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• Nature Climate Change2026-10-14✓ Read

  Species hybridization belongs on the climate change agenda

  Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02780-0 Species hybridization belongs on the climate change agenda

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• Nature Climate Change2026-10-14✓ Read

  The ambitions and limitations of climate assemblies

  Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02764-0 Climate citizens’ assemblies are gaining traction worldwide as a way to involve the public in climate governance. Now a study demonstrates that although these assemblies propose more ambitious recommendations than existing climate policy, these recommendations vary across contexts and have limited impact on policy decisions.

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• Nature Climate Change2026-10-14✓ Read

  Strengthening Rio Convention implementation architecture through reciprocal learning

  Nature Climate Change, Published online: 14 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02777-9 As the Rio Conventions mature from negotiating commitments towards delivering them, strengthening implementation has become an urgent priority. We argue for greater cross-convention learning within the context of institutional architecture to accelerate progress on climate, biodiversity and land degradation.

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Momentum for Measuring Water Lost in Wyoming’s Portion of the Colorado River Dries Up

  Wyoming may resume collecting data in the Green River and Little Snake River basins as part of a future Upper Colorado River Basin project.By Jake Bolster Wyoming has shelved a state-funded project to measure water use in the Green River and Little Snake River basins after it could not get enough data to create a basin-wide estimate of water lost during irrigation.

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• Climate crisis | The Guardian2026-10-13✓ Read

  Indonesia wildfire fuelled by El Niño razes 300 homes

  Hundreds of people displaced in Bangka Belitung with conditions described as worst in a decade with wildlife also badly hit

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• Climate crisis | The Guardian2026-10-13✓ Read

  Scientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California’s kelp forests

  Team works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific coast in past decade Off the coast of Monterey, California, a team of researchers is gearing up for its first dive of the day into the cold and choppy waters of the Pacific Ocean. On the back deck of the boat, Ashley Kidd, a co-founder of the non-profit Sunflower Star Laboratory, gave the divers their final command: “Dive No 1 … stars in the water.” Continue reading

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-13✓ Read

  Inside Ohio’s Revolt Against Data Centers

  A colorful crew of activists helped spur moratorium votes in 10 communities next month. Now, they’re aiming for a statewide ban.By Dan Gearino COLUMBUS, Ohio—A four-hour legislative committee hearing in June, punctuated by applause and anger, offered a window into the growing backlash against data centers.

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-13✓ Read

  What Happened to Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hubs?

  Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo.By Rebecca McCarthy Three years ago, hydrogen seemed poised for a long-awaited breakthrough. The Biden administration announced $7 billion in federal funding for seven hubs to produce the fuel across the country, and Pennsylvania was set to be a major player in the emerging industry.

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• Climate crisis | The Guardian2026-10-13✓ Read

  Coastal erosion in England has claimed at least 183 homes in past 16 years

  Exclusive: Homes demolished along east coast after being deemed too vulnerable to live in, figures reveal Seaside communities along the east coast of England have lost at least 183 homes to coastal erosion and landslides over the past 16 years, figures obtained by the Guardian reveal. After councils judged properties across the Yorkshire and East Anglian coasts too vulnerable to remain safely occupied, the homes were proactively demolished. Continue reading

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• Nature Climate Change2026-10-13✓ Read

  Enhancing fairness in climate action through policy packages

  Nature Climate Change, Published online: 13 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02751-5 Achieving climate neutrality requires policies perceived as fair, with equity both between and within income groups. Here researchers evaluate the equity implications of different European Union climate policy packages and show how a mixed policy design can balance trade-offs between two equity dimensions.

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• Climate Law Blog2026-10-12✓ Read

  Two Courts, One Conclusion: EPA Unlawfully Terminated Solar for All

  On September 18, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) termination of the $7 billion Solar for All program was unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and vacated the EPA’s action. Four days later, on September 22, 2026, the U.S. District Court for

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Food for Feed

  This week, co-host Jake Bolster takes a deep dive into the global seafood industry with reporter Johnny Sturgeon and the Outlaw Ocean Project.By Jake Bolster, Johnny Sturgeon

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-12✓ Read

  How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

  What started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city in a financial and political quagmire.By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom.

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-12✓ Read

  The Fishfeed Trap

  The livestock industry’s search for more sustainable alternatives to fishmeal has gone nowhere.By Ian Urbina This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.

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• Climate crisis | The Guardian2026-10-12✓ Read

  Total fire ban for Sydney, with 37C temperatures and risk of bushfires from ‘dry lightning’

  Thunderstorms coupled with hot and dry conditions mean ‘fire danger is going to be right up today’, Rural Fire Service says Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast A total fire ban is in place across greater Sydney, with temperatures forecast to reach 37C in the city’s west. The Bureau of Meteorology said Sydney faced extreme fire danger due to hot, dry conditions and the chance of thunderstorms, with little rainfall. Continue reading

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• Nature Climate Change2026-10-12✓ Read

  Selecting climate solutions creates new institutional authority

  Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02771-1 Selecting climate solutions creates new institutional authority

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• Climate crisis | The Guardian2026-10-11✓ Read

  ‘Some aren’t going to make it’: how pressure on farmers threatens UK food security

  Food producers are adding their voices to the chorus of warnings about the vulnerability of British supply chains “There are so many decent, capable, productive, efficient arable farmers out there, asking how they are supposed to finance the crop they are meant to be putting in the ground,” Jamie Burrows says. Sitting in his tractor at his arable farm in Norfolk, Burrows is listing the multiple challenges facing him and other food producers. Continue reading

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-11✓ Read

  The Greek National Park Suffocated by Fish Farming

  Greece’s $900 million aquaculture industry is sacrificing sea life as it slowly strangles one of Europe’s most important marine sanctuaries.By Johnny Sturgeon This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-11✓ Read

  The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water

  In the arid American West, expanded mining intensifies battles in vulnerable communities over one of the region’s scarcest resources.By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations.

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• Inside Climate News2026-10-11✓ Read

  As Rival Resorts Battle in a Bahamas Court, a Threatened Conch’s Nursery Is Caught in the Middle

  Scientists who study conch say the species’ habitat needs are more important than the needs of either property.By Kate Waxman Queen conch larvae drift for two to three weeks before settling into seagrass, where their first food grows on the thin green blades. This is where they spend most of their first year, buried in the sand.

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