It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope, writes @ninalakhani.bsky.social - The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’ - Follows a backlash from multinationals, producer countries, rightwing parties and EU logging states Story by Arthur Neslen www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mercedes to pay $150m in #dieselgate settlement with US states Kathy Jennings, Delaware AG: “It was a deliberate effort to gain unearned competitive advantage while leaving the public to foot the bill for the health and environmental impacts of their pollution” $ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Renewable energy project approvals hit record high in GB in 2025, data shows

Mini #nuclear reactors are already losing their glow, writes Lex column in @financialtimes.com - Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants www.ft.com/content/567a...

Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist, write @michaelemann.bsky.social & Bob Ward - It is latest move in relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by fossil fuel industry @ncar-ucar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by #climatecrisis - Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable Story by me www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

🤣 - Saudi Arabia's Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir says the kingdom is an active participant in international efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change - it's been the biggest blocker of international climate action 👇 1/2 www.arabnews.com/node/2626707...

📢 56 academics warn corporate lawsuits threaten UK climate action As the UK is sued over the blocked West Cumbria coal mine, academics warn that ISDS lets investors challenge climate action in private tribunals. 📄 Read the open letter 👇

Good news: "The #climatecrisis is over today" Well, according to Czechia’s new interim environment minister, Petr Macinka, who also says the department needs to be “de-ideologized" Macinka is leader of the right-wing Motorists for Themselves party www.politico.eu/article/clim...

Global temperature projected to hit 1.7C in 2027, according to @drjamesehansen.bsky.social et al, boosted by a return of El Niño #climatecrisis (PDF) www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/mailin...

“The UK has been planning without the tools to test against worst-case scenarios. We’ve now given decision-makers what they need to prepare for climate outcomes they hope never happen, but can’t afford to ignore.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case #climatecrisis scenarios revealed by scientists - Scientists say government must be prepared for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Heart attacks increased after Los Angeles wildfires, study finds - Researchers say rates of heart attack and respiratory illness ‘matched worst years of Covid’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The @theguardian.com view on another green U-turn in Brussels: going slow on car-industry targets is a road to nowhere #EVs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Carmakers sour on EU’s ‘disastrous’ petrol engine rule changes [that they lobbied so hard for - oops!] HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/5265...

NEW – IEA: Declining coal demand in China set to outweigh Trump’s pro-coal policies | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/OoaWOf4

2026 will bring global heat more than 1.4C above preindustrial levels - UK Met Office - Forecast is slightly cooler than the record 1.55C reached in 2024, but 2026 set to be among four hottest years since 1850 #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🇪🇺 EU: We are watering down the 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars 🇨🇳 China: Thanks very much #electriccars www.theguardian.com/business/202...

New research: The global criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest – a repertoire of repression #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Over a quarter of global new car sales in 2025 were electric, finds @ember-energy.org "This is a major turning point. Emerging markets are no longer catching up, they are leading the shift to electric mobility" says @euangraham.bsky.social #EVs ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Britain has become an "electrostate" — and that means energy bills will come down, says @chrisstark.bsky.social. He's the man leading the country's charge to a clean power grid by 2030 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

We must not stop research on solar #geoengineering - Letters from @worthingtonbry.bsky.social, @hughhunt.bsky.social, Portia Adade Williams and @angelack.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. We must urgently target #methane now, says Mia Mottley, PM of Barbados - Oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Glaciers set to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years - #climatecrisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage Research by @landervt.bsky.social et el Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement - The watershed 2015 summit was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant & measurable #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The "Institute of Economic Affairs" banked £640,000 in past donations from oil giants BP and Shell, and from Rupert Murdoch - investigation by @desmog.com reveals how IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms #climatecrisis www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/t...

The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how By @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social "For decades it has has been too late to save everything, but it will never be too late to save anything." #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New research names the companies owning the trillions-of-dollars-worth of fossil fuel plants that would be stranded if climate action keeps global temp rise to 1.5C or 2C #climatecrisis www.nature.com/articles/s41...

China to start commercial operation of first small modular #nuclear reactor in 2026 HT @carbonbrief.org www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Air passengers exposed to extremely high levels of ultrafine particle pollution, study finds - Levels during boarding and taxiing were far above those defined as high by the World Health Organization #airpollution Story by @drgaryfuller.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world - study - Analysis @eciu.net marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies #climatecrisis Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator #netzero #climatechange Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/net-zero-sce...

‘Not normal’: Climate crisis supercharged deadly monsoon floods in Asia - Unprecedented downpours in Sri Lanka and Indonesia left more than 1750 people dead and impacted millions @wwattribution.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just 0.001% of humanity hold three times the wealth of poorest half, report finds - that's fewer than 60,000 people vs 4bn - World #Inequality Report says such extreme divides are no longer sustainable for societies or ecosystems 1/2 www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Air pollution in New York City down 22% after six months of congestion pricing #airpollution www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Bittersweet - Lifetime achievement award for the late Manfredi Caltagirone, from @unep.org “Manfredi dedicated his career to one of the most urgent fights of our time – reducing #methane emissions. His legacy is a reminder we cannot slow down and we cannot step back." www.unep.org/championsofe...

Craven capitulation ... Uber Pulls Back From Electric Cars, Slashing Incentives for Drivers - After long pushing for government policies to speed adoption of electric cars, Uber embraced Trump's EV-battering legislation financialpost.com/pmn/business...

Hydrogen dreams meet reality as oil and gas groups abandon projects - BP and Exxon are some of the big companies that have halted plans for low-carbon #hydrogen plants in recent months HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/b098...

Electric cars 'no more dangerous for pedestrians than conventional ones', new study finds www.linkedin.com/pulse/electr...

Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds - Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Caribbean coral experienced “the most destructive thermal stress ever recorded” in 2023-24 - the reefs have now lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds #climatecrisis Story by @isaaqtomkins.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social data shows - three-year average (2023 to 2025) on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour, says major @unep.org report - ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’ #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

White storks to make historic return to London in 2026 - Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort Story by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender, writes @tzeporah.bsky.social - At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

2025 Guardian charity appeal This year’s theme is hope - supporting grassroots UK charities that nurture hope, pride and belonging in the face of extremism and divisive narratives #Guardiancharityappeal guardian.ctdonate.org?utm_medium=A...

‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections - Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030 #netzero www.theguardian.com/business/202...