Extreme weather and climate impacts
As Climate-Fuelled Wildfires Rage, Mark Carney Cuts Emergency Response and Funds Fossil Fuels
Policy makers’ response to the half dozen Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports seems to be TL;DR, and we are now staring down a visceral version of those thousands of pages of ignored warnings. One of the worst wildfire seasons on record has displaced more than 300,000 people in France, Spain, and Portugal.…
‘We stared into an abyss’: the men and women battling France’s megafire
Exhausted firefighters, foresters and volunteers wage ‘war of attrition’ against blaze that forced 200,000 people from their homes By noon it is time for a break. The temperature is about 35C, the smell of ash, cinders and burnt wood hang acrid in the air.…
Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to help redirect vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube to the country’s last working nuclear reactor, while neighbouring Hungary said it may be able to eke out two more days of power from its…
Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse.
Officials from the Trump administration and members of Congress last week walked along the burn scar from Utah’s devastating Cottonwood Fire and saw the damage from the rain and flood that followed the flames. The wildfire is among the country’s largest , charring more than 97,000 acres.…
Forests, agriculture and land use
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable It’s a constant battle, says Tim Young. He and his family have been tracking the rainfall on their Norfolk farm since 1976, and the data shows the last six years have seen two-thirds the amount of rain compared with previous years.…
Why rice crops could be in for a weird year
More than half the world’s population depends on rice to survive. But this year’s El Niño weather pattern and the ongoing climate crisis are intensifying dry, hot weather that could cause yields to plummet. Globally, rice production is set to fall for the first time in more than a decade , according to projections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.…
Fossil fuels and corporate accountability
UN bid to keep 1.5C alive exposes deepening divisions over fossil fuels
Vulnerable island nations and the poorest countries want the Belém Mission to 1.5 to drive fossil fuel phase-out, while Arab states call for more investment in oil and gas
The case for making polluters pay has moved into the mainstream
With fossil fuel firms set to report huge profits off the back of the Iran war amid heatwaves and wildfires in Europe, public debate is asking who should pay for the damage?
Source URLs
- As Climate-Fuelled Wildfires Rage, Mark Carney Cuts Emergency Response and Funds Fossil Fuels — https://www.desmog.com/2026/08/03/as-climate-fuelled-wildfires-rage-mark-carney-cuts-emergency-response-and-funds-fossil-fuels/
- ‘We stared into an abyss’: the men and women battling France’s megafire — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/01/wildfire-france-firefighters-battling-france-megafire
- Romania blasts rock to divert water from drought-hit Danube to nuclear reactor — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/romania-blasts-divert-danube-water-nuclear-reactor-energy-crisis-hungary
- Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse. — https://grist.org/extreme-weather/wildfires-forest-management-utah-west/
- ‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers — https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/31/speed-of-climate-crisis-devastating-crops-say-farmers
- Why rice crops could be in for a weird year — https://grist.org/extreme-weather/why-rice-crops-could-be-in-for-a-weird-year/
- UN bid to keep 1.5C alive exposes deepening divisions over fossil fuels — https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/07/29/un-bid-to-keep-1-5c-alive-exposes-deepening-divisions-over-fossil-fuels/
- The case for making polluters pay has moved into the mainstream — https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/07/28/the-case-for-making-polluters-pay-has-moved-into-the-mainstream/
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