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CLIMATE CHANGE

The Eaton Fire, which ravaged part of Los Angeles in January 2025, was one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jan 14, 2026
Scientists confirm 2025 was third-hottest year on record
2025 saw a cooling phase in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, yet heat from greenhouse gases countered that cooling enough that the year still was among the warmest.
A monitor shows Japanese Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara delivering a speech at a ministerial meeting of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Belem, Brazil, in November.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2026
Japan to stay the course on fighting climate change despite U.S. exit
Experts say the U.S.’s recent departure from international climate organizations will have a limited impact on Japan’s own initiatives.
A fishing boat sails out to sea in Tosa Bay off Kochi Prefecture in May 2022. As the planet warms, fish native to Japanese waters are swimming from south to north in pursuit of their desired temperatures.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Jan 11, 2026
How Japan’s warming seas are affecting livelihoods and culture
As climate change forces fish to migrate to cooler waters, culture and jobs are being left behind in their wake.
The United Nations headquarters in New York. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered his government to withdraw from 31 U.N. entities.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2026
Trump withdraws U.S. from 31 bodies in U.N., already in fiscal peril
The U.S. leader also directed the government to cease participating in 35 non-U.N. organizations because they “no longer serve American interests.”
A young local Fijian walks on flooded land in her village in February 2016. The ocean is nearing a dangerous tipping point, but 2025 marked a shift from incrementalism toward meaningful global action.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 7, 2026
A decisive year for ocean conservation
The ocean’s decline is not inevitable. It is our choice whether to deliver a healthier, more abundant oceans for future generations.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Dec. 17. Over her short two months in office, Takaichi has emphasized the restart of aging nuclear reactors and developing futuristic — but not yet commercially viable — technologies like nuclear fusion.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy / OUR PLANET
Jan 4, 2026
With a focus on nuclear power, Takaichi’s energy policy takes shape
As she settles into the nation’s top office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s energy policy is quickly coming into focus and nuclear power stands at the forefront.
In 2025, overlooked climate challenges included the warming effects of reduced pollution, stalled progress in green hydrogen and rising financing costs for renewables.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2025
Here’s the bad climate news you missed this year
The current renewables boom will need to prove those fossil plants superfluous, and quickly, if we want to stop them getting built.
Participants play Master of Disaster, a board game about disaster preparedness, at a library in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, on Dec. 9.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2025
Filipinos master disaster readiness, one roll of the dice at a time
Called Master of Disaster, one board game aims to boost lagging preparedness in the Philippines, which has been ranked the most disaster-prone on earth for four years running.
Workers assemble new Nissan Leaf electric vehicles at a production facility in Sunderland, England, on Dec. 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2025
The positive climate news you may have missed this year
Much climate news is gloomy, but there are positive developments all the time — so many, in fact, that it’s easy to miss some of the things that have been happening.
Houses burned down by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California. The widespread wildfires represented the most costly climate-linked disaster of 2025, in financial terms.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Dec 28, 2025
In 2025, climate policy was shoved aside even as extreme weather intensified
This year was not a good one for environmentalists or climate scientists as action against warming faced headwinds around the world.
An Eiffel tower replica statue is on display outside the United Nations COP21 climate summit in Paris in November 2015.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2025
Ten years after the Paris agreement, let’s redouble efforts
France has reduced greenhouse-gas emissions by 30% compared with 1990, including 20% between 2017 and 2024.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 9. The United States may have done more than any other country to create the conditions for robust economic growth and relative peace after World War II, but nothing lasts forever.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2025
Filling America’s shoes
The United States may have done more than any other country to create the conditions for robust economic growth and relative peace after World War II, but nothing lasts forever.
A container ship departs the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai. U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars only serve to drive up global emissions.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2025
Trade wars destroy the planet
If trade tensions reshape industrial structures in China and the U.S., the shift toward more energy-intensive activities will raise the weighted-average carbon intensity.
Dried out trees in a forest near Reiskirchen, Germany
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Dec 23, 2025
How German engineers are building future-proof forests
Forest engineers are working on ways to future-proof forests in ‍North Rhine-Westphalia under a program that includes mixing tree varieties to build resilience.
A diver checks on sea urchins at revived moba seaweed beds in Shakotan, Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2025
Local governments working with fishers to save seaweed forests
The town of Shakotan in Hokkaido launched efforts to revive the rich ocean greenery after marine forests in its coastal areas were destroyed 15 years ago.
Workers operate at the sewing section of a factory, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Nov. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Dec 18, 2025
Step aside fashion police, here comes fashion immigration
Clothes destined for Europe could soon require digital passports to prove their green credentials, opening a new era of transparency for the world’s $1.7 trillion fashion industry.
This year Japan sweltered through its hottest summer since records began. Hundreds of people across Japan filed the country's first lawsuit against the central government on Thursday, seeking damages over what they call “unconstitutional” inaction on climate change.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2025
Hundreds sue Japan’s central government over ‘unconstitutional’ climate inaction
The 450 plaintiffs in the landmark lawsuit say the country’s “grossly inadequate” response jeopardizes health and livelihoods.
A liquid hydrogen tank at the World Hydrogen Expo in Goyang, South Korea, earlier this month.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Dec 18, 2025
Hydrogen plays part in global warming, study says
Though hydrogen has long been touted as a possible solution to the climate crisis, it could also be a small part of the problem, researchers said.
ANA Holdings are equipping its commercial jets with sensors to track gases like carbon dioxide.
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2025
Passenger jets are Japan’s newest tool to track climate change
ANA and the nation’s space agency are accelerating efforts to use sensors mounted on commercial jets to improve the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions.
Smoke rises from chimneys at a factory in the port of Dunkirk, France, in January 2023. In the U.S., dozens of industries share a ready-made climate solution: electrification.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Dec 17, 2025
New roadmap shows how to cut a surprisingly big source of emissions
Favorable tax treatment under U.S. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could encourage industries to upgrade to clean technologies such as electrification.
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.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
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.
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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