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IEA flags rising heavy-rainfall risk for Kenya’s power grid
The agency’s new assessment says 95% of Kenya’s electricity grid could face heavier rainfall by mid-century under a global-warming scenario above 3°C.
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IEA estimates 2025 LNG supply-chain intensity at 18.6 g CO₂-eq/MJ
The International Energy Agency’s new estimate puts LNG’s average emissions intensity from production through regasification at 18.6 g CO₂-equivalent per megajoule delivered.
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Australia records its second-warmest September
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology ranked September 2026 as the second-warmest in national records that began in 1910.
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England reservoirs remain under strain after sixth dry month
The Environment Agency said on 2 October that reservoirs across England were 55% full, against a usual seasonal level of 74.3%. Drought continues in southern and central England.
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Pacific island climate negotiators prepare for COP31
Representatives of Pacific small island developing states concluded a COP31 preparatory meeting in Nadi, Fiji, on 30 September–2 October. Talks focused on regional priorities and shared positions ahead of the November conference in Antalya.
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Brazil municipalities in severe or extreme drought rose to 276
CEMADEN’s monitoring bulletin released October 2 counted 276 municipalities in the two drought classes in September, up from 157 in August.
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UNEP scenario: cooling emissions could reach 7.2bn tonnes by 2050
Business as usual projects demand more than tripling and cooling emissions reaching 7.2bn tonnes.
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UNFCCC synthesis assessed new climate plans from 64 parties
The 2025 synthesis covers plans recorded by 30 September, representing about 30% of 2019 global emissions excluding LULUCF.
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Copernicus: Europe had record heat and widespread flooding in 2024
Europe’s warmest year on record was 2024. Flooding killed at least 335 people and affected an estimated 413,000.
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UNEP: a 42% emissions cut by 2030 is needed for 1.5°C
Annual greenhouse-gas emissions need to fall 42% by 2030 and 57% by 2035 from 2019 levels.
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WMO: 2024 set a global temperature record
Surface temperature was 1.55 ± 0.13°C above 1850–1900. WMO cautioned against conflating a single year with the long-term threshold.
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WMO: Africa was 0.86°C above average in 2024
Annual surface temperature exceeded the 1991–2020 average by about 0.86°C. North Africa’s anomaly was 1.28°C.
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