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The 2025 Climate Litigation Lab, hosted by Surge Africa and partners, addressed the systemic use of SLAPP suits by corporations and governments to intimidate climate activists in Africa. The event resulted in the launch of an Africa-specific SLAPP Toolkit and the development of strategies for legal advocacy, strategic communications, and regional solidarity to protect environmental defenders.

Between 2020 and 2024, climate change increased the number of 'pregnancy heat-risk days'—days exceeding the 95th percentile of local temperatures—in every analyzed country. In 90% of countries and 63% of cities, these risk days at least doubled compared to a world without climate change. The most significant increases occurred in developing regions, particularly the Caribbean, where 15 countries saw an average of at least 60 additional risk days annually, representing roughly one-fifth of a typical pregnancy. Beyond heat, the report notes that climate-driven air pollution, flooding, and infrastructure damage further threaten maternal health and birth outcomes.

A group of 16 children from various nations filed a communication to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, alleging that Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey violated the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by failing to prevent and mitigate climate change. While the Committee recognised the 'extraterritorial application of human rights obligations' and the 'victim status of the authors', it ultimately deemed the claim inadmissible. The decision rested on the 'failure to exhaust domestic remedies', as the claimants had not initiated internal legal procedures in the defendant states before approaching the Committee.

The case of Fridays for Future Estonia v. Eesti Energia involved a legal battle led by the NGO MTÜ Loodusvõlu to stop the construction of the ENEFIT282 shale oil plant in Narva-Jõesuu. The claimants argued that the plant violated the Paris Agreement, EU climate neutrality goals, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while also posing risks to Natura 2000 conservation areas. After several rounds of litigation and rejected requests for interim relief, the Supreme Court of Estonia cancelled the construction permit in October 2023. The Court found that the project's environmental assessments failed to identify impacts on climate change and the conservation of the Puhatu bird, necessitating the cancellation under the precautionary principle.

The document outlines the drivers and impacts of coastal erosion, highlighting the vulnerability of the 15% of the global population living near coasts. It critiques temporary solutions like beach nourishment and emphasizes the loss of coastal wetlands, which act as storm defenses. The guide offers journalistic advice on handling the complexity of community resettlement, utilizing public records, and valuing indigenous knowledge. It also suggests specific data sources from NOAA and the USGS to track shoreline changes and the costs of erosion control.

The document defines 'loss and damage' as climate change consequences that exceed human adaptation limits, categorizing them into economic losses (e.g., infrastructure damage) and non-economic losses (e.g., cultural loss). It details the evolution of UN negotiations, from the 1991 proposal by Vanuatu to the 2023 operationalization of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), which had pledges totaling $768.4 million as of April 2025. The text emphasizes that this funding is far below the estimated $580 billion needed by vulnerable countries by 2030 and argues for a 'mosaic of solutions' combining public, private, and innovative funding sources to support activities such as humanitarian aid, relocation, and livelihood restoration.

The report finds that while carbon markets have the potential to generate social and economic benefits for LMIC communities, current impacts are often suboptimal or negative due to poor project design and governance. Agricultural and energy efficiency projects generally show higher potential for positive community impact than pure forest conservation projects, which often restrict access to vital resources. Key barriers include low carbon prices in voluntary markets, delayed payments, and the exclusion of women due to land tenure structures. Positive outcomes are linked to pro-poor design, inclusive governance, higher carbon prices for co-benefits, and adherence to stringent standards like the CCB Standard.

The paper argues that while good adaptation practices exist, an intersectional approach is necessary to address the intersecting structures of inequity—such as racism, ableism, and gender inequality—that exacerbate vulnerability to climate change. Drawing from a May 2024 knowledge co-production workshop, the authors introduce foundational principles (centering justice, equity, and power disruption) and process principles (positionality, context-specificity, and co-production). These are applied to the four stages of the UNFCCC iterative adaptation cycle: risk assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).

The document argues that while gender-responsive approaches are increasing, a truly intersectional approach is necessary to address the overlapping structures of inequality—such as racism, ageism, and disability discrimination—that exacerbate climate vulnerability. It outlines core and process principles to guide practitioners through the four stages of the adaptation cycle: risk assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).

The document argues that while intersectionality is increasingly recognized as vital for equitable climate adaptation, its practical application remains limited. It presents a framework of 'fundamental principles' (focusing on systemic vulnerability, agency, and power) and 'process principles' (such as positionality reflection and context-specificity) to be integrated across the four stages of the adaptation cycle: risk assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).

Trend Asia criticizes the new PP KEN for extending the use of fossil fuels until 2060, lowering renewable energy targets for 2030, and promoting high-risk or non-renewable 'new energy' sources like nuclear, hydrogen, and ammonia. The report highlights the environmental and social risks of bioenergy, specifically co-firing and Energy Plantation Forests (HTE), which it links to deforestation and land grabbing. It further argues that the policy lacks transparency, excludes community-scale renewable energy, and prioritizes industrial interests over human rights and ecological sustainability.

The Danger Season 2025 microsite integrates National Weather Service (NWS) alerts, population data, social disadvantage metrics from the Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI), and EPA/AirNow’s Air Quality Index (AQI). The methodology focuses on the period from May to October, identifying counties under extreme weather alerts or experiencing unhealthy air quality. It calculates four daily indicators: the total population facing alerts, the percentage of disadvantaged people affected, the percentage of the population facing at least one alert, and the proportion of extreme heat alerts attributable to climate change. The scope includes the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, though certain datasets like CSI and AQI have specific geographic gaps.

The document argues for a "just land transition" in California to address groundwater depletion, which may require repurposing up to 1 million acres of irrigated agriculture. It outlines a framework based on community-centered principles and provides a roadmap of interventions for the state legislature, regulatory agencies, local governments, and philanthropy to ensure benefits reach frontline communities and agricultural workers.

The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference, including COP30, CMA7, CMP20, SBI63, and SBSTA63, will take place from November 10 to 21, 2025, in Belém, Brasil. The event is presided over by André Corrêa do Lago and features a thematic program covering adaptation, health, climate justice, nature, agriculture, energy, and transport. The venue is divided into a UNFCCC-managed 'Blue Zone' for negotiations and a host-country-managed 'Green Zone' for public engagement, with a dedicated youth-led space in the Blue Zone. Logistics include a 24-hour system of 15 bus lines for transportation and accommodation managed via bnetwork.

The document outlines the climate risks facing border cities like Tijuana, Nogales, and El Paso, where aging infrastructure and fragmented US-Mexico coordination exacerbate the impact of floods and heatwaves. It highlights how these pressures disproportionately affect migrants, low-income residents, and indigenous groups, while suggesting key areas for journalistic investigation into funding gaps and resilience efforts.

The report details how climate change drives biodiversity loss through mechanisms like ocean acidification and species range shifts, while biodiversity loss weakens the planet's carbon sinks. It critically assesses 'false solutions'—including monoculture tree plantations, carbon offsetting, and geoengineering—arguing that these policies often cause further ecological damage and land grabbing. The document calls for a systemic shift toward agroecology, energy sufficiency, and the protection of Indigenous Peoples' land rights to address the polycrisis holistically.

The document analyzes how climate change accelerates biodiversity loss and how the loss of ecosystems further destabilizes the climate. It critiques 'false solutions' such as monoculture tree plantations, carbon offsets, and geoengineering, arguing they often cause more harm than good. The report calls for a systemic shift toward agroecology, community-led energy transitions, and the protection of Indigenous rights.

The report critiques the current digital ecosystem as a form of 'data colonialism' driven by profit-seeking corporations from the Global North. It traces the history of the struggle for communication control from the 1970s NWICO debates to the current era of AI and Big Tech. The authors propose a 'Communication Rights' (CRs) framework that moves beyond simple freedom of expression to include collective rights, public ownership of digital utilities, and the protection of data sovereignty to ensure a more equitable and diverse digital future.

Analysis of 144 U.S. weather stations shows that 88% of cities experienced increased hourly rainfall intensity between 1970 and 2024, with an average increase of 15% across those locations. The highest average regional increases occurred in the Upper Midwest (+18%), Northern Rockies and Plains (+16%), and Ohio Valley (+15%). Individual cities with the largest increases include Wichita, Kansas (+38%), Reno, Nevada (+37%), Fairbanks, Alaska (+37%), and El Paso, Texas (+37%). Projections indicate that with 2°C of global warming, 85% of U.S. counties are likely to see a 10% or higher increase in precipitation on the heaviest 1% of days, with particularly high intensification expected in Alaska (43%) and Hawaii (30%).

A report on dialogues held at Kunstnerens Hus in early 2025, concluding that art's primary role in crises is to create community through truth and solidarity, and advocating for the protection of activist artists.