CLIMATE CHANGE
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Contiguous US breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says
The New Temperature Record The contiguous United States officially sizzled to its hottest month ever recorded last month. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), July averaged 76.89…
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Hungary braces for a full shutdown of the Paks nuclear plant as the Danube River hits record lows
The Impending Nuclear Shutdown Hungary’s only nuclear power plant will shut down for the very first time in its history. This unprecedented event is directly caused by record-low water levels…
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Extreme heat and the unequal consequences of the climate crisis
Rising global temperatures and prolonged thermal waves create distinct, disproportionate challenges, highlighting severe extreme heat gender impacts across vulnerable regions. Reporting by UN Women details how rising temperatures exacerbate existing socio-economic inequalities.…
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Climate change presents new threat to Philippines’ UNESCO rice terraces
The centuries-old Ifugao rice terraces in Batad, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the northern highlands of the Philippines. Face unprecedented structural threats driven by the escalating impacts of climate…
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More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain.
Mass evacuations as fires spread across southern Europe. More than 250,000 people have been evacuated as uncontrolled wildfires continue to spread across France and Spain, driven by extreme heat, strong…
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Trump threatens Canada with steeper tariff costs over wildfire smoke
As environmental crises increasingly disrupt traditional economic alliances, the sudden Trump Canada tariff threats represent an aggressive development in bilateral trade. Moving past conventional diplomatic channels, Washington has linked cross-border air…
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How India’s heatwaves are shutting schools – and pushing women out of the workforce.
School closures are disrupting education and increasing caregiving responsibilities. Rising temperatures across India have led to prolonged school closures in Delhi and around half of the country’s states. In many…
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Zimbabwe’s climate migrants fear eviction as crackdown intensifies
The recent report on Zimbabwe’s climate migrants highlights the growing intersection between environmental change, urbanization, and social vulnerability. As prolonged droughts and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns continue to affect rural…
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‘Unpredictable and extreme’: Asia braces for El Niño
El Niño is becoming increasingly difficult to predict as climate change alters the oceanic and atmospheric conditions that shape its development. Scientists have long relied on established climate patterns to…
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The Poverty Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
World Bank Group. Open Knowledge The poverty cost of greenhouse gas emissions highlights a central tension in global development: economic growth reduces poverty today but contributes to climate change that…
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Where Rising Climate Risks and Insurance Costs Will Hit Hardest
The article Where Rising Climate Risks and Insurance Costs Will Hit Hardest by Manann Donoghoe examines how climate change is driving a climate risk insurance affordability crisis in the United…
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The Global Water Crisis
Council on Foreign Relations. The Global Water Crisis: Stress, Scarcity, and Conflict Updated on March 20, 2026, this CFR Backgrounder by Diana Roy, Claire Klobucista, and Kali Robinson examines the…
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The Climate and Health Risk Index
World Bank. The Climate and Health Risk Index: Tracking Climate Change Risk to Health The Climate and Health Risk Index analyzes the growing climate and health risk index as a…
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Burundi Country Climate and Development Report
World Bank. Eastern and Southern Africa The Burundi Country Climate and Development Report (2026) analyzes how climate change is affecting Burundi’s economic development and social stability. It highlights that the…
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After Paris: Environmental Policy in an Interdependent World
En: APEC/PECCSebastian Buckup | January 19, 2026 In After Paris, Sebastian Buckup analyzes how global environmental policy has evolved a decade after the Paris Agreement. Rather than a retreat from climate…