The UK has presented findings from a suppressed intelligence report warning that climate and nature crises pose significant national security threats, including conflicts, migration, and food shortages.

Nearly three-quarters of China’s 72 five-year plans released this year include climate change or energy policies, according to Carbon Brief analysis of the government’s strategic planning documents.

A network of climate experts called Climate Reserve is placing laid-off federal scientists at nonprofits and universities after the Trump administration cut billions in research funding and eliminated thousands of government positions.

Illinois passed the nation’s first climate migration law last fall, but implementation has stalled with only one task force appointment made and reporting deadlines pushed back despite a year passing.

Wildfires driven by El Niño conditions are devastating Indonesia’s forests, threatening thousands of orangutans and other endangered species while rescuers work to evacuate animals from the flames.

Prince William visited a Welsh village that has experienced four major floods in six years, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to tackle flooding through natural landscape remedies and improved water management.

California legalized balcony solar technology, allowing residents to install small plug-in solar arrays that connect to electrical outlets, reducing energy costs and grid stress.

The Trump administration has dismantled federal vehicle emissions rules, leaving California’s state regulations as the primary U.S. policy governing car-related greenhouse gas pollution, though legal challenges threaten those standards.

Rising UK heatwaves are forcing a reassessment of climate priorities, with housing associations and policymakers now balancing carbon reduction against urgent adaptation measures like air conditioning installation.

Hawaii faces an unusually active hurricane season with three major tropical storms in recent months, attributed to exceptionally warm ocean temperatures driven by a strengthening El Niño climate pattern.

Germany is building climate data backup systems to preserve US scientific research from potential compromise by the Trump administration, which has restricted climate funding and removed climate references from government websites.

Welsh lawmakers unanimously backed a motion calling for stronger action on contaminated land sites, following a BBC documentary by actor Michael Sheen examining toxic waste contamination at 14 locations in Wales and England.