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Map showing the global 1-day area-weighted 2m atmospheric temperature anomalies. Temperature anomalies are calculated from the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) and CFS Reanalysis (CFSR). The anomaly values fluctuate day-to-day and week-to-week depending on prevailing weather patterns. For context, daily temperatures for the domains below are available via interactive charts for the entire CFS/CFSR 1979–present record. Anomalies are based on 1979–2000 climatology for the specific day of the year. Graphic: Climate Reanalyzer / Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine

June 18, 2023

June 2023 temperatures briefly passed key climate threshold – “We’ve loaded the climate system. No one should be surprised when we set extended global records. 1.5°C is coming fast; it may already be here.”

BERLIN, 16 June 2023 (AP) – Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, a hint of heat and its harms to come, scientists worry. The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as the […]

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Simon Stiell speaks during a news conference at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial (CCM) at Eigtveds Pakhus, in Copenhagen, Denmark, 21 March 2023. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix / Liselotte Sabroe / REUTERS

June 18, 2023

UN climate body head dissatisfied with Bonn climate talks outcome – “Never satisfied. In terms of whether reasonable progress made. Yes. Was it enough? We will know as we as we enter the COP28 itself.”

By Riham Alkousaa 16 June 2023 BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of the United Nation’s climate body said on Friday he was not satisfied with the outcome of a 10-day conference and the process was moving too slowly given the urgency of the climate crisis. “Never satisfied. In terms of whether reasonable progress made. Yes. […]

Greta Thunberg stands outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm during her last School Strike for Climate on 9 June 2023. Photo: Reuters

June 13, 2023

Greta Thunberg takes part in her last school strike for climate – “We who can speak up have a duty to do so. … The fight has only just begun.”

By Tobi Thomas 10 June 2023 (The Guardian) – After what began as a solo protest in Sweden five years ago and grew into a movement with millions of children across the world participating, Greta Thunberg has taken part in her last “school strike” protest as she graduates from school. The protests, which led to many climate […]

Plaintiffs Mica, 14; Badge 15, Lander 18, and Taleah, 19, listen to arguments during a status hearing on 12 May 2023, in Helena, Montana, for a case that they and other Montana youth filed against the state arguing Montana officials are not meeting their constitutional obligations to protect residents from climate change. The first-of-its-kind trial began Monday, 12 June 2023, before District Court Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena. Photo: Thom Bridge /Independent Record / AP

June 13, 2023

Youth environmentalists bring Montana climate case to trial after 12 years, seeking to set precedent – “We’ve seen repeatedly over the last few years what the Montana state Legislature is choosing. They are choosing fossil fuel development. They are choosing corporations over the needs of their citizens.”

By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson 10 June 2023 HELENA, Montana (AP News) – Whether a constitutional right to a healthy, livable climate is protected by state law is at the center of a lawsuit going to trial Monday in Montana, where 16 young plaintiffs and their attorneys hope to set an important legal precedent. It’s the first […]

Smoke billows upward from a planned ignition by firefighters tackling the Donnie Creek Complex wildfire south of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada on 3 June 2023. Photo: B.C. Wildfire Service / REUTERS

June 11, 2023

Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season in 2023 – “Over the last 20 years, we have never seen such a large area burned so early in the season”

OTTAWA, 5 June 2023 (Reuters) – Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday. Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, […]

Illustration showing that Chevron omits more than 90 percent of its emissions in its “net zero” “aspiration”. Though Chevron is quick to proffer its “net zero” commitment as proof of its commitment to address climate change, its “net zero” pledge is 1) only an “aspiration”, as carefully stated on its website; and 2) only applies to its Scope 1 emissions (that result from operating the facilities/equipment/vehicles/buildings that Chevron owns) and Scope 2 emissions (produced from the energy Chevron uses), not its Scope 3 emissions (caused by the end-use of Chevron’s products – sold oil and gas). Graphic: Corporate Accountability

June 11, 2023

“Worthless”: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm – “It’s clear from this report and other research that net zero as a framework opens the door for claims of climate action while continuing with business as usual”

By Nina Lakhani 24 May 2023 NEW YORK (The Guardian) – A new investigation into Chevron’s climate pledge has found the fossil-fuel company relies on “junk” carbon offsets and “unviable” technologies, which do little to offset its vast greenhouse gas emissions and, in some cases, may actually be causing communities harm. Chevron, which reported $35.5bn […]

Map showing the thermal comfort index in Southeast Asia, averaged over the period 1 April 2023 - 25 May 2023. Thailand saw its hottest day in history at 45.4 degrees Celsius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) on 15 April 2023, while neighboring Laos topped out at 43.5 degrees Celsius (110 degrees Fahrenheit) for two consecutive days in May 2023, and Vietnam’s all-time record was broken in early May 2023 with 44.2 degrees Celsius (112 degrees Fahrenheit). Data: Copernicus Climate Change Service. Graphic: Lou Robinson / CNN

June 11, 2023

A “once-in-200 years” heat wave caught Southeast Asia off guard. Climate change will make them more common.

By Carlotta Dotto, Krystina Shveda, and Lou Robinson 7 June 2023 HONG KONG (CNN) – Every day, countless mopeds crisscross the congested city of Hanoi, in Vietnam, with commuters traveling to work or motorbike taxis dropping off everything from parcels to cooked food and clients. One of them is Phong, 42, who starts his shift […]

Smoke billowed from a fire near the town of Shelburne on 29 May 2023, when an astronaut on the International Space Station took this photograph. By the morning of 31 May 2023, after four days of burning, the fire had scorched 17,000 hectares (66 square miles) near the southern tip of Nova Scotia. It became the largest forest fire in the province’s history, according to CBC Nova Scotia, exceeding the area burned (13,000 hectares) by a fire in Guysborough County over six days in June 1976. Photo: Wanmei Liang / NASA Earth Observatory

June 11, 2023

How climate change factored into Nova Scotia’s wildfires – “All our infrastructure was built for a climate that doesn’t exist anymore”

By Nathan Coleman 7 June 2023 (The Weather Network) – Wildfires raging across Canada have already scorched more than 10 times the land than usual, causing a massive amount of damages in multiple provinces as dangerous air quality lingers overhead. “All our infrastructure was built for a climate that doesn’t exist anymore,” University of Toronto atmospheric physics […]

A view of the drought that affected the Los Bermejales reservoir, which was at 18 percent of its capacity in Arenas del Rey in Granada, Spain, on 13 May 2023. Photo: Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

June 11, 2023

Europe is struggling with a precarious water situation ahead of another drought-riven summer in 2023 – “A few years ago, I would never have imagined that water would be a problem here in Europe, especially in Germany or Austria”

By Sam Meredith 5 June 2023 (CNBC) – European policymakers are battling to get to grips with a growing water crisis ahead of what researchers fear could be yet another climate crisis-fueled summer of drought. Water resources in Europe are growing increasingly scarce because of the deepening climate emergency, with record-breaking temperatures through spring and a historic winter […]

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration at Mauna Loa observatory, 1958-2023. In 2023, heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to a record high in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record. Graphic: UC San Diego / Scripps Institution of Oceanography

June 11, 2023

Atmospheric carbon dioxide hits new peak in 2023, growing at near-record rate – “Not only is CO2 continuing to increase despite efforts to reduce emissions, but it’s increasing faster than it was 10 or 20 years ago”

By Seth Borenstein 5 June 2023 (AP News) – The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record, officials announced Monday. Carbon dioxide levels in the air are now the […]