The UN General Assembly unanimously approved a declaration on sea level rise this week, protecting small island nations’ sovereignty and maritime borders even as their landmass disappears due to rising waters.

This year’s major El Niño has broken temperature records and may rank among the strongest in a thousand years, with potential impacts including drought, wildfires, and altered rainfall patterns worldwide.

Global oceans absorbed a record 23 zettajoules of heat over the past year, driving accelerated sea level rise, increased acidification, and widespread marine ecosystem damage.

UK banks provided $8.3 billion in coal financing since 2021, more than any other European nation, with Barclays and HSBC significantly increasing their funding despite climate commitments, according to a new report.

Over two million people in England are unaware their properties face flooding risk as the UK prepares for a wet, stormy winter, the Environment Agency warns.

Piana degli Albanesi, a Sicilian town founded by Albanian refugees 500 years ago, faces existential threats from increasingly severe wildfires and droughts driven by climate change, prompting residents to consider leaving their ancestral homeland.

A record-strength El Niño pattern is suppressing Atlantic hurricane formation through increased wind shear and dry air, while simultaneously fueling intense storms on the Pacific side of the Americas.

After initially banning utility-scale solar and wind development, Bannock County, Idaho is now reconsidering. County Commission Chair Jeff Hough, who once opposed the ban, is pushing to overturn it this fall.

England’s government pledges to plant half a million trees over three years, allocating £79 million to tree-planting and natural landscape restoration to combat extreme weather impacts.

Nebraska residents endured unusually high nighttime temperatures during early September heat waves, forcing cooling centers to expand services and raising concerns for vulnerable populations and agriculture.

Federal courts have blocked New York’s climate superfund law, but Democratic lawmakers in other states say they will continue pursuing similar legislation to hold fossil fuel companies financially accountable for climate damages.

A £233m green farming scheme in England exhausted its budget in under six hours after opening on Tuesday, leaving thousands of farmers unable to secure funding and prompting comparisons to competition for concert tickets.