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The document links the systems of imperialism, neoliberalism, and colonialism to both climate breakdown and the genocide in Palestine. It details the catastrophic environmental and humanitarian impacts in Gaza, including the destruction of water, energy, and agricultural infrastructure. Furthermore, it identifies a network of transnational corporations—including arms manufacturers, energy companies, and financial institutions—that profit from and facilitate the occupation and military actions in Palestine.

The report links the systems of imperialism, neoliberalism, and colonialism to both the global climate collapse and the destruction of life and land in Palestine. It provides detailed data on the collapse of water, energy, and agricultural infrastructure in Gaza, while identifying specific global arms, energy, and financial companies that support the Israeli state.

The report provides a comprehensive profile of Luanda, highlighting its rapid population growth, extreme economic inequality, and a highly centralised governance structure. While the city has benefited from oil wealth, significant service delivery gaps persist, particularly in housing, water, and sanitation for those in informal settlements. The report notes that Luanda is one of the most congested cities globally and faces increasing climate risks, including flooding and sea-level rise.

Global Witness warns that a second Trump administration is likely to accelerate fossil fuel production, weaken protections for land and environmental defenders, and undermine global efforts to combat deforestation and climate disinformation. The organization highlights risks including the rollback of environmental regulations, the potential defunding of human rights initiatives, and a shift toward domestic mining on protected Native and Tribal lands. It also expresses concern over the 'anti-ESG' movement and the potential for social media platforms to spread disinformation under the guise of free speech.

The document details a series of executive orders and memorandums aimed at increasing fossil fuel production, reducing environmental regulations, and restricting water conservation and diversity initiatives. It highlights the disproportionate risks these actions pose to Latino populations, including increased exposure to pollution, loss of green jobs, and exclusion from disaster relief.

The document serves as an educational tool to explain the technical and economic aspects of Colombia's energy system and the transition toward a low-carbon economy. It distinguishes between energy sources and forms, details the electricity value chain, and explains the environmental necessity of decarbonization and 'Net-Zero' goals. The guide emphasizes that a 'just energy transition' requires both a shift in energy sources and a parallel economic transition to ensure labor reconversion and regional sustainability.

The document details a Marine Fuel Oil (MFO) pipeline leak on August 23, 2025, in Desa Lioka, which contaminated 82 hectares of land and 10 km of the Koromusilu River. It highlights a pattern of five oil spills in Luwu Timur since 2009 and links the infrastructure failure to the region's high seismic activity, noting 404 earthquakes along the pipeline route between 2015 and 2025. The report criticizes PT Vale's sustainability commitments as vague regarding MFO reduction and references the company's global history of dam disasters in Brazil.

The report finds that human-induced climate change significantly increased the frequency and intensity of extreme heat globally from May 2024 to May 2025, affecting billions of people and making all 67 identified significant heat events more likely. It highlights the disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations and the systemic failure to accurately document heat-related mortality, while advocating for a combination of urban heat action plans and aggressive fossil fuel mitigation.

The document reports that human-induced warming of 1.3°C contributed to record-breaking temperatures, floods, and droughts in 2024, resulting in thousands of deaths and millions of displacements. It highlights that climate change added an average of 41 dangerous heat days globally and often overrode natural phenomena like El Niño. The report calls for a rapid transition from fossil fuels, improved early warning systems, real-time heat death reporting, and increased finance for developing countries to support adaptation.

Russia used COP29 to promote fossil fuels and present revised GHG emission data based on a 'sovereign methodology' that claims a 34% reduction in emissions through forest carbon absorption. The document highlights that Russia's 'climate projects' are inconsistent with Paris Agreement standards on additionality and transparency, often serving to prolong fossil fuel use. Despite these issues, Russia has begun selling carbon credits to foreign buyers, such as the Arab Investment Fund, and seeks to expand these practices through BRICS+ and other business associations.

Carbon Market Watch condemns FIFA's hosting decisions for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, asserting that the events will cause severe environmental damage. The organization highlights the failure of the 2022 Qatar World Cup's carbon neutrality claims and warns that the 2030 tournament's multi-continental structure and Saudi Arabia's 2034 bid—which includes building 11 new stadiums—will lead to massive emissions from construction and air travel. The statement also links these decisions to the influence of polluting corporate sponsors like Aramco and raises concerns over migrant worker deaths in host nations.

GreenLatinos opposes the Energy Permitting Reform Act, describing it as a "Trojan horse" that accelerates fossil fuel projects while offering only symbolic clean energy measures. The organization argues that the act would weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which serves as a critical tool for frontline Latino communities to fight environmental injustice and pollution.

The document explains that attribution science uses climate models and observational data to compare a world with human-induced warming to a fictional world without greenhouse gas emissions to determine the impact of climate change on specific weather events. It notes that 83% of such studies find a climate link and encourages journalists to explicitly connect these events to fossil fuel use and human vulnerability.

A study by scientists from the Philippines, UK, and Netherlands found that human-induced climate change, primarily from burning fossil fuels, increased the likelihood of the potential intensity observed during the 2024 late typhoon season in the Philippines by a factor of 1.7. The analysis focused on the sequence of six storms hitting northern Luzon, including Super Typhoon Man-Yi, and found that the probability of at least three major typhoons making landfall in a single year has increased by 25% in the current 1.3°C warmed climate compared to a world without fossil fuel combustion.

In 2024, UK low-carbon renewables (wind, solar, and hydropower) are forecast to generate 37% of electricity (103 TWh), overtaking fossil fuels, which are set to provide 35% (97 TWh). Wind power is close to becoming the largest single source of UK power, forecast at 29% (82 TWh), just behind fossil gas at 30% (85 TWh). The year also marked the closure of the UK's last coal power plant, with gas power use set to decrease by 13% compared to 2023, reaching its lowest level since 1996. This decline in fossil fuel reliance is attributed to rising renewable generation, low electricity demand, and a 42% increase in net electricity imports.

The document outlines how winters are warming faster than any other season in nearly 75% of the United States, leading to significant disruptions in agriculture, health, and the economy. It provides specific regional examples—such as crop failures in Michigan, declining snow crab populations in Alaska, and increased winter tornadoes—while offering professional advice for reporters on handling climate variability and connecting local events to global fossil fuel consumption.

The report finds that climate change is significantly increasing the number of 'lost winter days' (days above freezing) across Canada, with some regions seeing an additional week of such days annually. The analysis highlights specific impacts in provinces like Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, and major cities including Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal, noting consequences for snow accumulation, ice coverage, and winter industries.

Climate change has significantly increased the number of winter days above freezing in Poland, with the country ranking fifth globally for the most lost chilled winter days. Between 2014 and 2023, Poland experienced nearly three additional weeks of days above freezing annually, with all 13 analyzed cities seeing at least two additional weeks per year.

The analysis finds that climate change has increased the number of winter days with minimum temperatures above 0°C across the United Kingdom, with a national average of 11 additional days per year. England experienced the highest increase with 12 additional days, followed by Scotland and Wales with 10, and Northern Ireland with 8.

The DMRE has slowed South Africa's just energy transition due to an institutional self-perception as a protector against 'imperialist' Western impositions and a desire to protect the livelihoods of miners and emerging black mining industrialists. The document highlights internal contradictions, such as the DMRE managing environmental regulations for the same mining activities it licenses, and a lack of transparency regarding mine closure plans. It recommends utilizing existing policy tools like the Integrated Resource Plan, increasing accountability, and acknowledges the recent split of the DMRE into the Department of Mineral Resources and Petroleum (DMRP) and the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) as a necessary step to resolve conflicts of interest.