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Climate ActionThe 2026 State of the Climate report finds seven of 16 planetary vital signs at record extremes, with carbon dioxide above 428 parts per million and warming running at about twice its earlier pace.
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Climate ActionThe European Commission has proposed a Climate Resilience Law requiring all 27 EU states to plan for warming of up to 3C by 2100, with national plans due by 2030.
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Climate ActionThe EU and its 27 member states provided €32.3 billion in public climate finance in 2025, plus €9.3 billion in mobilised private finance, ahead of COP31 in Antalya.
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Climate ActionUN Special Rapporteur Elisa Morgera warns carbon credit markets may conflict with states' climate and human rights obligations, urging an urgent reassessment ahead of COP31.
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Climate ActionUNEP's 2026 Climate Technology Progress Report warns the ocean carbon sink has weakened by about 6 per cent and calls for Ocean Carbon Intelligence investment ahead of COP31.
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Climate ActionThe European Commission has presented an EU Framework for Climate Resilience and a proposed Climate Resilience Law to help Europe anticipate, prepare for and manage climate risks after 200 billion euros in climate damage between 2022 and 2025.
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Climate ActionThe UNFCCC 2026 NDC Synthesis Report finds current climate pledges would cut global emissions only 6% below 2019 levels by 2035, or 9% with conditional elements — far short of the 60% cut scientists say is needed for 1.5°C.
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Climate ActionAll eight Resilient East partner councils in eastern Adelaide have endorsed the Resilient East Climate Action Plan 2026–2031, a five-year shared plan for climate action, adaptation and resilience.
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Climate ActionThe Asian Development Bank has approved a $72 million package for Cambodia: irrigation for 7,000 more hectares, 190 kilometres of roads and resilience for about 200,000 smallholder farmers, with women at the centre.
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Climate ActionCanada carbon markets working group has held its first meeting: federal, provincial and territorial governments have launched a new working group to boost cooperation on carbon markets across Canada, the Government of Canada announced on 23 October 2026. The group brings together representatives from each province and territory plus the federal government. Its job is
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Climate ActionFirst global system to count heat's toll on the youngest Four United Nations agencies have launched the first-ever heat health indicators to help countries track how extreme heat harms pregnant women, newborns and children, and to act before the next heatwave turns into a health emergency. The framework was announced on 21 October 2026 by
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Climate ActionThe European Parliament COP31 mandate was adopted on Thursday, 22 October, setting out what the Parliament wants the European Union to push for at the COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Türkiye, from 9 to 20 November. The mandate demands faster climate action on fossil fuels, finance and vulnerable countries, and it was adopted by a
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Bangladesh will press developed countries at COP31 in Antalya to provide climate finance as grants rather than loans, State Minister Shama Obaed Islam said at a Dhaka briefing on 2 November.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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Green JournalismToxic Ground, a cross-border investigation into hidden landfill sites across Europe, has been shortlisted in the Environment and Energy category of the British Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismTürkiye's communications chief Burhanettin Duran urges solutions-focused climate reporting ahead of COP31 in Antalya, warning against 'green fatigue', as 1,400 of about 3,000 press accreditations are completed.
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Green JournalismThe Society of Environmental Journalists has opened book entries for its 25th annual awards for reporting on the environment. Books published in 2025 or 2026 are eligible, with the standard deadline on 21 December 2026.
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