The Surprising Route to Energy Security: Scrap fossil fuel subsidies Energy security cannot be bought with fossil fuel subsidies. Reforming them offers a solution—one that reduces risk rather than reinforcing it.

A global review shows fossil fuel production bans and moratoria are rising, signaling momentum for supply-side climate action. But policies remain fragmented and fragile - often reversed under political pressure.

Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Factory Farms, Study Finds In California, Texas and Iowa, cancer rates are 4-8% higher in areas with more industrial animal agriculture.

Not very surprising, still bad news; Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Factory Farms, Study Finds. In California, Texas and Iowa, cancer rates are 4-8% higher in areas with more industrial animal agriculture.

A new study argues humans are now a dominant force shaping Earth. While our innovations have driven climate change and biodiversity loss, they also show our capacity for large-scale cooperation—offering hope that collective action can transform the planet for the better.
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Indigenous health can't be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN At Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand coordinated approach to land rights.

Indigenous health can’t be separated from environmental health, leaders tell UN. At Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand coordinated approach to land rights.

Indigenous leaders are pushing to enforce global climate rulings, but a wide gap remains between legal decisions and government action. Despite strong court opinions, weak enforcement and political resistance continue to undermine protections for Indigenous lands and rights.

EPA’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Will Cost Society | The Regulatory Review EPA’s lopsided focus on regulatory costs ignores the much larger forgone benefits and the law.

EPA’s endangerment act repeal ignores societal benefits of emissions rules. Its own analysis shows a net $180B cost, higher fuel prices, and major health and climate damages, while sidelining trillions in avoided costs, making the repeal harmful & legally questionable.

On the Front Lines of Climate Change and Conflict, Educating Young People is a Form of Resistance and a Means of Survival The Green Panthers visit schools across Nigeria to reveal the far-reaching impacts of human destruction. They hope to inspire the country's youth to do things differently.

In northeast Nigeria, the Green Panthers educate youth on climate change as both survival and resistance. Through trainings, they link environmental damage to livelihoods, empowering students to act, advocate, and rebuild communities facing drought, violence, and loss.

Moringa seeds may offer a natural, low-cost way to remove microplastics from drinking water. Scientists found the plant extract clumps plastic particles for easy filtration, sometimes outperforming conventional chemicals, promising for cleaner water in small communities.
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Climate change could heat up sovereign debt risk premia - research warns - Net Zero Investor - Net Zero Investor Net Zero Investor‘s mission is to provide written, streamed and in-person content that will benefit investors’ net-zero journeys.

Climate change may soon reshape sovereign debt markets. New research shows rising physical risks could drive downgrades, higher borrowing costs, and debt spikes (US 151%, UK 114% by 2050). Climate risk is systemic and increasingly priced into global finance.
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Battle-scarred developing nations look for path out of permacrisis Developing country policymakers left this week's IMF-World Bank meetings more frustrated than ever that successive external shocks are derailing their efforts to tackle high debt, reform their economies and deliver better lives for millions of citizens now struggling to pay for food and fuel.

At the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, developing nations voiced deep frustration as debt, conflict and repeated shocks worsen food and fuel crises. With few new global fixes on offer, calls are growing for self-reliance, regional cooperation and fresh financing.

Sectoral roadmaps as the backbone of transition planning: Linking NDCs, finance and the real economy Sectoral roadmaps set actionable, sector-specific priorities across technologies, emissions and investment to support transition planning. The article explores the role of sectoral roadmaps, including...

Sectoral roadmaps are turning climate pledges into action, bridging NDCs with real-economy change. By guiding sector-specific decarbonization, they align policy, finance, and investment decisions, helping drive a coordinated, whole-of-economy transition.

Climate Change Pushes Emperor Penguins and Antarctic Fur Seals Closer to Extinction - Impakter The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. As the IUCN explains, climate change is to blame for the

Climate change is pushing emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals closer to extinction. Warming is shrinking sea ice and disrupting food webs, with penguin populations projected to halve by the 2080s and fur seals down about 50% since 2000. A stark climate warning.

How can Ministries of Finance support the low-carbon transition through coherent ‘policy packages’? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment This commentary by Patrick Lenain explains how Ministries of Finance are ideally placed to support the design of 'policy packages' that combine multiple policy instruments to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Ministries of Finance can drive low-carbon transition by combining carbon pricing w. subsidies, public investment, regulation, and green procurement. Coordinated policy packages work better than single tools, helping turn climate ambition into investment and implementation.

A new era of geopolitics, climate change and the seven choke points - Asian Chemical Connections The seven key chokepoints and the implications for chemicals

Good article: "A new era of geopolitics, climate change and the seven choke points." Geography, in the sense of physical trade routes, has been treated as a given; a stable, invisible infrastructure underpinning globalisation. That assumption is breaking down.

The most polluting LNG project in the US is being built in Louisiana The sprawling facility near Lake Charles is expected to produce more emissions than any other LNG export terminal in the country.

Louisiana LNG is set to become the most climate-polluting LNG terminal in the US, emitting more greenhouse gases than any existing export facility. Critics say the project deepens Louisiana’s climate risks, while locking in even more fossil fuel pollution.

Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source Scientific Reports - Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source

Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source: after 2010, deforestation caused biomass losses so large they now emit more carbon than forests absorb. Protecting forests is urgent and updated NDCs must be even more ambitious.

Body condition among Svalbard Polar bears Ursus maritimus during a period of rapid loss of sea ice Scientific Reports - Body condition among Svalbard Polar bears Ursus maritimus during a period of rapid loss of sea ice

Some polar bears are showing unprecedented resilience to climate change, in part thanks to increases in some prey species, including harbour seals, reindeer, and walrus, which partly offsets melting sea ice and reduced access to seals.

Finding the Cattle Queen | Rachel Ossip Today, the poster is rarely, if ever, remembered for its relationship to the Cattle Baron, despite the name printed prominently in the bottom right corner. Instead, in museums and academic papers, Facebook posts and news outlets, it is referred to as a “feminist protest poster” by “anonymous.”

Great Sunday read: Finding the Cattle Queen. Steakhouse royalty, feminist icon, fungible tourism graphic—she deserves a proper title.

The Memory Maker - Longreads OpenAI's Sora allowed you to deepfake yourself. Users started to remember things that never happened.

Oh Dear... The Memory Maker - OpenAI’s Sora allowed you to deepfake yourself. Users started to remember things that never happened. "It felt like a memory, very faintly. Not a full memory, exactly. But not NOT a memory either."

How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up There's an old argument that protecting the environment hurts the economy. It's wrong for a lot of reasons.

Analysis finds Trump-era climate rollbacks rely on flawed economic math, downplaying the high costs of inaction. Evidence shows climate impacts already cost households hundreds annually, while environmental protections and clean investments boost growth & long-term stability.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation sues Trump administration over rollback of climate pollution protections The foundation says the Chesapeake watershed “is on the front lines of climate change threats.”

Chesapeake Bay Foundation joined a national lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of EPA climate pollution protections, warning the Chesapeake watershed is on the front lines of climate change, from sea level rise to flooding and warmer waters.

'Climate change is kicking our butts.' March smashes heat records for continental U.S. The next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength.

'Climate change is kicking our butts.' March smashes heat records for continental U.S.
The next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength.

Corporate climate target-setting up 40% in 2025, with Asia Emerging as a Centre of Gravity - Science Based Targets Initiative New data shows sustained growth in science-based and net-zero targets through 2025

SBTi says corporate climate target-setting rose 40% in 2025, with nearly 10,000 companies now holding validated science-based targets. Asia was the fastest-growing region at 53%, emerging alongside Europe as a major hub for corporate climate ambition.

What to expect when you’re expecting the end of the world Jem Bendell predicted that society would collapse because of climate change. Then he tried to get on with his life.

What to expect when you’re expecting the end of the world. Jem Bendell predicted that society would collapse because of climate change. Then he tried to get on with his life.

‘I Miss Breathing’: Air Pollution Is Worsening Worldwide The IQAir World Air Quality Report 2025 reveals a global decline in air quality, with only 14% of cities meeting WHO standards.

Air pollution worsened worldwide in 2025, with only 13 countries meeting WHO safety guidelines. Central and South Asia remain hardest hit, and climate-fueled wildfires are making clean air even harder to protect, with major risks for heart, lung and child health.

Climate, conflict and the energy transition: security challenges ahead Climate change can increase the risk of armed conflict, but it is not the only driver.

Two interesting research briefs! Climate change can increase the risk of armed conflict, but it is not the only driver. While the green energy transition is essential for mitigating climate risks, it may also create new security challenges.

New research from UC Irvine finds climate change is speeding up the breakdown of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance. Using 20 years of NASA satellite data, scientists say N2O’s atmospheric lifetime is shrinking ~1.4% per decade.
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Earth's Smells Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change, and It's a Vast Cultural Loss A triple threat of pollution, extinction and warming temperatures is altering the way the planet smells. Scientists are only beginning to understand the stakes for humans

Climate change is erasing the world’s smells. Pollution, extinction and rising heat are altering scents tied to ecosystems, food and memory, creating not just an environmental shift but a profound cultural loss scientists are only starting to grasp.

New research suggests a few simple traits can help predict which species will struggle as climate change intensifies. Long-term estuary data show smaller, less mobile species decline more under warming, while short-lived species respond more erratically.

Zeldin tells climate skeptics to 'celebrate vindication' after repeal of baseline climate rule The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change.

EPA chief Lee Zeldin urged climate skeptics to “celebrate vindication” after repealing the 2009 endangerment finding, the legal basis for U.S. climate rules. The move scraps a 16-year foundation for regulating greenhouse gas emissions.