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This report by Ember analyses the impact of a June–July 2025 heatwave on European power systems, noting that while extreme temperatures drove up electricity demand and prices and caused thermal plant outages, record solar generation and storage helped maintain grid stability.

In 2024, clean power generation reached a milestone of 40.9% of global electricity, driven by record growth in renewables, particularly solar. However, extreme heatwaves increased global electricity demand to over 30,000 TWh, leading to a small increase in fossil fuel generation and a record high of 14.6 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions from the power sector.

A statement by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and West Coast Environmental Law calling on the British Columbia government to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for healthcare costs associated with climate change and pollution.

The report analyzes how extreme heatwaves in 2024 increased electricity demand and fossil fuel generation in the world's three largest electricity markets: China, the United States, and India. Using a population-weighted temperature methodology, Ember found that cooling needs significantly drove demand spikes during critical summer months, leading to increased reliance on coal and gas to fill generation gaps.

This research paper introduces a data-driven framework for identifying and mapping localized hotspots and trends for single and compound hydroclimatic hazards, such as heatwaves, droughts, and floods, using locally available data.

This webinar summary, published by the Stockholm Environment Institute, details a regional dialogue on the intersection of global ageing and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region. It examines the specific vulnerabilities of older adults to climate hazards, the systemic exclusion of their perspectives from policy, and the potential for older persons to contribute to climate resilience through traditional knowledge and community-led action.

This research paper analyzes the intersection of climate change and public health in Senegal, detailing how regional climatic phenomena—such as sea-level rise in coastal areas and desertification in the Sahel—contribute to health crises. It highlights a community-led adaptation project in Widou Thiéngoly and calls for coordinated international action at COP28 to support climate-resilient healthcare infrastructure in Africa.

This report by the Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) and ENDA Energy examines the landscape of climate change adaptation in Senegal, specifically focusing on the alignment between national policies, such as the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) practices. Through mapping and three case studies in agriculture, coastal zones, and health, the research identifies a gap where community-driven strategies are often ignored by central government planning and suffer from a lack of direct financial access, despite being well-aligned with national goals.

This fact sheet, published by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network in 2022, distils findings from the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report regarding climate change impacts, future risks, and adaptation strategies specifically for Central Africa.

This briefing by Zero Carbon Analytics examines the economic vulnerabilities of China to climate-induced floods and heatwaves, emphasizing that indirect economic losses often exceed direct damages and can disrupt global supply chains due to the concentration of manufacturing in high-risk regions.

This report analyzes global access to cooling in 2021, focusing on 54 high-impact countries. It details how the combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising global temperatures have increased the number of people at risk due to a lack of sustainable cooling, particularly among the rural and urban poor.

This document is a scenario card for a role-playing exercise centered on the town of Kul-Bayne in Ethiopia, designed to explore climate vulnerability and the development of resilience plans in response to drought and resource scarcity.

A memorandum from Friends of the Earth urging journalists to increase in-depth reporting on the unambiguous connections between climate change and the extreme weather events observed during the summer of 2010.

This fact sheet from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network describes the use of extreme event attribution to understand the role of climate change in weather events and its utility for long-term decision-making, featuring case studies from India.

This synthesis report details the Raising Risk Awareness (RRA) project, a pilot initiative designed to build capacity for extreme event attribution (EEA) and sea level rise risk analysis in developing countries. The project focused on Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Bangladesh to bridge the gap between climate science, communication, and policy-making, helping stakeholders understand the role of human-induced climate change in specific extreme weather events to better manage future risks.

This document is a role-playing scenario for a character named Zainab, an environmental worker and civil servant tasked with leading a climate vulnerability and risk assessment and developing adaptation plans for Kul-Bayne.

This policy brief describes a transdisciplinary project focused on the relationship between extreme heat, public health, and green spaces in Mexico City. It highlights a significant underreporting of heat-related health symptoms in official statistics and advocates for the integration of green infrastructure into public health and climate adaptation policies to address socio-spatial inequalities.

This research paper describes a dataset of 14 temperature- and precipitation-related climate hazard indicators for 996 large cities, analyzed under global warming scenarios of 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C above a 1994-2014 historical baseline.