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

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2025

How countries can be held responsible for staying within new legal climate target of 1.5°C

Global emissions need to peak this year to stay within 1.5°C of global temperature rise since pre-industrial levels. This means that starting now, countries need to emit less greenhouse gas. Emissions also need to be cut in half by 2030 to prevent the worst effects of climate change.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2025

Who are the major players at Cop30 and what do they want?

Delegates from global giants and smaller nations expected to clash at Brazilian summit over how to tackle the climate crisis and who should pay

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Fighting spreads to North Kordofan as Sudan’s war turns deadlier

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are battling the army for control of North Kordofan, opening a dangerous new phase in a war that began in April 2023 and has caused what the United Nations has called “the world’s worst crisis”.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 6, 2025

“Pay For Ambulance Rides”: Facts About America That Might Prove They Live In Dystopia

Life in America might seem ordinary to locals, but to outsiders, it often feels like an alternate universe. From the lack of paid maternity leave to the cost of healthcare and even how tipping works, foreigners can’t believe what Americans consider “normal.” One online video shared the most unbelievable, eyebrow-raising…

Bored Panda · Nov 6, 2025

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit

UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN

Experts say 2023, 2024 and 2025 the three hottest years in 176 years of records, with 1.5C Paris agreement target now ‘virtually impossible’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Six pieces of data that give hope for the future of the climate

IN FOCUS: The world may not be on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of keeping the temperature rise ‘well below’ 2C – but there remain grounds for hope as the international Cop30 summit gets underway. Nick Ferris reports from Belem, in Brazil

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

PM to admit consensus is gone but UK ‘all in’ on net zero at Cop30

The Prime Minister will staunchly defend his Government’s clean energy agenda on economic grounds.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Israel accused of blocking thousands of truckloads of Gaza aid month after Trump’s ceasefire began

Truckloads and pallets of aid are gathering dust in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, Jordanian officials and aid agencies say, amid concerns for growing crisis in Gaza

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025