August 2026 is - together with July 2023 - the warmest month ever measured, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus. The weather phenomenon El Niño is expected to further heat things up during the autumn and into next year. It is very likely that next year will be the warmest ever observed, says Professor Erik Kjellström.
SwedenThey are abbreviated as “pyrocb” and have previously been most associated with nuclear bombs and volcanic eruptions. But during Australia’s so-called Black Summer of 2019-20, they became more widely known as a horror scenario in intense bushfires. Now, for the first time, the “fire thunder clouds” have been noted as far north in Europe as France.
WorldThe world's nations are gathering for a new climate summit, where the challenges of reaching the 1.5-degree target are crucial for the future of the planet. This is a moral failure – and deadly negligence, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
SwedenThe effects of climate change are becoming increasingly clear, according to the World Meteorological Organization WMO in its annual major report. Hundreds of thousands were forced to flee from climate disasters last year. This development we cannot back down from, warn the researchers.
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