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Climate report: Earth on dangerous path but rapid action can avert the worst outcomes
Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 30, 2025 2024 was the hottest year on record and likely the hottest in at least 125,000 years, according to an annual report issued by an international coalition led by Oregon State University scientists. "Without effective strategies, we will rapidly encounter escalating risks that threaten to overwhelm systems of peace, governance, and public and ecosystem health," said co-lead author William Ripple. "In short, we'll be on the fast track to climate-driven chaos, a dangerous trajectory for humanity." ... read more |
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UN climate fund posts record year as chief defends loansWashington (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 The head of the UN's flagship climate fund has announced a record-breaking year for approving projects in vulnerable countries, crediting red-tape-cutting reforms for the achievement that includes a major desalination project in Jordan. ... more 
Greece announces 2.5-bn-euro plan to tackle drought threatAthens (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 Greece on Thursday said it would invest 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) over the next decade to tackle a mounting drought challenge threatening Athens and Thessaloniki, its two largest cities, and many of its islands. ... more 
Trump declares victory against climate 'hoax' after Bill Gates commentsWashington (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 US President Donald Trump claimed victory Wednesday over what he called the "hoax" of climate change, after billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said a warming world would not end civilization. ... more 
Personal tipping points: Four people share their climate journeysParis (AFP) Oct 30, 2025 From US President Donald Trump's all-out push for fossil fuels to political squabbles in Europe, governments are retreating on their climate promises. But most people around the world still see global warming as a serious threat. ... more |
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Tens of thousands in climate march before Dutch vote The Hague (AFP) Oct 26, 2025 Tens of thousands of climate protesters marched in The Hague Sunday, seeking to push the fight against climate change up the political agenda days ahead of an election dominated by immigration and housing. ... more
Overshooting 1.5C climate target 'inevitable': UN chiefGeneva (AFP) Oct 22, 2025 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday it was now clear that efforts to cap global warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels would fail in the short term. ... more
UN chief calls for 'fight' against climate disinformationGeneva (AFP) Oct 22, 2025 UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for a fightback against climate disinformation ahead of next month's COP30 summit after US President Donald Trump branded climate change the "greatest con job ever". ... more 
Solar geoengineering faces daunting practical and political challengesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2025 Efforts to cool the planet by reflecting sunlight back into space may be far more difficult than previously imagined, according to new research from Columbia University scientists. Their analysis hi ... more 
Nearly 900 mn poor people exposed to climate shocks, UN warnsUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 17, 2025 Nearly 80 percent of the world's poorest, or about 900 million people, are directly exposed to climate hazards exacerbated by global warming, bearing a "double and deeply unequal burden," the United Nations warned Friday. ... more |
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'Good riddance': Fed clash over scrapping climate risk guidance; Nearly 1 billion people exposed to climate shocks: UN 
Washington Oct 17, 2025 Rumbling discontent over the US Federal Reserve's guidance on climate change policies spilled into the open Thursday, when the central bank became the latest regulatory agency to scrap climate-related guidance. In a joint statement, the Fed and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said they "do not believe principles for managing climate-related financial risk are necessary." This, they added, was because their "existing safety and soundness standards require all supervised instituti ... read more
Judge 'reluctantly' tosses youth case challenging Trump climate policiesWashington (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 A federal judge on Wednesday "reluctantly" dismissed a lawsuit brought by young Americans accusing President Donald Trump's administration of threatening their constitutional right to life and liberty through its aggressive fossil-fuel push. ... more |
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Climate advisers warn UK to prepare for 2C warming by 2050London (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 UK climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather are falling far short. ... more
In China, climate litigation starts with the stateBeijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2025 With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere. ... more 
Brazil's climate wins ahead of COP30Brasilia (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Brazil's president has slashed deforestation in the Amazon and worked to better protect Indigenous people, giving him a generally positive environmental record as he prepares to host COP30 UN climate talks in a month. ... more 
Brazil hopes Amazon summit can unite world for climate actionBrasilia (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Brazil is betting its much-hyped climate summit in the Amazon next month can deliver something increasingly rare in a fractured world: proof that nations can still unite to confront a global crisis. ... more
Trees, targets and trillions: what's on the agenda at COP30?Brasilia (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 This year's United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon. But what is actually on the agenda? ... more |
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