Our Scans · (LF.13) Climate Action · Weekly Summary

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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

• [New] The urgency of addressing climate change has never been more pressing, as record greenhouse gas emissions threaten to deplete Earth's carbon budget in just three years. Sustainability Times
• [New] Record greenhouse gas emissions threaten to exhaust Earth's carbon budget within three years, underscoring the critical need for immediate global action to mitigate climate change. Sustainability Times
• [New] Climate change has emerged as the defining environmental and political challenge of 2025, with scientific evidence demonstrating that the planet is experiencing unprecedented warming patterns that threaten to fundamentally alter global ecosystems, economic systems, and human civilization itself. Hot Topics
• [New] Pressure on the water sector is expected to increase in the coming years as climate change shrinks water availability worldwide while populations continue to grow. Statista
• [New] If carbon neutrality is to be achieved by 2050, global investment in clean energy will have to triple worldwide and $2.2 to $2.8 trillion per year will be needed for the energy and climate transition in developing and emerging countries. France Diplomacy - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
• [New] Every fraction of a degree of warming will worsen the impacts of climate change, bringing more extreme weather events, nature loss, and threatening the lives and livelihoods of the world's most vulnerable people. ShareAction
• [New] Climate change is a source of financial risk, impacting the resilience of individual insurers as well as global financial stability. International Association of Insurance Supervisors
• [New] Communities in the Global South, often least responsible for historical emissions, are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, facing threats to their livelihoods, health, and cultural heritage. DISA
• [New] A world-leading oceanographer has warned a fragile Atlantic climate system at risk of reaching a tipping point in the next 25 years could cause many very serious problems for Scotland. no2nuclearpower
• [New] The cold snap in South America contrasts blistering heat in the northern hemisphere, especially in Europe, putting lives at risk and further underscores the worsening impacts of climate change. UN News
• [New] The risk to companies both experiencing loss due to climate change and creating risk to themselves by not adapting their energy source as the world transitions is going up significantly. Morningstar, Inc.
• [New] In summary, climate change acts as a multiplier of existing vulnerabilities, worsening health outcomes across Africa by destabilizing the social and environmental systems people rely for survival. BioMed Central
• [New] In Africa, where climatic unpredictability exacerbates food shortages and raises health risks, food security and climate change are crucial determinants influencing health outcomes. BioMed Central
• [New] On a planet increasingly threatened by climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality, a comprehensive understanding of sustainability and the SDGs is essential to foster cooperation, drive meaningful action, and ensure a sustainable and just future for all. Springer Nature Switzerland
• [New] California, with its 2045 climate goal of reducing emissions by 85%, incentivizes polluting industries to course-correct before it's too late. Prism
• [New] The effects of the climate crisis are not distant threats: they are already being felt across Europe - through more frequent storms, longer heatwaves, and shifting climate patterns. EUMETSAT
• [New] A recent study highlights the alarming effects of climate change on global food security, projecting that a rise of 1 °C in global temperatures will result in a 4% decrease in per capita calorie availability by the year 2100. EDUREV.IN
• [New] Between 2030 and 2050, climate change will likely cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from undernutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, and heat stress alone. HealthTimes
• [New] Climate change can be defined as long-term alterations in climate patterns caused by environmental changes and their inherent variability, and is considered one of the most severe threats to healthcare in the 21st century. BioMed Central
• [New] Clean Energy Markets: Reduction in US clean energy support could slow global climate action, affect technology sharing, and increase pollution risks, impacting India's climate goals too. IASbaba
• [New] Switzerland needs to boost solar energy output seven-fold by 2035 to meet climate goals, but a scarcity of land available for large-scale PV plants poses a serious hurdle to scaling up. Positive News

Last updated: 07 July 2025