Global Scans · Climate Action · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

• [New] Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, a yawning gap in adaptation finance for developing countries is putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk. UNEP - UN Environment Programme
• [New] The New Collective Quantified Goal for climate finance, agreed at COP 29, calls for developed nations to provide US$ 300 billion for climate action in developing countries per year by 2035. United Nations Environment Programme
• [New] If current trends in financing do not turn around quickly, the Glasgow Climate Pact goal of doubling international public adaptation finance from 2019 levels to approximately US$ 40 billion by 2025 will not be achieved. United Nations Environment Programme
• [New] The roadmap to mobilise $1.3 trillion in climate finance will clearly be key at COP 30. Hindustan Times
• [New] Achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement will require countries to build on the lessons of the past decade, strengthening collaboration, unlocking synergy between policies and scaling up solutions to deliver deeper, faster and fairer climate action. Energy Tracker Asia
• [New] With climate change, the average number of heatwave days in Europe will more than triple. Yahoo News Canada
• [New] Under current policies, emissions are expected to fall by only 22% by 2050, well short of the 90% reduction required to reach climate neutrality. FirstPost
• [New] Climate change has already reduced wheat yields by 7-12% and could cut overall global crop yields by up to 10% by 2025. The Chronicle-Journal
• [New] Legions of central bankers, economists, insurers, and financial experts are sounding the alarm about the multiple threats that climate change poses to the global economy. U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
• [New] Climate change is set to reshape global growth expectations by disrupting the fundamental drivers of economic stability, with both transition and physical risks directly affecting growth, inflation, and long-term financial stability. Pensions Age
• [New] Sydney has won the right to host the Asia Pacific Circular Hotspot in 2026 in a winning bid focusing on strong Pacific inclusion and circular economy action for climate and nature. CMW
• [New] Bangladesh has a unique opportunity to lead climate action among developing nations. GreenWatchBD
• [New] Bangladesh contributes less than 0.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet faces some of the world's most severe climate risks. GreenWatchBD
• [New] Data from the UNAM Climate Change Research Program indicate that the accumulated costs of inaction on climate change throughout this century could amount to a loss of between 2% and 9% of Mexico's 2024 GDP. Mexico Business
• [New] Financial risk due to climate-related natural disasters is predicted to rise from the current $7.8 trillion in GDP to $28.3 trillion in 2050. FTI Strategic Communications
• [New] As the global population continues its upward surge, challenges like land scarcity, climate change, and water limitations threaten traditional agriculture. Farmonaut
• [New] At the UN COP 30 climate summit taking place in Brazil in November, Latin America has the opportunity to take the lead on key emerging sustainable finance themes - not least nature finance. Environmental Finance
• [New] The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference will focus on adaptation finance, with countries urged to mobilize $1.3 trillion to close the funding gap. Hindustan Times
• [New] Clashing demands from megacities, mining, farming, manufacturing and the energy sector is combining with climate disruption to spark major water shortages across the world's semi-arid and arid regions - while floods are exploding in the tropic and temperate regions. Pearls and Irritations
• [New] Under future climate change scenarios, models with greater historical sea ice tend to lose more sea ice by 2100, contributing to stronger radiative feedback. EurekAlert!
• [New] Ocean heat uptake and the resulting thermal sea level rise by the year 2100 are projected to be 3-14% higher than the average from CMIP6, a leading collection of climate models. EurekAlert!
• [New] By 2040, 7 million additional people in PNG will live in areas at risk of malaria transmission, with 2.8 million directly attributable to climate change and the remainder due to population growth. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The number of people requiring access to malaria control is expected to double by 2040, to 13.4 million with 2.8 million attributed to climate change alone. PubMed Central (PMC)

Last updated: 02 November 2025