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Researchers identified more than 1,400 local policies across 157 cities addressing clean energy, building efficiency and extreme heat preparedness, according to a new study. The findings come as the Trump administration has restricted states from using Inflation Reduction Act rebates to help homeowners replace fossil fuel appliances with heat pumps.
An international team of scientists conducting a periodic assessment of Earth's systems found that seven of nine defined 'planetary boundaries' have been crossed, according to the report. These boundaries cover areas such as climate, biodiversity and freshwater that researchers consider critical to maintaining a stable environment for human life.
In a speech to the UN General Assembly, President Trump rejected any global effort to regulate artificial intelligence, arguing that the lack of strict climate regulation has worked out fine and using that as reasoning against AI oversight. He also said he wants to rename artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence,' claiming the word 'artificial' makes it sound 'fake.'
After the Trump administration cut funding for the US Global Change Research Program and pulled past climate reports offline, the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society created a new system to preserve this research. Instead of one coordinated government report, teams of scientists will publish peer-reviewed papers in journals that feed into a shared 'US Climate Collection.' The first entry, authored by 149 researchers—many of whom had worked on the now-defunct federal assessment—was published simultaneously in two journals to set priorities for future submissions.
In remarks tied to AI policy, President Trump said the United States is renaming artificial intelligence to 'super intelligence' in official documents, arguing the word 'artificial' wrongly implies the technology is fake. He also dismissed warnings about AI risks as coming from the same critics he blames for past controversies like Russia collusion claims and climate change alarms, and vowed the US would maintain its lead over China.
A study published in Nature reports that the amount of dust circulating in Earth's atmosphere has decreased in recent years, based on research measuring atmospheric dust trends. The findings indicate a shift in dust behavior that could relate to changes in land use, vegetation, or climate patterns.
Following a glacier collapse that triggered floods killing over 1,400 people and leaving 6,000 missing, Nepal is preparing to seek $20 million from the UN's Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, citing new research linking abnormally high July-August temperatures to the disaster. Nepal joins 119 other countries awaiting decisions on applications to the fund, which has only reviewed four claims since accepting them in late 2025, with no funding yet disbursed and the next board meeting not scheduled until December.
A commentary published in Nature argues that the world lacks a coordinated fallback system to preserve and share climate-risk intelligence if key data sources fail or become inaccessible. The piece warns that current climate monitoring and forecasting infrastructure is fragmented and vulnerable to funding cuts, political shifts, or technical disruptions.
A group of artists has designed a conceptual tote bag that functions as an emergency flotation device, unfolding into a wearable vest that inflates via a pull cord. Under normal circumstances it looks and works like a standard tote, but is intended for use if flooding, such as in a subway, becomes life-threatening.
A clinical psychologist and public-health researcher describes how coastal communities in Kenya and elsewhere are experiencing psychological and social fallout from climate change, including anxiety, substance abuse, gender-based violence and eroding cultural traditions tied to livelihoods like fishing. The author argues these non-economic losses—identity, belonging, intergenerational knowledge—are rarely captured in climate policy discussions, and calls for new tools to measure them ahead of COP31 negotiations in Antalya and Climate Week NYC 2026.
A leadership contributor for Entrepreneur argues that emotional resilience isn't an innate trait but a skill senior leaders can deliberately build. The piece describes resilience as the capacity to face difficult realities, stay grounded and keep making sound decisions under pressure, rather than suppressing emotion or projecting false confidence.
The US Climate Prediction Center says above-normal temperatures will persist across much of the country through late September, driven by a strong El Niño pattern and an atmospheric ridge trapping warm air. Some regions, including the Upper Midwest and Deep South, could see readings 5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, extending a summer that already set numerous heat records nationwide.