Quite worrying solutions recently in the global weather models regarding Humberto's post-tropical intensification. The system is forecast to deepen explosively while arriving Europe. The northern British Isles might be hit hard. 👀

So this is pretty amazing - yesterday EarthCARE sampled Hurricane Humberto straight across the eye! The eye of a tropical cyclone is small so a direct hit is rare: this is the first time EarthCARE has hit one after over a year in orbit! (Showing here also VIIRS on NOAA-20 for context.)

“Torrential rain in eastern Spain revives memories of last year’s deadly floods” youtu.be/ZXA19Jbw43c Read more here: english.elpais.com/s... Background heating is at ~1.5°C #ClimateCrisis #FlashFloods #ClimateRisk

Reminder: heat impacts everything! And the background heating is nowhere near where we are headed!

The current American regime is 100% committed to ensuring that the United States does not lose its position as the biggest polluter of the earths atmosphere. (btw CO2 lasts in the atmosphere from 300-1000 years meaning America’s past emissions are still driving today’s climate crisis)

ICYMI: Ireland's first National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) which provides a comprehensive national overview of the risks and opportunities posed by climate change. Assessment here: www.climateireland.i...

New @eea.europa.eu report on #environment and #climate is a shocking read ... 🍃 EU’s “carbon sink” has declined by 30% in a decade as logging, wildfires and pests damage forests 💧 Water stress already affects one in three Europeans 🦡 > 80% of protected habitats are in poor/bad state 🗺️🧪⚒️🌊🌍

Ex-Hurricane Gabrielle’s remnants have the potential to unleash catastrophic amounts of rain (+450mm locally according to the AROME model) across parts of the Valencian Community by tomorrow morning. Life-threatening flash flooding is a major concern. Please refer to official warnings.

The impact of climate chaos on the global economy is coming into focus. In this case data from the EU: "Weather and climate-related extremes caused economic losses of assets estimated at EUR 738B between 1980-2023 in the EU, with over EUR 162B (22%) of those losses occurring between 2021 and 2023."

So the old dirty industries and their ways of doing things are really kicking and screaming as they get dragged to the dustbin of history! Why not just do everything in your power to become an electric leader AND stay relevant - like China is doing? 🤷🏻

Honestly, this scares me the most as climate chaos ratchets up with each 0.1°C of heating - the inordinate number of people who think this is not going to impact them. In many cases this results in a lack of urgency and a delay in lifesaving adaptation action!

Chris Wright is 60 years old. He will be 70 when we reach ~1.8°C 76 when we reach ~2°C I hope he will be able to cope with the heat and other climate chaos.

“The map below shows countries that submitted their 2035 [NDCs] by the 10 February deadline (dark blue), after the deadline (blue) and that have now announced their pledge, but not yet submitted it formally to the UN registry (pale blue)” Under Trump it is assumed that the US pledge is now void 1/2

Go #Brazil !! “Distributed solar generation capacity grew from less than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 40 GW in 2025 through June, accounting for 43% of all electricity capacity additions over that period.” Now for EV adoption to rise! www.eia.gov/todayine...

This graph should definitely be getting more attention 👀 #ClimateEmergency #Overshoot H/T @reescatophuls.bsky.social Source: parisagreementtemperatureindex.com/1000-day-cli...

Sep 2025 update. If globally adopted: Critically Insufficient - policies are consistent with 4°C or more of heating Highly Insufficient - On track for about 3–4°C Insufficient - policies would lead to warming of 2–3°C Almost Insufficient - policies would keep warming within the 2°C limit

A lesson everyone needs to learn and better sooner than later: Adaptation *has* limits!

#Ragasa peripheral impacts How heavy rainfall led to a lake bursting in Taiwan www.reuters.com/grap...

What is an electrostate? "The term “electrostate” describes a nation that dominates the energy transition. Instead of oil wells or gas fields, its influence comes from commanding positions in supply chains that underpin electrification."

NEW WorldRiskReport 2025 with a focus on Floods. Topics covered: Formal and Informal Structures in Disaster (Risk) Governance Technological Innovations for Flood Risk Management Flood Risk Is Local: Why Solutions Must Be Too Flood Risk Reduction through Nature-based Solutions on Private Land

As continue to heat the atmosphere holds more water. This is contributing to more frequent and intense extreme precipitation events around the world. Did you know that 1.81B people worldwide live in areas exposed to significant flood risk? Source: www.nature.com/artic... #ClimateCrisis

When experts say something scares them PAY ATTENTION! #ClimateCrisis

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

🇨🇳 China's emissions-cutting pledge is poised to take center stage at a United Nations climate meeting Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering -- if predictable -- broadside against the science surrounding planet-warming fossil fuels. ➡️ u.afp.com/SWG8

"Two million people evacuated" Background: 12-month running mean heating above preindustrial (Sep 2024-Aug 2025) +1.52ºC 425.65 CO2 ppm (2025 to date) www.theguardian.com/... #Ragasa

#UNGA “Climate change is an existential threat. We are failing future generations by our inability to reduce global warming. Climate change is reversing economic growth and development gains, especially in the Global South.”— President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 Source: dirco.gov.za/stateme...#UNGA

Thank goodness there is a record of this: #UNGA “US President Donald Trump called renewable energy a "joke" and the idea of man-made climate change "the greatest con job ever." 77,302,580 Americans voted for this. Guess it says everything that needs to be said about them. p.dw.com/p/50yA0

Ahead of Wednesday's #UNGA80 Climate Summit revisit the main findings from #IPCC’s Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. Human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...

Just so we’re 💯 clear, the UN matters and multilateralism matters. No chance we’re getting out of the climate crisis unless every country works together.

La Niña & ENSO neutral conditions at play. www.reuters.com/sust...

Destructive Trump-Zombie hits another wall!

We are living through the 2nd warmest September in modern human history. High time to feistily fight the fascist overlords and tell them what people really want! #ClimateAction #FightAuthoritarianism #fckTrump #TeamJoyResistance

After a brief (ahem) hiatus, the HadCRUT5 global temperature dataset has now been updated to June 2025 by @metoffice.gov.uk @climateuea.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social

ICYMI last night in Marseille: www.youtube.com/shor... Background heating: 12-month running mean (Sep 2024-Aug 2025) +1.52°C above preindustrial. We are *firmly* on track to cross 2°C of heating. We are utterly unprepared. #ClimateCrisis

S&P Global: “Using probabilistic analysis, we estimate there is a 50% likelihood of it exceeding 2.3°C [by 2040]. “This suggests that--as a baseline--all sectors, including households, may want to prepare for the impacts of physical climate risks associated with a 2.3°C world.” 1/2

The science (to be updated shortly): To stand a chance at keeping temperatures below 2°C requires that emissions fall by 5.5% from 2024 EVERY YEAR until 2030. Projected emissions for 2024 +2% rise. We are on a highway to hell. #ClimateCrisis

If you are familiar with the area you will know they are already reeling from severe flooding in the preceding weeks. This is like experiencing waves of climate chaos. Global heating at ~1.5ºC and firmly on track for 2ºC We are *utterly* unprepared. www.scmp.com/news/as... #Ragasa

Remember this. Always.

ICYMI: Many Americans think climate change will devastate future generations, the world’s poor, and nature — but far fewer believe it will harm them personally. This “it won’t happen to me” bias delays action, even as climate chaos grows in that country. Source: climatecommunication...

Most people don’t understand what their exposure to climate hazards are. Depending on where you live are here are some resources to get you started: 🇪🇺 www.eea.europa.eu/en... 🇬🇧 www.ukclimaterisk.org/ 🇦🇺 www.dcceew.gov.au/cl... 🇺🇸 http://toolkit.clima... 🇿🇦climateknowledgeport... 1/2

The emissions produced by this event will last in the atmosphere for 300 to 1,000 years. Let's hope its worth it.

Is a global bank collapse coming soon? youtu.be/DaM3c5ybj-w?... A banking collapse is coming, and the cause isn’t speculation. It’s climate change. Uninsurable homes mean worthless mortgages, and worthless mortgages mean broken banks. Unless governments act now society itself is at risk.

ICYMI: This is must read by @dwallacewells.bsky.social Sobering and insightful. While politicians dilly-dally, GHGs keep pouring into the atmosphere and as long as that continues heating will continue - currently at a rate of ~0.3ºC per decade.

"The greatest concern is with the #Ragasa, which is forecast to graze across the northern part of the Philippines on Monday and then head towards Hong Kong on Tuesday."

100% this: "Critics of climate catastrophe often group together all visions of disastrous futures under labels like doomism or pessimism. This is unhelpful, and greater nuance is required."—Davidson & Kemp Fact: Prudent risk management *requires* exploring worst case scenarios. 1/2

As a reminder, land areas (where we live) are warming around twice as fast as over the oceans. Subsequently, most of us are 'feeling' temperatures rising faster than the global mean record. Graphic from zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

4°C at Observatoire Vallot (4365 m asl) on Mont Blanc on the 19th Sept. ! 🔥😱 This was unbelievable in full summer few decades ago, now this occurred regularly outside summer! 📈🥵 Data: IGE meteo station via X. Cailhol

“We absolutely need countries to arrive [...] with climate action plans fully aligned with the 1.5°C target, which cover their entire economy and all greenhouse gas emissions.”—Antonio Guterres When is everyone going to stop referring to the 1.5°C target? It’s in the rearview mirror! 1/2

NEW: IRI ENSO FORECAST - Sep 19, 2025 "Overall, current conditions continue to reflect an ENSO-neutral state; however, gradual changes in both the ocean and atmosphere are emerging, indicating the potential development of La Niña conditions in the coming months." iri.columbia.edu/our...