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Will de Freitas, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation

A few reasons to feel hopeful about the climate in 2026

Renewables are becoming a logical economic choice across the world. Quality Stock Arts / shutterstock

This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.

2025 was a brutal year for the climate: record temperatures, ever more extreme weather and so on. We rarely got a break from the bad news.

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