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CLIMATE CHANGE

Evenings are proving to be a particular crunch point in Britain as solar comes offline, meaning the National Energy System Operator needs to pay generators to step in to meet demand.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jun 29, 2026
U.K. grid issues another supply warning as heat tests network
The alert underscores the new extremes the grid must adapt to: in this case, a surge in cooling demand coinciding with low wind generation and reduced nuclear output.
An Ironman athlete runs past a shower near the Main River to cool off during the ongoing heat wave in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 28, 2026
France has 1,000 excess deaths as heat wave sweeps across Europe
Of the deaths recorded since Wednesday, 85% were people aged 65 or higher
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET
Jun 28, 2026
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
With research on microplastics and the health of coral reefs, the crew of the Tara are making a difference as the world’s environmental issues mount.
People cool off in the Trocadero Fountains by the Eiffel Tower amid a heat wave in Paris on Saturday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 28, 2026
More temperature records shattered in Europe as deadly heat wave moves east
Preliminary all-time temperature records were set on Saturday in Germany, Denmark and the Czech Republic, and a new mark for the month of June in Switzerland.
Alpinists walk near the Aiguille du Midi during a heat wave in Chamonix, France, on Thursday.
WORLD
Jun 27, 2026
Swiss glaciers facing drastic loss from heat wave
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland’s glaciers is expected to have all melted away by Monday.
A worker refuels a truck at a biogas station next to the Higasinada sewage treatment plant in Kobe in October 2020.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 27, 2026
Japan and India to set up framework for promoting biogas-run cars
The two sides will aim to increase the number of plants in India that manufacture methane from fermented cow dung for compressed natural gas vehicles to 1,000.
A flooded neighborhood in Freeport, Texas, after Tropical Storm Arthur made landfall on June 17. People who underestimate how others think about climate change could present an impediment to public support for climate action.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 26, 2026
What people around the world are getting wrong about climate change awareness
The fourth World Risk Poll has reported the results of more than 143,000 interviews across 140 countries and territories, focusing on climate change concerns and awareness.
People shop for fans and air-conditioning units in Paris in May.
BUSINESS
Jun 25, 2026
As Europe roasts in a heat wave, Asia’s air-con makers see robust business
Air conditioning is rare in Europe and people are struggling to stay cool as ‌searing heat ‌claims lives, disrupts power supplies and shuts schools.
Tourists visit the Grand Place in Brussels during a heat wave on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 25, 2026
More records fall as Europe’s deadly heat wave persists
A scientific study published this week said the current heat wave was “significantly exacerbated by human-induced climate change.”
A giant screen announces the early closure of the Eiffel Tower due to a heat wave in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 24, 2026
What is driving Europe’s heat wave?
Scientists say the factors driving up temperatures are nothing new, but heat waves are made more intense in a world hotter because of burning fossil fuels.
The coastline of Funafuti Atoll in Tuvalu. Gravely threatened by rising seas, the low-lying island nation relies on a $200 million trust fund to help foot the ballooning costs of climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 23, 2026
Australia withholds climate fund reports over risk of diplomatic ‘damage’
Australia is the largest contributor to the Tuvalu Trust Fund, which has been invested on Tuvalu’s behalf in funds exposed to coal mining, gas exploration and a crude oil refinery.
A pedestrian holding a fan walks by the Trocadero Fountain during a heat wave in Paris on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 23, 2026
Two children die in France as heat wave blasts Europe
France’s average temperature broke a record for June as the country closed over 1,350 schools due to the extreme heat.
A woman cools off under a mist sprayer during the annual Fete de la Musique street music festival, during a heat wave in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on Sunday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 22, 2026
Schools closed, trains canceled as Europe heat wave set to intensify
French forecasters say the current heatwave could end up being as serious as the one in August 2003 that claimed the lives of nearly 15,000 in France.
Due to the ongoing heat wave sweeping across France, a portion of the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris has been opened for swimming from June 17. France issued a red heat wave alert across more than a third of the country for June 21, as a ferocious heat wave dug in and the government banned the consumption of alcohol in certain areas during the annual Fete de la Musique festivities.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 21, 2026
Europe swelters under heat wave; France restricts alcohol consumption
Beyond the Alps, temperatures as high as 36-37C ​were transforming daily life and tourism in some Italian towns.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Threats to International Peace and Security on March 7, 2022.
WORLD
Jun 16, 2026
Nearly half world’s children exposed to three or more climate hazards: UNICEF
Report finds that 296 million children are exposed to the combined effects of drought, extreme heat and heat waves.
People wait to receive items like hats, towels and water from a government mobile heat relief van in New Delhi on May 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 15, 2026
Laboring under Delhi’s harsh heat, workers must choose health or wages
Over the decades, summers in India have grown longer and hotter.
Scientists say a major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 12, 2026
Scientists urge countries to look beyond CO2 to tackle warming
A major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.
A carbon capture project in Innisfail, Alberta, Canada, on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 11, 2026
Carbon dioxide removal slow to take off, alarming scientists
Currently, carbon removal efforts are only removing about 5% of global annual CO2 emissions.
Downtown Miami gleams in the early evening sun after a thunderstorm. Sports scientists say there are clear weather-related risks facing a summer World Cup spanning Canada, Mexico ‌and the ‌United States.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 11, 2026
Volatile summer weather threatens to turn World Cup into test of heat
Climate change has increased the likelihood of temperatures ⁠high enough to affect player ​performance at 97 of the 104 tournament matches, according to new research.
Park Gyeong-je, 65, a migratory beekeeper, stands among beehives at an acquaintance's family gravesite where he received permission from the family to keep hives as a second location for migratory beekeeping in Okcheon, South Korea, on May 13.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jun 4, 2026
A South Korean beekeeper counts the cost of climate change
Rising temperatures are disrupting South Korea’s beekeeping industry, as earlier blooms, harsher weather and disease cut honey production and put pressure on migratory farmers.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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