The consequences of climate inaction are ever more clear. In 2024, the world’s coral reefs suffered the most widespread bleaching ever recorded, affecting roughly 84% of the world’s coral reef area between January 2023 and May 2025.

For the United States to address the global health risks posed by accelerating climate change, it will need to reframe climate adaptation as a pragmatic policy that can bridge partisan divides and earn the support of everyday Americans. 2025 is on track to ...

The essay comes ahead of the global climate summit COP30 next month, which is focused on battling climate change.

The latest climate pledges by governments will cause global greenhouse gas emissions to start to fall in the next 10 years, but not nearly fast enough to prevent worsening climate change and extreme weather,

The worsening consequences of the climate crisis could fatally "derail" climate action, researchers have warned.

“President Trump saved America from the outrageous climate scam that was killing our country, and he has long warned others to abandon this destructive agenda before it is too late. Stopping this disastrous vote is a massive win for the American people and countries around the world," said White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers.

Adaptation doesn’t mean defeat but survival. It’s time to embrace a third way: clear-eyed realism.

The Multispecies Collective, founded by Dr Iyan Offor, is imagining new legal frameworks that recognise the value of non-human flourishing.