Climate change

Running a global glacier model at daily rather than monthly resolution across more than 12,500 glaciers reproduces observed mass loss better and projects a 5 to 10 per cent larger glacier contribution to 21st-century sea-level rise.

Most national climate adaptation plans talk about health – but there are gaps in structures and investment to achieve this crucial strand of climate policy. Policy needs to be translated into action.

This study used observed precipitation and QDM-corrected CMIP6 simulations to examine future meteorological drought in Brazil, across 82 hydrographic microregions under SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5.

This report presents an evidence-based assessment of New Zealand’s atmosphere and climate, highlighting record-high greenhouse gases and temperatures, increased weather extremes, and the urgent need for adaptation and resilience.

This report evaluates five adaptation solutions in the Andes, finding that community-led initiatives with visible impacts are most sustainable, recommending early integration of sustainability, monitoring, local empowerment, and financing strategies.

California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment summarizes climate projections, hazards and vulnerabilities across the state, highlighting increasing risks and adaptation approaches for California’s natural, built and social systems.

Municipalities control levers like land-use planning, permitting and local infrastructure. But the adaptive capacity of municipalities is shaped by fiscal, regulatory and policy frameworks established by federal, provincial or territorial governments.

A study finds that the influence of El Niño is very strong, although smaller than the influence of climate change.

The most damaging weather events are the record-breaking “one-in-100-year” disasters communities have usually only seen once. But understanding how these rare events could change in the future is hard.

How do you make decisions about climate adaptation when risks are interconnected, knowledge is incomplete, and there is no obvious way forward?

Youth protests for better school conditions have prompted a national political crisis. Lack of adaptation to a hotter world is part of the story.

The study looks into the existing gaps in the newsrooms of the selected editions of the Hindi-language newspapers reporting on the issues of climate change.

This report assesses 2023–2026 disaster risk reduction in Africa since the 2015 Sendai Framework, finding climate hazards caused 90% of disasters and $133B losses, noting policy progress but highlighting persistent finance, data, and implementation gaps.

This report provides an overview of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Caribbean region from 2022 to 2026, analysing the risk context, key trends, progress against DRRP strategic objectives, policy developments, and emerging challenges.

This declaration urges strengthening of global action on sea level rise, emphasizing four pillars: science, adaptation, livelihoods, and legal issues, and calls for enhanced support and coordinated responses for vulnerable communities.

As climate negotiations move from commitment to implementation, here are five expectations for COP31 in Antalya.

New modelling suggests the tropical Pacific could stay in an El Niño-like state for centuries even after net zero is reached, with a larger share of El Niño events turning extreme. The longer emissions take to fall, the more of them.

South Africa launched its first national Climate and Health Surveillance platform, a pioneering research and decision-support tool designed to strengthen the country’s ability to understand and respond to the growing health impacts of climate change.

WMO’s Global Seasonal Climate Update forecasts the Niño 3.4 anomaly reaching about +3.7°C in October–December, the highest since observations began, with a near-100 per cent likelihood that El Niño persists through February 2027.

This research briefing analyzes how the intensifying El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole will heighten drought and inflation risks in Africa by 2026/27, impacting food prices and regional economies; it recommends robust disaster risk management measures.

Firefighter and researcher Marc Castellnou sends weather balloons into towering wildfire plumes to measure temperature, wind and humidity, opening a new way to anticipate when a fire turns extreme – and why some keep burning fiercely at night.

The construction industry is developing a more comprehensive approach to climate change as deadly heat waves pose growing risks to both workers and project deadlines.

This toolkit provides practical guidance for decision-makers and legal practitioners assessing international protection claims in which climate change and disasters play a role.

A powerful El Niño is developing in the tropical Pacific and is expected to influence global temperature and precipitation through 2027. Climate Central sets out how its warming effect compares with human-caused climate change.

Indonesia’s 2025–2030 national action plan sets out a framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the health sector, guiding government bodies and stakeholders on implementation and funding.

This study explores how Japanese farmers adapt to climate change-related crises through crisis management. Findings indicate that Japanese farmers have a relatively moderate to high perception of climate change, but some farmers exhibit adaptive behavior.

This report examines Nigeria’s “double cost crunch” from climate impacts and the low-carbon transition, highlighting pressures on growth, public finances and investment and recommending adaptation, resilient infrastructure and energy diversification.

Report examines Indonesia’s “double cost crunch” from climate impacts and the low-carbon transition, finding that delayed action can increase damages and financing pressures and recommending early investment, adaptation and international climate finance.

This report examines India’s “double cost crunch” from climate damages and the low-carbon transition, finding that delayed mitigation intensifies economic pressures and that immediate climate action brings greater long-term benefits.

UK’s record-breaking heatwaves increased concern about climate change, but extreme weather alone rarely changes beliefs or behaviour. Effective communication and making climate-friendly choices affordable, convenient and safe are key to lasting change.

The Supreme Court opened its 2026-2027 term Monday with a climate case: a lawsuit brought by Boulder, Colorado, against Exxon Mobil and Suncor, a Canadian oil company, over the costs of a warming planet.

Indonesia is aligning policies and strengthening intra-government coordination to address the growing health risks of climate change.

This study aims to systematically reveal the nexus among urban heat resilience, urban-scale expansion, and land-cover transformation in 70 rapidly urbanizing Chinese cities

Intense heatwaves from May to September, combined with a winter with little snow, led to another devastating year for the glaciers.

This report responds directly to a call from financiers for better and more nuanced evidence on the outcomes of locally led adaptation.

This study examines the effectiveness of film-based interventions in climate education among middle school children in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Accounting for the accumulated effects could help governments better assess climate risks and plan adaptation measures, Concordia researchers say

The article explores the record-strength 2026 El Niño, its global impacts and links to climate change, while examining how terms such as “super El Niño” shape how scientists, media and the public understand extreme events.

On 11 June 2026, Lithuania’s Parliament adopted the Climate Change Adaptation Law, establishing a legal framework for developing and implementing adaptation policy, managing climate-related risks, and collecting and providing relevant information.

This Sicilian community has endured for centuries. But climate change, drought, heat and wildfires are threatening farming livelihoods in Sicily’s Arbëreshë community, raising concerns over the potential loss of a 500-year-old cultural heritage.

This review examines climate change in Türkiye, its effects on health and cancer care, and the role of oncology nurses in adaptation, disaster preparedness, environmental health awareness, and supporting patients during climate-related crises.

This report assesses climate hazards in Uganda’s Kikuube District, finding increasing drought stress, localized flood risk and rising temperatures. It recommends early warning systems, climate-smart agriculture, water management and resilience planning.