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The #HandsoffNature coalition, comprising BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, ClientEarth, the European Environmental Bureau, and WWF, warns that the European Commission is dismantling core environmental protections under the guise of reducing administrative burdens. The coalition highlights the economic and human costs of climate-induced disasters, noting that droughts, floods, and heatwaves caused €43 billion in damages in a single summer, with projected losses reaching €126 billion by 2029. They specifically criticize the proposed revisions to the Water Framework Directive and the draft Omnibus Regulation on Food and Feed, asserting that these moves favor mining and agrifood lobbies over public health and ecological stability. Furthermore, the coalition points to findings by the EU Ombudswoman that the Commission bypassed democratic processes and transparency in previous regulatory actions.

A coalition of organizations, led by ClientEarth, calls on Commissioner Kadis to ensure that the renewal of the Specific Grant Agreement and Framework Partnership Agreement with ICES results in scientific advice that is recovery-focused, precautionary, and ecosystem-based. The authors argue that current advice is not designed to rebuild populations or safeguard wider ocean health, citing declines in stocks like mackerel and Northern Shelf cod. They propose five key actions, including extending rebuilding advice beyond the Baltic Sea, setting 2026 fishing limits below ICES headline advice by default, and increasing stakeholder consultation.

The Council on Strategic Risks reports a decline in US federal biodefense investments for FY26, with total requests at $27.02 billion. While biosurveillance and medical countermeasures remain priorities, the report highlights significant funding cuts to global health security, public health preparedness, and domestic health capacity. It also notes a trend of declining transparency and agency reorganizations across HHS, DoD, State, and DHS that complicate the tracking of biodefense expenditures.

A coalition of industry and research organizations urges the European Commission to ensure the upcoming EU Action Plan on Geothermal Energy goes beyond heating and cooling to include next-generation technologies capable of providing firm electricity and industrial heat. The signatories advocate for research support, the strengthening of the EU geothermal value chain, and the creation of public-private risk-sharing mechanisms to enable commercial financing by the early 2030s.

GreenLatinos condemns the Trump administration's repeal of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, SUVs, and heavy-duty trucks, stating that the move targets clean energy and low-income minorities. The organization highlights that low-income households spend approximately 30% of after-tax income on transportation, and that Latino families are particularly vulnerable due to longer commutes and a higher proportion of income spent on fuel.

The paper contends that traditional industrial policy is overly focused on manufacturing and must be expanded to include services, which now account for roughly two-thirds of global GDP. It identifies five pillars for a services-led industrial policy: infrastructure, investment/FDI, skills and human capital, regulatory quality, and connectivity. The author highlights that services offer developing economies advantages in terms of lower capital intensity, smaller minimum scale, and environmental sustainability. Furthermore, the document notes that the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provides governments with more policy space for experimentation than the rules governing manufacturing trade.

The author contends that UN Security Council Resolution 2803, which endorses a US-led plan for Gaza, is a 'recipe for further conflict' due to its lack of local legitimacy. The plan proposes a Board of Peace (BoP) for governance and an International Stabilization Force (ISF) for disarmament, but the author argues these will be viewed as instruments of occupation. Drawing on comparisons with successful disarmament in Colombia, Northern Ireland, and South Africa, the text asserts that security reform requires local ownership and a political resolution—specifically Palestinian statehood—rather than external imposition.

The 2025 G20 presidency under South Africa served as a symbolic platform for African priorities, including debt sustainability and just energy transition, but faced significant challenges due to the absence of the US and a general lack of collective ambition on climate change. While the presidency successfully advanced discussions on critical minerals and disaster resilience, the Final Communiqué failed to mention transitioning away from fossil fuels, reflecting a broader trend of G20 paralysis on environmental leadership.

Following devastating floods from Cyclone Senyar in Indonesia, Mighty Earth's CEO argues that deforestation has exacerbated the disaster's lethality. The document highlights the Batang Toru ecosystem as a warning sign and calls for an emergency pause on the Food and Energy Estates project to protect the country's climate resilience and enable a 25-million-acre nature restoration initiative.

The report identifies Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and China as the fastest adopters of electric vehicles by sales share. It highlights China's dominance in both total volume (11.3 million sales in 2024) and market share (48%), while noting Norway's lead in share (92%). The analysis emphasizes that rapid uptake is driven by government incentives, investment in charging infrastructure, and the availability of affordable models. It also notes a trend of 'leapfrogging' in developing nations like Ethiopia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, fueled by affordable Chinese imports.

The Healthy Energy Homes Network Directory is a database of resources for Indigenous communities and supporting organizations. It lists Canada-wide initiatives and province- or territory-specific programs focused on affordable housing, energy efficiency retrofits, clean energy transitions, and health-related home improvements such as radon mitigation.

Colorado is experiencing a rise in billion-dollar climate disasters, with an increase from 1.7 annually since 1980 to 4.4 per year between 2020 and 2024. The state faces critical threats from wildfires, flooding, avalanches, and drought, which impact public health, infrastructure, and the economy. Federal agencies including NOAA and FEMA provide essential forecasting, research, and funding for mitigation, such as the $13.8 million BRIC grant for the Greely Water Pipeline. However, proposed FY26 budget cuts and the cancellation of programs like BRIC threaten to shutter research labs in Boulder, eliminate cooperative university partnerships, and reduce funding for climate-smart agriculture and critical mineral surveys, potentially increasing the vulnerability of both local communities and military installations such as Buckley Space Force Base and Fort Carson.

Washington State faces escalating risks from drought, wildfires, extreme heat, and coastal flooding, which threaten its economy, ecosystems, and critical US military installations. While federal agencies like NOAA and FEMA provide essential forecasting, funding, and disaster recovery services, the report argues that recent and proposed budget cuts for FY2026—including the termination of key research laboratories and the reduction of grant programs—significantly degrade the state's capacity to prepare for and respond to these hazards.

Hawaiʻi faces significant economic and security risks from sea level rise, wildfires, and drought, which threaten both civilian infrastructure and critical US military hubs like Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. While federal agencies provide essential monitoring and recovery support, proposed FY 2026 budget cuts would eliminate key programs such as the Hawaiʻi Sea Grant and the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, potentially reducing disaster relief and hindering climate adaptation efforts.

The document advocates for the use of ventilation, filtration, disinfection, and monitoring to mitigate the spread of airborne biological threats. It highlights that clean indoor air serves as a 'day-zero defense' when medical countermeasures are unavailable and is essential for maintaining military readiness and cognitive performance. The brief details specific technologies, such as HEPA filters and far-UVC light, and notes the current inadequacies in ventilation within federal and military facilities.

The author contends that while central bank independence must be protected from populist right-wing capture—citing attempts by Donald Trump in the US and leaders in Turkey and India—the current technocratic orthodoxy is failing. The text argues that the ECB's focus on price stability via interest rate hikes has been ineffective against 'cost-push' inflation and 'greedflation', and has actively hindered the green transition by increasing capital costs for renewables. To remedy this, the document proposes a 'whole-of-government approach' involving a coordination council and the definition of time-bound secondary objectives, such as 'green interest rate' policies, to align monetary policy with democratic goals without requiring treaty changes.

The COP30 summit in Belém concluded with the "Mutirão global" agreement, which maintained negotiations but postponed key decisions on fossil fuels and adaptation finance. While the summit saw record indigenous participation and significant funding commitments for tropical forests and energy infrastructure, it failed to establish a clear mechanism to limit warming to 1.5°C and lacked a process for reviewing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The document urges reporters to translate these diplomatic results into human-centric stories focusing on vulnerable communities and territorial rights.

A coalition of environmental organisations criticises Nestlé for withdrawing from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance (DMAA), arguing that the move contradicts the company's stated climate commitments. The authors highlight that dairy and livestock account for 37% of Nestlé's total greenhouse gas emissions and urge the company to set a science-aligned methane reduction target of at least 30% by 2030, improve reporting transparency, and prioritise emissions reductions over carbon insetting.

A coalition of businesses, investors, and NGOs opposes proposals by the Council of the EU and European Parliament to delay the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by another year and conduct a review in April 2026. The signatories argue that such delays create market instability, waste existing corporate investments in compliance, and postpone urgent action against global forest loss and its associated climate and biodiversity risks.

The document introduces attribution science as a method to measure how human-caused climate change affects the likelihood, frequency, and intensity of weather events by comparing current observations with simulated 'counterfactual' worlds. It details Climate Central's specific tools, such as the Climate Shift Index (CSI) for air and sea surface temperatures and the Tropical Cyclone CSI for hurricane wind speeds. The guide distinguishes between different types of attribution—event, trend, source, and impact—and notes that while temperature-related events are highly quantifiable, other severe weather like tornadoes remains an active area of research.