"We are pushing the climate far beyond the conditions that nurtured civilisation". Prof @kevinclimate on the consequences without emergency action to stop burning fossil fuels - and how UK is not doing enough. Watch the full talk here: nebriefing.org/briefings/clim… #NEB2025

If your climate plan assumes "we'll get richer and people will drive less," this figure has bad news. Without intervention, higher income is strongly associated with higher car dependence across ~800 cities; doubling income is associated with ~37% more car journeys.

🗞️IRENA’s December newsletter is out! It covers #renewables records in 2024, the remaining gap to reach #3xRenewables by 2030, new data on off-grid renewables & their role in improving access for remote communities, also what to expect at #IRENA16A. ➡️ Read & subscribe:

. Smart Climate Governance: Beyond The “Hot & Cold” Approach We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Suggestions For Climate Governance Redesign More: orfonline.org/expert-speak/s… .

📈 Increasing economic inequality is significantly influencing countries' vulnerability to natural hazards. This study from NatureSustainability analyses income inequality and flood disasters in 67 middle- and high-income countries over 18 years. ➡️ ow.ly/U9ta50Wyci0

World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)'s APARC releases a landmark report on global atmospheric impacts of the 2022 Hunga volcanic eruption 159 scientists. 21 countries. 3 years. One report. More information here: bit.ly/493hOmz #WCRP #APARC #ScienceforAction #HungaEruption

A new UNEP report shows that fixing the planet is possible — if we transform how we power our economies, produce and consume food, manage waste, and protect nature. These shifts could unlock up to US$100 trillion in benefits every year. Explore more: unep.org/news-and-stori…

#DYK: 1 in 5 people globally are at high-risk from climate hazards—not just because of floods or droughts, but due to poverty and limited access to services. But there's progress: from 2010–2021, the share of people at high risk halved. Learn more: wrld.bg/aXym50XQMGU

#News: Your #retirement funds could be fueling #ecocide. US #banking giants are driving #landgrabbing and #deforestation in #Brazil’s Cerrado for industrial #soy. Justice for i#ndigenous communities now! 🧐🔥🌱 @palmoildetect foe.org/news/land-grab…

2025 #YearInReview | Can deforestation-free trade protect forests without harming #agroforestry? This analysis looks at how simplified forest definitions and mapping risk unintended impacts on smallholders. Read the story: 🔗bit.ly/4pX9fRn #Trees4Resilience

Hate to say we told you so but so-called "sustainable aviation fuel" is and always has been a fantasy. The only solution to the climate impacts of flying is to fly LESS. greenairnews.com/?p=8262

Happy new year. Here's a treat to start 2026: Kim Stanley Robinson on imagining better climate futures. omny.fm/shows/zero/abu…

Forests play a key role in sustaining the livelihoods of rural and forest-dependent communities. A new Food and Agriculture Organization diagnostic tool evaluates how well forestry and social protection policies align to improve the lives of forest-dependent communities. 🔗 doi.org/10.4060/cd7631…

Breaking News! Code Yikes! And it's a wrap. The year 2025 came in at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, making it the 3rd warmest year on record behind 2023 (1.48°C) and 2024 (1.60°C), and likely the 3rd warmest in the last 120,000 years.

2025 has broken historical climate records with provisional Met Office figures showing: 🌡️ warmest year on record for the UK 🌞 sunniest year on record for the UK 🌂 Below-average rainfall (90%)

Scientists say 2025 showed how human-driven emissions can overwhelm natural climate patterns, with warming intensifying deadly droughts, extreme rainfall, heatwaves and wildfires worldwide. buff.ly/vnqEjXt

Disappearing clouds Clouds are vital to life and cooling the planet Of all solar radiation reflected back to space, clouds are responsible for about 70%. But the belts of shiny white clouds we need most are declining between 1.5 and 3% per decade phys.org/news/2025-12-c…

What does 1.5°C really mean? Is staying below this target still possible and what happens if we exceed it? 🔬🌡 WRI Climate answers these questions and more 👉 bit.ly/4kM083g

In case you haven't heard the news, 2025 was the third hottest year on record at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 baseline, and likely the third hottest year in the last 120,000 years. Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_daily/…

#Amazonia🌳🥀 is the lungs 🫁 of the world 🌎 Massive #deforestation and #biodiversity loss puts zoonotic diseases 🦟🤒 closer to humans. We must stop the damage right now! Story: Monica Piccinini #Boycottpalmoil Fight extinction 🙏@palmoildetect wp.me/pcFhgU-91G