November 06, 2025

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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change

Wopke Hoekstra, climate commissioner of the European Union, during a news conference on the "EU's New Strategy To Shape A Global Clean And Resilient Transition" in Brussels on Oct. 16.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Nov 3, 2025

Trump pivot is a ‘watershed moment’ for climate, says EU’s Hoekstra

By Danielle Bochove

While calling the U.S. absence from COP30 as a "watershed moment," the EU’s climate chief pointed to the continuing engagement of many U.S. governors and mayors on climate issues.

The Trump administration’s unprecedented changes to federal websites have put essential climate research at risk, environmentalists say.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Nov 3, 2025

Volunteers race to save U.S. climate data from Trump’s purge

By Carey L. Biron

The administration’s changes to federal websites — including a halt on data collection and hiding existing data — have put climate research at risk, environmentalists say.

People walk on the street amid debris, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Black River, Jamaica, on Thursday.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Oct 31, 2025

Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, says study

Warming caused mainly by burning fossil fuels increased both the likelihood and intensity of the devastating Category 5 hurricane, the study found.

A man wades through a flooded street following heavy rain in Hoi An, Vietnam, on Thursday.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Oct 30, 2025

Climate change and poor planning drive Vietnam flooding

The country is naturally vulnerable to frequent typhoons and some flooding, but the situation is being made worse by climate change, experts say.

Protesters take part in a march in The Hague on Sunday to demand more action against climate change.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Oct 28, 2025

World far off track to meeting climate goals, U.N. warns

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that slow action from nations meant it was "inevitable" efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius would fail.

Mosquitoes have been discovered in Iceland in a first for the island nation, which has long been one of the world's mosquito-free places.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Oct 28, 2025

Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for first time

Along with Antarctica, Iceland has long been one of the few places on earth without a mosquito population.

“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET

Oct 26, 2025

Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?

By Tomoko Otake

“Future Kid Takara,” a new series set to air on NHK Educational TV, aims to empower children and encourage them to take action against climate change.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.

The second life of Japan's net cafes

By Alex K.T. Martin

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