Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, says fossil fuel driven warming is speeding up and pushing key ecosystems toward tipping points.
New government data show forest clearance at a near four-decade low, a development widely linked to the upcoming presidential election run-off between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro.
Perspectives: Brazilian public broadcaster · European outlets · Middle East-based state-controlled outlet and 2 more
A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has destroyed homes and triggered mass evacuations, with outlets citing different evacuation figures.
Perspectives: Western European outlets (UK, France) · Middle Eastern state-controlled outlets (Qatar's Al Jazeera, Turkey's Anadolu Agency) · South Asian outlets and 1 more
A UN report ahead of the COP17 biodiversity summit finds most countries have set nature goals but are falling short on implementation, with outlets highlighting different metrics and aspects of the shortfall.
Perspectives: African and North American outlets · Chinese state media · European independent outlet and 1 more
Global coverage of the intensifying El Niño ranges from record-breaking ocean temperatures to warnings of hunger, inflation and strained infrastructure, with outlets differing in which impacts and regions they foreground.
Perspectives: UN and EU climate monitoring bodies, via wire-style reporting · South Asian outlets · Southeast Asian outlets and 4 more
Ivory Coast, which produces nearly 40 percent of the world's cocoa, is grappling with increasingly unpredictable rainfall, while coverage across West Africa and beyond highlights different facets of the region's cocoa challenges, from climate resilience to processing capacity.
Perspectives: Middle East and South Asian outlets covering Ivory Coast's climate challenge · South Asian coverage with farmer-level detail · Nigerian private press on domestic agribusiness and policy and 1 more
A new report finds global forest loss slowed last year, but scientists say the improvement may be temporary, with Central Africa a notable exception.
Brazilian officials say fires sweeping Amazonas state stem from human action and are investigating possible criminal involvement, while other reporting lists human activity alongside El Niño and climate change as contributing factors.
Perspectives: Brazilian public broadcaster · Latin American independent outlet · Middle East-based outlet and 1 more
Brazilian prosecutors have filed a climate liability lawsuit against Shell tied to floods that killed nearly 200 people, part of a wider trend of litigation against oil companies.
Conservation agencies rescued dozens of orangutans displaced by severe wildfires in West Kalimantan, with outlets diverging on headline figures and the severity of long-term habitat damage.
Perspectives: Indonesian and Southeast Asian state/state-linked outlets · Middle East-based outlets · European outlets and 2 more
Outlets reported varying storm categories for Hurricane Simon as it moved along western Mexico's Pacific coast.
Perspectives: Latin American outlets · South Asian outlets · State-controlled outlets (CGTN, Anadolu Agency, Al Jazeera English, CNA) and 2 more
The World Meteorological Organization says this year's El Niño will strengthen before its December peak and could rank among the strongest since 1950, with outlets worldwide emphasizing different aspects of the forecast's impact.
Perspectives: Western public broadcasters and wire-fed outlets · South Asian privately owned outlets · African independent and private press and 3 more
Coverage from the region and beyond agrees that Kalimantan wildfire haze has pushed Singapore and Malaysia's air quality to unhealthy levels, but outlets differ on rankings and figures, and diverge sharply on how much emphasis to give health, climate and legal angles.
Perspectives: Regional East and Southeast Asian outlets · Singapore and Malaysia-based outlets · European public broadcasters and 4 more
The UN climate summit is set for next month in Turkey, with coverage noting both calls for stronger action and concerns the agenda may be limited.
Perspectives: East Asian business press · Southeast Asian press
Hurricane Isaias struck the US Gulf Coast as the Atlantic season's first hurricane, prompting mass evacuations and emergency declarations; most outlets reported it made landfall as a Category 2 storm, while The Hindu separately described it strengthening to Category 3 before landfall, and outlets also reported differing figures for outages and economic disruption.
Perspectives: US domestic outlets · European outlets · Middle Eastern outlets, including state-controlled media and 3 more
Australia's High Court blocked a coal mine expansion over its climate impact. Coverage from Australian, European and Middle Eastern outlets largely agrees on the facts but differs in how much significance and detail they attach to the ruling.
Perspectives: Australian public broadcaster · UK private press · French private press and 1 more
Leaders gathered on the Pacific atoll of Tuvalu as outlets worldwide highlighted the nation's vulnerability to rising seas, with coverage varying in angle, from political summitry to ecological and even sporting impacts.
Perspectives: East Asian and South Asian outlets · European public broadcaster · North American sports outlet and 1 more
Turkey and Australia's shared leadership of the COP31 summit, set for next month in Turkey, has drawn both preparatory diplomacy and public skepticism, with outlets differing on how smoothly the arrangement is working and what it will deliver.
Perspectives: Turkish state media · European outlets (public broadcasters and private press) · Pacific and Oceania-adjacent coverage and 4 more
A UN survey of health professionals is prompting warnings that extreme heat endangers pregnant women and newborns, with outlets worldwide reporting the same core findings but differing in which details and figures they foreground.
Perspectives: African private press · East and Southeast Asian outlets · Southeast Asian outlets and 2 more
Delegations are gathering in Fiji to discuss climate change and its effects on island nations, with the talks seen as preparation for the COP31 conference in Turkey.