations went toward Republican candidates, including nearly $23m toward Donald Trump and groups supporting him.” - Guardian (date: 24/04/2025)
Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites
(date: 10/04/2025)
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents (date: 09/04/2025)
Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests
(date: 06/04/2025)
State of the Global Climate 2024
Key messages * Key climate change indicators again reach record levels * Long-term warming (averaged over decades) remains below 1.5°C * Sea-level rise and ocean warming irreversible for hundreds of years * Record greenhouse gas concentrations combined with El Niño and other factors to drive 2024 record heat * Early warnings and climate services are vital to protect communities and economies (date: 19/03/2025)
More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN
Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced (date: 19/03/2025)
Factcheck: Kemi Badenoch’s claim that net zero is ‘impossible’ by 2050
(date: 19/03/2025)
How to … spot fake news - Magazine
As new research shows that populist politicians are deliberately using misinformation, UNISON digital engagement manager Alison Charlton explores how to spot fake news (date: 26/02/2025)
This Agtech Startup is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland (Liquid Nanoclay)
In order to feed the ever-increasing world population, we need to increase our food supply. Luckily, thanks to agtech startups like Desert Control, thatâs no... (date: 01/01/2025)
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
(date: 15/10/2024)
‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans (date: 11/10/2024)
Hurricane Milton: what does it actually take to evacuate during a weather crisis?
While Florida residents are being told to flee before the hurricane makes landfall, it may not be possible for all (date: 09/10/2024)
Live Weather Satellite Map | Zoom Earth
(date: 09/10/2024)
Live Hurricane Tracker | NESDIS
(date: 09/10/2024)
Chris Packham urges protesters to stop blocking roads as he takes climate role
(date: 04/10/2024)
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