Top stories
Clean energy, electrification, and efficiency are rapidly transforming how we make and use energy.
https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2024/06/RMI_cleantech_revolution.pdf
Greenhouse gas levels are still rising and the carbon budget for 1.5 C warming is almost gone.
Mass migration is likely even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/20/sea-level-rise-migration
Impacts on communities
Fed Chair predicts mortgages will be unavailable in some regions.
Public opinion
Globally, 72% want a rapid transition to clean energy.
In the USA, 66% support a transition to clean energy by 2050.
https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/ycom-us/
Public policy
Current climate policies mean the world is on track for about 2.7C of warming.
New approaches are needed to get back on track.
https://drawdown.org/insights/to-get-back-on-track-we-need-new-climate-leadership-and-approaches
Climate records and trends
Earth’s 10 Hottest Years on Record Are the Last 10.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/climate/global-temperatures-wmo-report.html
Hurricanes are becoming more destructive.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-09e
Intense rainfall is becoming more common.
https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/extreme-precipitation-in-a-warming-climate
Every 0.1C of overshoot above 1.5C increases risk of crossing tipping points.
Scientific research
Key Atlantic current could collapse within decades, devastating and irreversible impacts
Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions.
A 485-million-year history of Earth’s surface temperature
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk3705
Business perspective
Fossil-free steel production is now a reality.
https://www.ssab.com/en-us/fossil-free-steel
Growth in demand for oil is slowing.
What other countries are doing
Carbon emissions in China have leveled off.
https://www.vox.com/climate/414297/china-carbon-emissions-climate-change-clean-energy-tariffs
Fundamentals and Fun Facts
Visualizing how the planet warms as greenhouse gases build up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXHOc2rmSPM
50-year-old climate models correctly predicted global warming
Note: some of the one-liners are direct quotes.