2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #49

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (8 articles)

• Where no one really dies One of the most wonderful people I've met as a climate journalist died this year. But Shelton Kokeok, like everyone in Shishmaref, lives on through his name. Basline on Substack, John D. Sutter, Nov 30, 2025.
• Will Glacier Melt Lead to Increased Seismic Activity in Mountain Regions? State of the Planet, Emily Cohen, Dec 01, 2025.
• In Burned Forests, the West`s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream. Inside Climate News, Mitch Tobin, Dec 02, 2025.
• Global heating and other human activity are making Asia`s floods more lethal Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms The Guardian, Ajit Niranjan, Dec 02, 2025.
• COP30 Is Over. But for the World`s Most Vulnerable, the Crisis Is Ongoing. State of the Planet, Anyieth Philip Ayuen, Dec 04, 2025.
• An Alaskan Village Confronts Its Changing Climate: Rebuild or Relocate? After a devastating storm, the people who fled a remote coastal village face an existential question. New York Times, Scott Dance and Katie Basile, Dec 05, 2025.
• Climate change is boosting health care costs An online tool helps businesses figure out how much climate change could increase what they pay for their employees’ health care Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Dec 05, 2025.
• Climate change threatens Europe's remaining peatlands, study shows Phys.org, ERINN Innovation, Dec 06, 2025.

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (6 articles)

• Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat. New York Times, Lisa Friedman and Steven Lee Myers, Nov 30, 2025.
• Paris Climate Agreement At 10: Did It Do Anything? ClimateAdam & Dr Gilbz on Youtube, Adam Levy and Ella Gilbert, Nov 30, 2025.
• Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform The Conversation, Arthur Wyns, Dec 01, 2025.
• `The dinosaurs didn`t know what was coming, but we do`: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30 Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet. The Guardian, Jonathan Watts, Dec 03, 2025.
• News roundup: COP30 wasn`t a complete failure Nuanced readings dig into what comes next for international climate politics and the people-powered movements pushing for meaningful solutions. Yale Climate Connections, SueEllen Campbell, Dec 03, 2025.
• Al Gore's case for optimism Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight. HEATED, Emily Atkin, Dec 04, 2025.

Miscellaneous (4 articles)

• Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In? CleanTechnica, Carolyn Fortuna, Nov 29, 2025.
• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #48 A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 23, 2025 thru Sat, November 29, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler & Doug Bostrom, Nov 30, 2025.
• Summary of the National Emergency Briefing in London "Just have a Think" on Youtube, Dave Borlace, Nov 30, 2025.
• Elizabeth Kolbert - The Climate Crisis & “Life on a Little-Known Planet" | The Daily Show The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Dec 2, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (2 articles)

• What's the deal with balcony solar? A conversation with Cora Stryker of Bright Saver. Volts, David Roberts, Nov 26, 2025.
• Analysis: Why COP30`s `tripling adaptation finance` target is less ambitious than it seems One of the headline outcomes to emerge from COP30 was a new target to “at least triple” finance for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2035. Carbon Brief, Josh Gabbatiss, Dec 03, 2025.

Climate Policy and Politics (2 articles)

• Trump says he will repeal Biden-era fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks Move marks president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and support for cleaner-running vehicles The Guardian, Lucy Campbell, Dec 03, 2025.
• ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans. Desmog, Clare Carlile and Joey Grostern, Dec 4, 2025.

Climate Science and Research (2 articles)

• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #49 2025 Our weekly collection of academic and NGO/governmental reports on climate science and climate change kicks off with some bittersweet news from Antactica: as ice is melted from the continent bedrock will rise, a potential negative feedback on further contributions to sea level rise. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Dec 04, 2025.
• Comparing climate models with observations The latest generation of climate models shows too much long-term warming but better reproduces recent trends The Climate Brink, Zeke Hausfather, Dec 6, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (1 article)

• New interactive guide available on making the biggest climate difference Phys.org, Lund University, Dec 02, 2025.

Health Aspects of Climate Change (1 article)

• Three ways climate change affects mental health-and why the story is more hopeful than it might seem The Conversation, Fabian Lenhard, Dec 02, 2025.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Science (1 article)

• Fact brief - Does the recent slowdown in Arctic sea-ice extent loss disprove human-caused warming? No - The recent pause in Arctic sea-ice loss is natural variability on top of a long-term, human-driven decline. Skeptical Science, Sue Bin Park, Dec 02, 2025.

Public Misunderstandings about Climate Solutions (1 article)

• What is New Climate Denial? Comedian Rasheda Crockett explains it CCDH on Youtube, Center for Countering Digital Hate, Nov 18, 2025.

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