r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 4h ago

Heatwaves and secret emissions: Why nuclear power may not be as ‘green’ as you think. The war on Iran has triggered calls to double down on nuclear power. But is it really ‘clean’, can Europe’s energy grid cope and will it survive the wrath of climate change?

14 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Rationalandcentred • 22h ago

More than 300 cooling centres to open if S’pore faces heatwave: New heat office

straitstimes.com

3 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 12h ago

Keeping cool saves thousands of lives yearly, but at a cost of worsening global warming, experts say

7 Upvotes

r/climate • u/KeanuRave100 • 15h ago

Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky

48 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 12h ago

‘The mountains are changing’: What the floods tell us about the future of India’s Himalayas. As families await news of missing loved ones, the disaster is a stark reminder of how the climate crisis is creating a fast-growing threat.

theguardian.com

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/randolphquell • 4h ago

Solar overtakes coal as China's largest source of installed power capacity

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeographicalMagazine • 11h ago

Climate disasters and recovery inequality: who gets protected?

geographical.co.uk

6 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 13h ago

The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world. In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered.

theguardian.com

9 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Appropriate_Bell743 • 13h ago

European gas prices spike above €70 amid renewed Middle East fighting

9 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 8h ago

High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts | Trees and forests

theguardian.com

10 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 7h ago

Solar outpaces coal for the first time in China. China has seen an explosive growth in its renewable installation, with coal's share in its energy mix edging down in recent years.

51 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 12h ago

The Climate Crisis Is Bigger Than Your Footprint - The climate crisis won’t be solved with lifestyle choices but through political pressure and bold collective action.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

1.2k Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 8h ago

The Amazon’s defenders declare a state of emergency. As governments push oil and mining expansion, thousands of Indigenous leaders and activists gathered in Ecuador to chart another path.

insideclimatenews.org

36 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Naurgul • 13h ago

Rescuers comb through mud and debris as Nepal-China floods leave more than 1,000 dead

13 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 23h ago

Some of Australia’s biggest companies are planning for an unbearable climate future

theconversation.com

87 Upvotes

r/climate • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 13h ago

How intense rains in the Grand Canyon turned into a deadly disaster. Flash flooding in Arizona tourist destination was likely triggered by compounding climate factors, such as drought and warming in Pacific Ocean.

theguardian.com

20 Upvotes

r/climate • u/motherjonesmag • 8h ago

A federal judge just killed New York's $75 billion climate bill for polluters

motherjones.com

164 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Maxcactus • 11h ago

Two giant warming patterns are brewing in the Pacific and warping US weather

40 Upvotes

r/climate • u/Appropriate_Bell743 • 10h ago

Disasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and development

giftarticle.ft.com

46 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 8h ago

Solar Surpasses Coal as China’s Top Source of Power Capacity

423 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 23h ago

Nepal Puts Cost of Disaster at $5 Billion, Blaming Climate Change | The country is seeking urgent help from a special U.N. climate fund, but the program lacks money because the United States and others have been reluctant to contribute.

252 Upvotes

r/climate • u/silence7 • 9h ago

Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster | The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now

theguardian.com

126 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 12h ago

Incarcerated people swelter in scorching Texas prisons

yaleclimateconnections.org

53 Upvotes

r/climate • u/GeraldKutney • 12h ago

Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney

theguardian.com

4 Upvotes

r/climate • u/timstillhere • 11h ago

Nepal Catastrophe: An Unstoppable Direction of Travel

thinkingtheunthinkable.substack.com

2 Upvotes

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