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Chart: A record two-thirds of car sales in China are now electric vehicles

**Rapid electric vehicle saturation delivers immediate reductions in urban tailpipe emissions while transferring ecological burdens upstream to mineral extraction corridors.**

Cambridge Heavy Industries Raises $6.2 Million to Build Mini Fusion Reactors

Fusion technology developer Cambridge Heavy Industries (CHI) announced that it has emerged from stealth and […]

Evolving Japanese Climate Litigation: From Personal Rights to Tort-Based Litigation

Recently in Japan, two new cases brought by plaintiffs whose profiles reflect the cross-regional and cross-generational nature of climate change issues have joined the caseload. One is the Youth Climate Case for Tomorrow, brought by younger generations and filed before the Nagoya District Court in August 2024. This case is unique not only as the […]

Nepal to get $20m from UN climate fund after deadly flash floods, covering just 1% of recovery bill

The fund’s board agreed on Thursday, at its first extraordinary meeting, to set the money aside, the first time the fund has responded to a disaster, after Nepal became the first country to invoke its emergency procedures

LRQA Acquires Supply Chain Monitoring and Responsible Sourcing Platform Omega Compliance

Goldman Sachs-backed risk management solutions provider LRQA announced the acquisition of supply chain monitoring and […]

EU Lawmakers Push to Delay Methane Emissions Rules by 3 Years

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 341 to 225 to delay methane monitoring and reporting […]

Long After Maui Fire, Residents Found With High Levels of Toxic Metals in Their Bodies

More than a year after a devastating wildfire destroyed the Hawaiian town of Lahaina, residents were found to have high levels of arsenic and other toxic metals in their bodies. Read more on E360 →

Google Signs Deal to Build 1GW Virtual Power Plant Aggregating Energy from Homes, Businesses

Google announced a new agreement with Voltus to fund a 1 GW virtual power plant […]

Climate warming boosts frequency and intensity of southern Africa’s rainfall extremes

Climate Change Stopped the Next Ice Age

**Anthropogenic radiative forcing has overridden orbital Milankovitch cycles, triggering an unprecedented shift in cryosphere dynamics and structural baseline destabilization.**

Optivolt Raises $32 Million to Make Solar Panels Smarter

**Advanced power electronics optimize solar energy conversion efficiencies, reducing land-use footprint pressures and protecting native biomes from extensive ground-mount encroachment.**

Highlights From the 2026 Open House at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

More than 2,500 visitors explored hands-on activities, lectures and installations at Lamont's campus on Saturday, October 17.

Unpacking Upstate Opposition: Combatting Renewable Energy Myths

Agrarian siting conflicts highlight the critical intersection of rapid renewable energy deployment and Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) preservation.

Experts: How are climate scientists using artificial intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing at a rapid pace and is increasingly being used by scientists to better understand climate… The post Experts: How are climate scientists using artificial intelligence? appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Indonesia signals gas export curbs for countries that do not ‘respect’ it

Energy minister Bahlil Lahadalia’s warning came as Singapore and Malaysia stepped up pressure on Jakarta over the haze, a day after President Prabowo Subianto hit back at countries that "insult" Indonesia.

What Is Driving the Global Resurgence of Mangrove Forests?

After decades of losses, mangrove trees are gaining ground on coastlines around the world, often in places they have never grown before. Paradoxically, scientists say, warming temperatures and the destruction of inland forests are helping to power the revival. Read more on E360 →

Thailand’s low-carbon push puts jobs and livelihoods in focus

A new transition roadmap will examine support for workers and smaller businesses, but participation and implementation funding remain unclear.

Asean’s geothermal push must confront coal reliance, not just drilling risks

Coal-dependent countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines must address power systems dominated by existing coal plants, which hinder investment in new geothermal projects.

Plastic accounting masks chemical recycling harms, critics say

As scientists and dozens of nations call for major reductions in plastic production, the plastics industry continues to push pyrolysis — dubbed chemical or advanced recycling — as a primary solution to the global plastic waste crisis.

Chinese social media used to facilitate illegal wildlife trade in Laos

Using simple keyword searches on Chinese social media, Mongabay found hundreds of videos promoting the sale of endangered wildlife in Laos. Two major Chinese media companies have user agreements specifically barring the posting of content related to the illegal wildlife trade; a third does not have specific terms.

Discover Climate LIVE K12 Sessions for 2026-27

**Academic engagement on wildfire dynamics and biodiversity highlights critical ecological vulnerabilities affecting baseline permanence under LULUCF frameworks.**

New Resource: Model State and Local Laws to Manage Data Center Impacts

**Unchecked data center proliferation directly accelerates localized land-use conversion and thermal hydrological stress, impairing ecological buffers and terrestrial carbon sequestration.**

World on Track for 2.8 Degrees Celsius of Warming

Current climate policies put the world on a course for 2.8 degrees C of warming this century, well beyond international climate targets, according to a new U.N. report. Read more on E360 →

Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills

A surge in wholesale costs driven by expensive gas is responsible for nearly 90% of the rise in UK household… The post Revealed: Expensive gas behind ‘nearly 90%’ of rise in UK electricity bills appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Applying the Right to an Effective Remedy in Malaysian Climate Litigation

Malaysia has seen minimal climate litigation to date. Indeed, only in December 2025 was the first climate litigation case in Malaysia filed, challenging a decision by several ministries claiming they lacked jurisdiction to investigate climate-washing. The lack of cases means that Malaysian courts have not had sufficient opportunity to fully canvass polluters’ remedial obligations. Nevertheless, […]

UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’

A temporary breach of the 1.5C global-warming limit is now “inevitable” following “decades of insufficient climate action”, says the UN… The post UNEP: Opportunity has ‘been lost’ to meet 1.5C warming limit without ‘overshoot’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Q&A: Why a pivotal IPCC meeting in Ethiopia ended in ‘profound disappointment’

**The procedural deadlock over the IPCC AR7 timeline imperils the scientific baselines necessary to monitor critical ecosystem tipping points and dynamically value long-term carbon sinks.**

La Rose Heads to Trial: Key Issues in Canadian Climate Change Adjudication

**Judicial scrutiny over sovereign climate inaction amplifies legal liability around deteriorating carbon sinks, directly challenging baseline permanence assumptions under Canadian LULUCF accounting.**

Sixteen Years After Deepwater Horizon, Deep Sea Life Shows Few Signs of Recovery

**Persistent benthic degradation 16 years post-disaster underscores the extreme fragility and multi-decadal recovery timelines of marine and Blue Carbon ecosystems.**

Targeting high-value uses to unlock the mitigation potential of clean hydrogen

Increased southward swings of the South Indian convergence zone under greenhouse warming

Giant Canyon on Mars Is Still Tectonically Active Today

**Active planetary tectonism underscores deep-time structural volatility, serving as a geophysical stress-test analogue for long-term terrestrial mineral carbonation and permanence standards under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles.**

El Niño Brings Exotic Sea Life to the California Coast

**El Niño-driven marine thermal anomalies directly disrupt temperate marine ecosystems and destabilize coastal Blue Carbon reservoirs.**

Rare diseases are an overlooked dimension in climate–health adaptation

Biodiversity and the Conferences of the Parties

**The convergence of CBD and UNFCCC frameworks formally elevates biodiversity co-benefits into mandatory baselines under the ICVCM Core Carbon Principles rather than optional market premiums.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for September, 2026: +0.61 deg. C

The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for September, 2026 was +0.61 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, down from the August, 2026 value of +0.68 deg. C. The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through September 2026) remains at +0.16 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over land, +0.13 […]

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for August, 2026: +0.68 deg. C

**Rapidly compounding tropospheric thermal anomalies driven by El Niño intensify non-permanence risks across global carbon sinks.**

Record Low Lake Mead: “Millennium Drought” or Inevitable Result of Demand Exceeding Supply?

**Depleting water levels at Lake Mead destabilize regional hydrology and threaten surrounding desert carbon sinks and aquatic ecosystems.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for July, 2026: +0.48 deg. C

**Persistent atmospheric warming trends (+0.48°C anomaly) exacerbate ecological stress, directly threatening the permanence of nature-based carbon sequestration.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for June, 2026: +0.46 deg. C

**The persistent +0.16°C per decade global warming trend directly threatens the permanence and stability of LULUCF and Blue Carbon sequestration sinks.**

OpenAI moves frontier training offline after agents punch through security barriers

OpenAI is keeping its most advanced AI training runs away from the live internet after...

US’ uncrewed fighter jet that offers human-machine teaming in combat scenarios to enter production

The United States is soon to begin airframe production of its new uncrewed fighter jet....

Groups file second petition on EPA GHG reporting deadline

Two non-profits asked a federal appellate court on Thursday to review the US EPA’s latest extension of the deadline for 2025 greenhouse gas (GHG) data, their second such request this year.

CFTC: Emitters build CCA net length while speculators short

Regulated entities reversed a California Carbon Allowance (CCA) net short in the futures only market, while increasing their net length in the combined futures and options market, and managed money reduced their net holdings for the contracts in both markets, according to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

California environmental advocates expect gubernatorial race to create opportunities for clean energy, climate initiatives

Environmental advocacy groups expect California's upcoming gubernatorial election to create new chances to advance the development of clean energy and climate initiatives in the state, panellists said this week.

BRIEFING: Canadian market participants eye EU ETS, CBAM, Article 6 market opportunities as domestic markets stutter

Interoperability between domestic and international climate markets is top of mind for Canadian participants as the country seeks to diversify trade away from the US, source demand for offsets and carbon removal (CDR), and align with allies reducing emissions.

US top lab turns to AI to modernize America’s decades-old paper and pulp industry

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is turning to artificial intelligence, digital manufacturing, and advanced...

Mozambique safari operator wins conservation award at COP17

YEREVAN, Armenia — A Mozambican safari operator credited with helping restore wildlife populations in Mozambique’s Zambezi Delta, has won the 2026 Markhor Award, which recognizes contributions to conservation through sustainable wildlife management. Zambeze Delta Safaris, led by professional hunter Mark Haldane, received the award on Oct. 22, 2026, at the ongoing U.N. Biodiversity Conference, COP17, […]

AI-directed robots at US lab to mix, melt and test materials to find novel alloys

Imagine walking into a lab where robots are conducting careful experiments. They are assisting researchers...