Guardian Environment
‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds
Extreme heat now restricts safe outdoor activity for one in three people worldwide, according to new research that highlights climate change's direct toll on daily human life. Rising temperatures are making routine physical tasks dangerous even for young, healthy adults across wide swaths of the globe. Scientists are calling the findings a warning of far worse conditions to come without sharp reductions in fossil fuel emissions.
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Q&A: What does the Iran war mean for the energy transition and climate action?
The US-Israel conflict with Iran has sent oil and gas prices surging, raising fresh questions about the pace and politics of the global energy transition. Energy price shocks of this scale have historically cut both ways — accelerating the push for energy independence through renewables while simultaneously giving fossil fuel interests new leverage. The stakes for climate action are high, as prolonged price volatility could delay decarbonization commitments in both wealthy and developing economies.
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Mongabay
Human rights commission calls on Peru to protect isolated Kakataibo people
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has formally urged Peru to safeguard the Kakataibo people, an Indigenous group living in voluntary isolation across three Amazonian departments. The community faces mounting pressure from illegal loggers and other encroachers operating within their protected reserve. The call underscores the urgent need for stronger enforcement mechanisms to defend one of the region's most vulnerable populations.
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The feds pulled $1.5B from tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way.
Tribal nations are adapting to the loss of $1.5 billion in federal clean energy funding by building alternative financing pipelines through philanthropic partners, mission-driven lenders, and tribally controlled financial institutions. The pivot reflects a broader strategy of reducing dependence on federal dollars that have proven politically volatile. For many tribes, the shift is less a fallback and more an acceleration of long-standing goals around economic sovereignty.
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Mongabay
Sumatra officials stress environment checks continue in wake of deadly cyclone
Sumatra's environmental authorities are maintaining oversight of mining and industrial operations three months after Cyclone Senyar killed more than 1,000 people on the island. The push comes amid sustained public pressure over whether corporate activity contributed to the disaster's deadly toll. West Sumatra's environmental chief signaled that compliance inspections remain active as scrutiny of the region's extractive industries intensifies.
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