A (non-comprehensive) list of interesting and relevant climate change, climate policy, and environmental justice stories.
Extreme heat increasingly disrupting child health, UNICEF warns. “Extreme heat is increasing, disrupting children’s health, wellbeing and daily routines,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. The study compared averages in the 1960s with the period 2020-2024, measuring the days which exceeded 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit). It presents a stark warning over the speed and scale at which such days are increasing for almost half a billion children worldwide, many without the infrastructure or services to endure it. (read the full story here)
The Aspen Institute Is Calling for a Systemic Approach to Climate Education at the University Level. Arizona State and UC San Diego will begin requiring climate courses this academic year. Columbia, Harvard and Stanford are going even further, creating schools devoted to climate change. (read the full story here)
As Swiss propose ways to expand climate finance donors, academics urge new thinking. Switzerland pitches criteria to include China and Gulf States in the donor base. But experts recommend incentives not coercion. (read the full story here)
Key UN report lends weight to Pacific plan for shipping emissions levy. The report was seized upon by the Marshall Islands but branded “unacceptable” and “nonsensical” by Argentina and Brazil. (read the full story here)
Climate Change Is a ‘Crisis’ and an ‘Injustice.’ But Calling it That Doesn’t Help. Unfamiliar terms can muddle the message – and dampen concern. (read the full story here)