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 potential for significant climate disruptions underscores the importance of further research into oceanic systems and their impacts on global weather patterns. Sustainability Times
• [New] A weakened gyre could alter global climate patterns, affecting precipitation, temperature, and extreme weather events. Sustainability Times
• [New] Climate change now poses a severe threat to 12 of Australia's properties - 75% of the total - more than any other threat. The Conversation
• [New] More than half of Europe's threatened butterfly species are affected by climate change, the IUCN warns, and some such as the critically endangered Nevada grayling in south-east Spain are suffering from a combination of habitat loss and global warming. The Gazette
• [New] Climate change is disturbing Earth's natural cycles, and previous research suggests it could push back the next glacial period, which is due in about 11,000 years, by tens of thousands of years. Live Science
• [New] By 2050, companies in the S&P Global 1200 are projected to face as much as $1.2 trillion in physical climate-related financial risks annually. Erm
• [New] Climate-related disclosure is fast becoming a regulatory necessity: With the introduction of California's SB 261 and the emergence of similar regulations worldwide, companies are increasingly required to disclose their climate-related financial risks. Erm
• [New] Carbon pricing could generate additional revenues of close to 1% of GDP, but Thailand still needs revenue reform - VAT, PIT, and other taxes - to help finance public climate spending needs and limit impacts on public debt. null
• [New] The risk of inaction on adaptation is large; the physical impacts of climate change could lower GDP by 7 to 14% by 2050. null
• [New] Thailand faces urgent water and climate challenges as Bangkok, contributing over 30% of GDP, contends with rising flood risks and extreme rain events. null
• [New] The KFF Health News investigation is among the first to analyze nationwide hospital flood risk in an era of warming climate and worsening storms. KFF Health News
• [New] The share of rated corporate issuers exposed to downgrades as a result of increasing climate-related risks may be as high as 20%. / USA Insurance Journal
• [New] In Europe, policymakers require banks to monitor climate risks, with the European Central Bank recently noting that mortgage portfolios are in particular need of attention. Insurance Journal
• [New] In Spain, the Familia Torres winery piloted applying pellets of metal-organic frameworks for capturing the carbon emissions of fermentation, which could cut down the climate impact of production as well as the costs of securing carbon dioxide for wine preservation. Chemistry World
• [New] Denmark established 14 public-private partnerships to co-develop transition plans to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 70% by 2030 (Climate Partnerships, n. d.). IRPP
• [New] Globally, climate models have forecast the development of a weak La Nina in the post-monsoon season in 2025. The Indian Express
• [New] The U.S. is already behind schedule on its Paris Agreement commitment to decarbonization, and that gap could widen or narrow, depending on election results and what climate policy changes are enacted or repealed. MIT Sloan
• [New] Globally, frameworks such as the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and the International Sustainability Standards Board increasingly expect companies to disclose Scope 3 emissions. Seneca ESG
• [New] The EU is committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5 °C with ambitious and pragmatic intermediary targets. Energy
• [New] Annual investment will need to double to $120 billion by 2030 if nuclear is to meet global climate goals. ZME Science
• [New] As continued climate change increases the accessibility of the Arctic, the resulting shifts in maritime geography are poised to restructure global trade networks by redistributing economic opportunities and environmental burdens in profoundly unequal ways. PubMed Central (PMC)

Last updated: 13 October 2025