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Cities are getting hotter – and bigger. New research reveals the scale of the challenge

We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp streets, or raging wildfires that tear through forests and farmland.

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Climate policy isn’t partisan — research suggests more on the right support it than oppose it

Climate change has become entangled in partisan politics. In Canada, as in other countries, climate concern and support for climate policy are often coded as left-leaning positions. Meanwhile, climate change skepticism or denial is more likely to be espoused by those on the political right.

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Climate change hits South African women unevenly: why race, class, age and power matter

As heat, floods and drought intensify, governments, donors and cities rely on climate risk assessments to decide who gets support and where money goes. A climate risk assessment uses information on climate hazards, exposure, vulnerability and responses to identify where, who or what is most at risk to climate impacts.

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Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven’t found them all

Push a metal corer into a peatland and you pull up something remarkable: a dark, dense, sponge-like material made of partly decomposed plants. This peat is rich in carbon. In some places, that peat has been building up for thousands of years. Peatlands are the ecosystems where this happens.

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Toxic chemicals are raising infertility in humans, fish, birds, and insects: ‘A whisper that is powerful enough to redirect a hurricane’

Combined with rising temperatures, chemical pollutants are obliterating animals’ chances of successfully reproducing.

Fortune

Climate change is worsening violent extremism in Kenya – what can be done

Climate change and its associated impacts can worsen security challenges, including those associated with violent extremism.

The Conversation

How carbon removal tech is adapting to Trump's energy agenda

The pitch is being reframed to emphasize energy dominance rather than climate change.

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Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds

Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposures

The Guardian - US

Hurdles to a hobby: How climate change and ‘runfluencer’ culture impact our daily jog

If it feels like everyone around you (physically and digitally) has taken up an affair with running in the past few years, you’re not imagining it. Since 2023, running has been the most uploaded activity on the exercise app Strava, according to their annual Year in Sport reports from 2023,…

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France leaves climate change off G7 environment summit agenda to placate US

G7 environment ministers in Paris have excluded climate change from their agenda to placate the United States, which has withdrawn from global climate agreements.

Radio France Internationale

Extreme heat threatens global food systems, UN agencies warn

Farmers and fishers are struggling as heatwaves become more frequent and intense. Yields are falling, and harvests are failing. The United Nations warns of an uncertain future if climate change is not addressed.

The Economic Times

Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East

Wildfires are often thought to be a problem for Western North America, but climate change and other factors are making fires nastier in the East, especially this year

The Independent UK

The carbon tax debate damaged Julia Gillard’s leadership – and good climate policy for years to come

Carbon pricing and the Gillard government are fused together like molten glass in the memory of all those who witnessed the traumatic and consequential policy and political drama surrounding it.

The Conversation

We eat a lot of wheat. So how can we grow more in a changing climate?

Whether it’s tucking into some toast, dumplings or a bowl of fresh pasta, humans love eating wheat.

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Climate change means more landslides in NZ – but new tech can help reduce the risk

Thousands of slips in Tairāwhiti in January. The loss of eight lives in the Bay of Plenty later that month. And, days ago, landslides that damaged homes, forced evacuations and blocked roads across the North Island.

Radio France Internationale

Window to tackle Europe’s global heating deaths closing, experts warn

Heat killed 62,000 people across Europe in 2024, and deaths related to extreme temperatures rose in nearly every part of the continent over the past decade, a new report has found.

The Independent UK

Climate doom and gloom? Try laughing instead. Activists embrace joy in the fight to save Earth

Across the world, groups of activists, teachers and psychologists are tackling one of the world’s most daunting problems — human-caused climate change — with laughter, dancing, hugs and most especially joy

The Independent UK

Hay fever season two weeks longer compared to the 90s, review claims

Climate change has ‘prolonged the pollen season’, according to a report.

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‘Beautiful but precarious’: Photographer captures Earth’s fragile systems hanging by a thread

Nature photographer Jon McCormack warns the Earth's vital systems are 'changing faster than we realise’.

Euronews

The window to protect global health from climate change is rapidly closing, report warns

Heat deaths, infectious diseases and food insecurity are rising across Europe as political action and public awareness lag behind, according to the 2026 Lancet Countdown report.

The Independent UK

Inside the ‘slow’ designer movement taking fashion back to the farm

EARTH DAY: From soil to loom and the Outer Hebrides to the streets of Soho, cool, small‑scale and connected young designers are bringing back long-forgotten textile techniques. In a world disrupted by global crises and climate change, the future of fashion may lie in its oldest traditions, says Caroline Garland

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Green tram tracks cut heat and beautify cities. Why isn’t Australia doing it?

Cities are hotter than the surrounding countryside. Paved surfaces such as asphalt and concrete trap heat and release it at night. But as climate change worsens, this is becoming a real risk for residents.

The Independent UK

Climate change extends hay fever season by weeks bringing more misery for sufferers

Shifting weather patterns are altering the flowering seasons of plants that release allergenic pollen, says the report

The Independent UK

Climate change extends hay fever season for weeks

Longer pollen seasons increasing exposure for tens of millions of people with hay fever and other allergies

The Times of India

Madagascar baobab trees reveal 700 years of climate secrets and rainfall patterns

The majestic baobabs of Madagascar are more than just awe-inspiring silhouettes on the horizon; they are the historical keepers of the Earth’s climate. These colossal trees have been alive for over a thousand years and are silently keeping records of the environment year by year. Scientists have made a fascinating…

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