1. 2025 on Track to Be
Second Warmest Year Ever

2. No Mention of Planet-Warming Fossil Fuels in COP30 Agreement

3. Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations End Without Deal Again

4. World’s Top Court Lays Out
Historic Protections For Climate

5. Scientists Confirm Largest Coral Bleaching Event on Record Affecting Nearly 84% of World’s Reefs

6. Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Deadly Asian Storms That Killed More Than 1,800

7. Trump Signs Executive Orders to Blow to US Emissions Reduction Efforts

8. ‘Historic’ UN-Led High Seas Treaty to Take Effect in 2026

9. Green Sea Turtles No Longer Endangered Species in Major Conservation Win

10. Fossil Fuel Companies Intensified Hundreds of Heatwaves Worldwide This Century

Sept. 3, 2026, -El Nino is set to intensify to exceptional levels in the coming months and persist into early 2027, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned, raising the prospect of worsening droughts, floods and extreme heat across the globe.

The United Nations weather agency said on Thursday forecasts show a nearly 100 percent likelihood that El Nino will continue through February, the strongest level of certainty it has ever expressed in an El Nino/La Nina update.

Sept. 3, 2026, -When it comes to the effects of hostile climates — flood, fire and more — what matters isn’t just inherent risk, but rather the ability of a place to withstand that risk.

AlphaGeo, a geospatial A.I. company that analyzes and predicts location risk, ranked the resilience of 72 of the world’s largest cities. Some of those cities exhibit “a dangerous gap between their exposure and their capacity to cope,” the company stated in a report.

Sept. 3, 2026, -Balcony solar panels, for the uninitiated, are small, portable systems that plug into a regular wall outlet. And yes, they can meaningfully lower your power bills. These small units can generate enough power to run several household’s appliances.

A typical system, like the four-panel, 800-watt unit I tried at home, can shave 10 to 15 percent off the average household’s 10,800 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annual electricity demand, estimates the nonprofit Clean Energy States Alliance. In states with higher electricity prices, you can make your money back within four years. In places with low electricity prices and less sun, that might stretch to 13 years. Calculate your payback period here.