With hundreds of people evacuated and thousands without power due to wildfires in Türkiye’s Antalya – the Mediterranean coastal province where world leaders will gather for COP31 – 350.org said that the blazes are a reminder that a hotter, drier climate will continue to exact its toll on ordinary people unless leaders act urgently to phase out fossil fuels.
Pacific Climate Advocates condemn the Australian Government’s decision to expand the Saraji coal mine, extending operations by 30 years and emitting a further 120 million tonnes of climate pollution. The extension was announced as Australian Prime Minister Albanese met with Pacific leaders who maintain that climate change is the “single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of Pacific people and communities.”
Welcome to boiling world and climate extreme planet. The world is on track to cross the 1.5°C global warming threshold, likely within the next few years, according to a major new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report released today (2/9). Limiting Overshoot finds that even the most optimistic scenario now points to a peak temperature rise of 1.8°C.
Six months since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent shockwaves through global energy markets, 350.org is warning that households around the world are paying the price of continued dependence on volatile fossil fuels. The Strait of Hormuz is a critical global energy chokepoint, carrying roughly a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and a fifth of its LNG.
A glacial collapse that resulted in a flash flood in the Nepal-Tibet border shows that climate delay is proving to be deadlier and more destructive than world leaders admit, climate groups said. Disasters like this are becoming more frequent and more deadly as the Himalayas warm and glaciers destabilize.
As the world’s biggest oil companies posted $93 billion in profits in the second quarter of 2026, new analysis by 350.org shows that Indonesian households are paying the price, with Iran war-driven oil shocks imposing billions of dollars on the economy.
