My colleagues have just written a piece about the need for cooling solutions in cities. While they've focused on the Global South, recent heatwaves in Europe and the U.S. show it's a universal call to action. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

As Heat Waves Spike, the Global South Needs New Cooling Solutions

Investments in a climate-friendly cooling system known as geothermal district cooling will help rapidly urbanizing societies resist dangerous heat indexes.

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TPM obtained a Census Bureau draft notice of proposed rulemaking being circulated within the administration that would exclude noncitizens from the count in the 2030 Census and for the first time since 1790 eliminate the collection of race and ethnicity data. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/read-a-...

READ: A New Draft Rule for the Census Seeks Sweeping Changes to How Political Power Is Allocated

The Trump administration is planning to dramatically reshape the data the Census...

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The Danube's low enough people are finding mammoth bones in it.

Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 2w ago

Des os de mammouth découverts en Bulgarie dans le lit du Danube, dont le niveau est exceptionnellement bas à cause de la sécheresse

See, THIS is the kind of disaster reporting we need right now. Do more of this. PLEASE. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Trump overrode his own agencies to deny 4 Democratic disaster requests

President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.

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NYT reporting wildfires quite literally threatening defense capabilities in France: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/w...

Wildfires in France Threaten Plants With Hazardous Material and Advanced Technology

The area around Bordeaux has many plants that work with sophisticated technologies and hazardous materials.

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www.ft.com/content/221a... China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

China pours funding into green energy deals as Iran war hits oil demand

Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative takes advantage of rise in appetite for renewables as Middle East conflict drags on

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Can someone at @51st.news investigate the flood of temporary tags in the city? What can be done to stop fake tags? @maustermuhle.bsky.social

Incredibly on brand for Bluesky that Jimothy is trending above Spain

I feel like a broken record when I say that the future is now, climate-wise. The best time to act was decades ago, the second best time is today. If only those with power cared about the rest of us. www.cbsnews.com/news/wildfir...

Wildfires expose millions in Midwest, Northeast to dangerous smoke: "Perfect storm for really dry conditions"

Heavy smoke from several large wildfires blazing in Canada and Minnesota is expected to engulf large swaths of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. this week.

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Nolan’s "The Odyssey" Has a Colonialism Problem - @carnegieendowment.org's Sarah Yerkes carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Nolan’s "The Odyssey" Has a Colonialism Problem

Despite Morocco’s hopes that its film industry would reap rewards, the blockbuster’s success will be tainted by controversy surrounding filming in occupied Western Sahara.

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Conflict-linked marine pollution is spiking in the Persian Gulf, new #remotesensing research finds. An increase of 4x more spills from targeted oil facilities and ships, leaks and dumps, all risking protected areas, desal plants and marine life. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"Destruction of infrastructure, and the global economic costs, the war is exacerbating existing climate vulnerabilities and exposing the people of the region to an increasingly dangerous and nearly uninhabitable reality." @time.com on the Iran-war and #climatecrisis time.com/article/2026...

How the Iran War Worsens the Climate Crisis

"The war against Iran is intensifying existing climate vulnerabilities and exposing the people of the region to an increasingly dangerous and nearly uninhabitable reality," write Sarah Yerkes and Alej...

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"70% of Americans are against data centers, 70% of Americans are for solar farms" - @dwallacewells.bsky.social More now streaming live at @carnegieendowment.org event Could 2026 Bring the Perfect Summer Storm? w/ @noahjgordon.bsky.social @sarahlabo.bsky.social @mollytaft.com

Well I came in all hot to trot to dunk on another AI flood model, but this paper is actually a great example of both the promise and the peril of AI flood mapping www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/

Deep learning completes US flood hazard maps revealing millions exposed to previously unrecognized risk - Nature Communications

Millions in the US lack official flood risk data. This study uses an AI model to learn from existing maps and complete the US flood hazard map, revealing over 11 million more people exposed to flood r...

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Brilliant piece: The only people who have been sent to prison [for climate change] are those who have protested against it. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Climate and Punishment | Gabriel Winslow-Yost

Vigil finds George Saunders returning to the theme of his first novel, grief—this time not for a person but for a planet.

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🌀Super #TyphoonBavi rapidly intensified over exceptionally warm Pacific waters made up to 80x more likely by climate change. Before reaching Taiwan this weekend with winds as high as 130 mph, it is expected to cross ocean waters made 10–40x more likely by climate change.

New from me in @foreignpolicy.com -- the threat posed by extreme heat to NATO security & resilience, and how to manage it.

NATO’s New Enemy Is the Thermometer

Extreme heat events are threatening the alliance’s plans.

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#Colombia was one of the first countries in the world to pass a law that protects #climate-displaced people. With a newly elected rightwing president, could it better serve as a model for the rest of the world? carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Colombia’s Climate Displacement Law Can Be a Model for the World

The groundbreaking legislation faces an uphill battle, but it creates a framework for others to follow—especially as the effects of climate change intensify.

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The Mediterranean Sea #heatwave is so severe, I ran out of colors in my color table. Sea surface temps are peaking at 8C/ 15F above normal! Perhaps more impressive is how expansive the area of +10°F anomalies are (in white). Much of the water is 29-32C/ 84-90F… 1/

After an unprecedented heatwave in Europe, you'd think the next logical step would be to go all in on air conditioning. So why isn't it? carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat... @rmomtaz.bsky.social for Strategic Europe

Geopolitical Europe Needs Air-Conditioning

Western Europe’s dual-use infrastructure melted down during its latest heat wave. If a predicted hot weather event can take the continent by surprise, what chance does it have to withstand unexpected ...

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a lot of people have heard about the rooftop solar boom in Pakistan Looks like same thing is now unfolding in the Philippines www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Philippines leads the world in rush to solar as power prices soar

People in the Philippines are flocking to install solar power ​on rooftops and escape the burden of soaring electricity prices, making it the world's biggest spender on solar panels since ‌the war in ...

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“French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said that 40 people died by drowning since last Thursday and the victims were mainly young people… Hundreds of schools were closed Monday as temperature hit 111°F.” weather.com/2026/06/23/n...

Brutal heat wave grips Europe

Dozens died over the weekend in France and Germany as they tried to find relief from the punishing heat.

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Europe is melting! The size, intensity, and longevity of this #heatwave is enormous. Peak temperatures will reach 45°C / 100-115°F this week in #France. You are looking at temperature anomalies in the cloud layer over the next 2 weeks, which peak at +20°C… 1/

Did you know that El Niño gets its name from Peruvian fishermen? In the past, warm El Niño currents pushed fish towards the northern Peru coast, temporarily boosting catches around Christmas time. Fishermen interpreted this as a gift from the Christ child. Hence: El Niño ("The Boy")

NEW: Scientists have identified more than 5,800 square miles of climate-resilient ocean in 72 countries...but more than half of these refugia are in only 5 countries. What implications does this have for the culture and livelihoods of those outside of these bands? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/c...

There’s a Bit of Good News for Coral Reefs

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Across 519 sites worldwide, Climate Central found that human-caused sea-level rise is detectable at 97% of them. In a new article for The Science Diplomat, Lisa Palmer and John Heilprin analyze the importance of such attribution science. New on #NewSecurityBeat.

Scientists Can Now Measure Climate Change’s Role in Coastal Flooding

This article was originally published on The Science Diplomat. For decades, scientists have warned that rising seas would increase the risk of coastal flooding. What has been harder to determine [...]

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Just announced: OpenAI plans to lease a 9.2 gigawatt 100% fossil-fuelled data centre on Ohio. Its emissions will be between 20 - 37 MTCO2-e - somewhere between the total grid emissions of France -> Netherlands As much GHGs as 9.5 average coal plants. Will raise US total emissions by 0.5%

NEW: The Climate Blind Spot in EU's New Migration Pact by @carnegieeurope.bsky.social carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

The Climate Blind Spot in Europe’s New Migration Pact

The EU’s new migration policy is not suited to today’s realities. With climate change increasingly becoming a driver of global refugee flows, Europe needs to rethink its deterrence-focused approach.

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A new GAO report details “millions of dollars of waste” and several serious incidents at an ICE tent detention camp in El Paso, Texas: a detainee who died after an officer used force, a detainee suicide, and a detainee with tuberculosis housed with the general population www.gao.gov/prerelease/d...

U.S. GAO - Immigration Detention: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities

ICE has increased its enforcement efforts and expanded detention capacity since January 2025. The Army and ICE opened ICE's largest facility—Camp East...

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We need ~30 years of data from the AMOC to be able to finally determine if it's actually collapsing. We're at 20 years of data. Removing this now means we can't definitively determine a potential AMOC collapse that could result in substantial climate disruptions. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Tump administration to remove 900 deep sea monitoring instruments that would have studied the collapsing Atlantic current

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the past decade

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