30 October news.
Loretta Lohman
AP
This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk
Ars Technica
Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except for the US
Aspen Times
CORE tells Aspen it aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% next year
Basalt Council hears public comment urging adoption of building electrification codes
Bloomberg/CityLab
The Retail Storage Hiding Under the Champs-Elysees reducing emissions and trips by delivery vehicles
NYC Grapples With a Weighty Dilemma: What To Do About Trucks
Canary Media
Massachusetts heat-pump owners are about to get cheaper electricity
Meet the coal miner who just started a geothermal drilling business
The case for optimism in America’s energy transition
Carbon Brief
Q&A: How ‘vehicle-to-grid’ technology could boost China’s electricity system
Q&A: The role of soil health in food security and tackling climate change
UN report: Five charts which explain the ‘gap’ in finance for climate adaptation
At least 30 killed after ’unprecedented’ Hurricane Melissa ravages through Caribbean
‘Yawning’ finance gap for countries to adapt to climate extremes, UN says
‘The route to making British people better off’: Government unveils wide-ranging UK climate action
China ramps up control of non-CO2 greenhouse gases
Climate goals out of reach as demand for energy surges
New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns
Britain can’t afford to delay its green energy transition
Coyote Gulch
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink — William J. Ripple, et al. (Oxford)
Earth.com
Study shows 2024 was the hottest in at least the previous 125,000 years
Earth.Org
Net Zero Still Achievable Despite Slowing Climate Policy Progress, Report Shows
Inside Climate News
NJ Residents to Receive $4.9 Million Settlement for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water
Can We Produce More Food With Less Land?
A Home Energy Fair Offers a Counter Narrative to Cynicism About Climate Change
Growing Threat to Heat-Exposed Workers: Chronic Kidney Disease
Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power
AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say
MSNBC
Hurricane Melissa’s destruction across Jamaica is a grim hallmark of a warming world
New York Times
A meteorologist explains Hurricane Melissa
What’s Missing From Your Favorite Chocolate Bar? It May Be Chocolate. As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways.
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
Phys.org
Unprecedented decline in marine viruses in western Mediterranean linked to climate change
Report: Land carbon sinks lag while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes
Ocean iron fertilization or artificial ocean alkalinization? Study reveals divergent effects on climate
Global climate models need the nitrogen cycle—all of it
Overlooked East Antarctica melting may skew sea level forecasts
Plastic packaging could be a greater sin than food waste
Drones reveal unexpectedly high emissions from wastewater treatment plants
Underwater robot reveals ocean carbon storage in real time
Underwater robot reveals ocean carbon storage in real time
In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action
Mapping the missing green: An AI framework boosts urban greening in Tokyo
What will it take to stop Antarctic ice shelves from collapsing?
Climate inaction linked to millions of preventable deaths each year, study finds
Valencia floods, one year on: What have we learned, and how can we prevent similar tragedies in the future?
Reuters
The Paris Agreement is working. Now it must work faster
Semafor
Global climate diplomacy is shifting focus
The Guardian
UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets
Toxin levels in fish lead to calls for UK-wide ban on mercury dental fillings try coal
When the rains don’t come: how drought and endless dry seasons are changing life in Puntland – in pictures
Insurers calling for trees to be felled as cheap fix for subsidence, say critics
BBC
Climate change intensified India's heatwaves in 2024 - Lancet study
What is COP30 and why does it matter?
What makes Melissa such a dangerous storm?
Teesside hydrogen plant decision delayed again
Rethinking climate change solutions for a sustainable future
CEPR
The macroeconomic implications of extreme weather events: Insights from advanced economies
The Hindu
Ahead of COP30, UNEP flags widening climate adaptation finance gap
Kashmir Vision
Iraqi News
Climate change threatens Iraq’s ancient civilization
Ghana News Agency
Climate Change Ministry signs strategic non-binding agreements to boost climate resilience
