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#NorthAmerica

From Toronto to Minneapolis, Chicago to Omaha many places in North America are seeing a surge in summer heat well into fall. But one of the drivers is a weather phenomenon occurring thousands of miles away, in the Pacific Ocean.

A marine heat wave, stretching from the coast of Japan to North America, is contributing to higher temperatures—and is expected to have a crucial impact on winter forecasts

time.com/7324466/pacific-ocean

archive.ph/wip/Rhpmf

Time · How A Marine Heat Wave Is Helping Drive Warm Fall WeatherBy Simmone Shah

#Zambia

But dry spells are lasting longer and becoming more severe because of climate change. “It is a fact,” he said, “that the small scale farmers are normally the most vulnerable in terms of climate change and extreme weather because they do not have a backup system.”

When rains stop suddenly, fragile, germinating plants die and farmers must re-sow their fields. Acquiring new seeds represents a serious financial challenge.

americamagazine.org/dispatches

America Magazine · Zambia’s farmers face an uncertain future with climate changeBy Luke Olsen S.J.

Four things to know about climate change and human migration

Middle-income groups are the most likely to migrate in response to climate risks

As climate change increases the number of people who want to migrate but can't, it leaves some communities exposed to greater risks

People migrating out of middle- and lower-income countries tend to move to places with lower climate risk

International cooperation can reduce climate vulnerability

phys.org/news/2025-10-climate-

Phys.org · Four things to know about climate change and human migrationBy Ula Chrobak

#Delamere #Australia

Customers who see first-hand the impact of climate-change become passionate about protecting the environment, according to HX Expeditions chief operating officer Alex Delamere White

Speaking at Abta’s Travel Convention, Delamere White defended the fact the cruise line takes customers to destinations affected by climate change such as Antarctica
travelweekly.co.uk/news/client

Travel WeeklyClients who see impact of climate change 'become passionate converts'HX Expeditions chief operating officer says first-hand education is key

#Tuvalu #Kiribati #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Instead, it offers limited and arbitrary migration pathways that discriminate, separate families, and disregard children’s rights. In the absence of migration pathways and protections specifically dedicated to people displaced by the climate crisis, those attempting to navigate Aotearoa New Zealand’s immigration opportunities in other areas fall through the cracks

amnestyusa.org/reports/navigat

A new study indicates that between 119.3 billion tonnes and 251.6 billion tonnes of previously frozen carbon would be prone to microbial decomposition by the year 2100, thanks to enhanced warming in permafrost areas in the Northern Hemisphere

theweathernetwork.com/en/news/

Melting permafrost could unload billions of tonnes of carbon by 2100
The Weather Network · Melting permafrost could unload billions of tonnes of carbon by 2100By Nathan Howes

#health #Pakistan

Study Finds Children with Cerebral Palsy in Pakistan Face Increased Heat-Related Health Risks Amid Climate Crisis

Study Finds Children with Cerebral Palsy in Pakistan Face Increased Heat-Related Health Risks Amid Climate Crisis

geneonline.com/study-finds-chi

'It is well-known that the Climate Change Act was voted through the UK parliament with near-unanimous cross-party support.'... 'Just five Conservatives voted against.'

carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what

'Less widely appreciated is the fact that the Labour government only agreed to legislate in the face of huge public and political pressure, including from then-Conservative leader David Cameron.'

Carbon Brief · Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK - Carbon BriefThe UK’s Climate Change Act is a landmark piece of legislation that guides the nation’s response to global warming and has proved highly influential around the world.

“No level of finance can pull back the sea in our lifetimes or our children’s. There is no rewind button on a melted glacier. There is no time machine for an extinct species. Once we cross these tipping points, no amount of later ‘cooling’ can restore our sacred reefs, it cannot regrow the ice that already vanished and it cannot bring back the species or the cultures erased by the rising tides.”
carbonbrief.org/overshoot-expl

Carbon Brief · Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ - Carbon BriefThe first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in...