conv.climate

“The severe weather brought strong winds and heavy rain to large parts of Scotland.”— BBC · full quotes →

“Although floodwaters are beginning to recede, continued incoming weather is affecting rescue and response efforts.”— Archuleta County sheriff's officials · full quotes →

“The problem with doomerism isn't necessarily that the risks are exaggerated, but that it may create a self-fulfilling prophecy – by engendering helplessness…”— Jay Van Bavel, Author, psychology expert · The Guardian · full quotes →

“I was able to squeeze out. My wife didn't make it. The tree just fell on her.”— Joey, Husband · NY Post · full quotes →

“Attribution science, which connects specific extreme weather events to climate change, is the most important area of climate science.”— davidho, Bluesky commenter · Bluesky · full quotes →

“This is the closest a storm this powerful has passed to the Big Island since the 1950s.”— The Weather Company, Meteorologist · Weather.com via Mastodon · full quotes →

“I'm realizing some replying to this aren't familiar with my work on climate communication”— Katharine Hayhoe · Bluesky · full quotes →

“To be recognised on such a massive scale is something that we work really hard at, to make sure that desert rangers are known, they're heard, they're seen.”— Samantha Murray, CEO, Indigenous Desert Alliance · ABC Australia · full quotes →

“It has completely shaken up the food chain.”— Bryce Stewart, Senior research fellow, UK Marine Biological Association · Yale e360 · full quotes →

“firefighters waded through waist-deep floodwaters to carry elderly people to safety”— Reuters/verified social media footage, Eyewitness documentation · The Hindu · full quotes →

“A policy gap puts mobile home residents in harm's way again and again.”— ProPublica, News organization · ProPublica article · full quotes →

“It was very weak, then I gave it water.”— Jais, Farmer in Ketapang, West Kalimantan · SCMP/Reuters · full quotes →

“The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion”— Tarek Mansour, Kalshi co-founder · The Guardian · full quotes →

“Nepal emits under 0.1% of global carbon, yet suffers worst from climate disasters: melting peaks, flash floods, and droughts.”— bhimabish.bsky.social, Bluesky commenter · Bluesky · full quotes →

“Chances appear very bleak now. But maybe a miracle will happen.”— Gauri Joshi, relative of missing pilgrims · The Guardian · full quotes →

“The Rampal power plant is right on the bank of the Pasur River, which is the lifeline of the Sundarbans.”— Sharif Jamil, Environmental campaigner and complainant · The Guardian · full quotes →

“I assured Prime Minister Shah of our full support and conveyed that Pakistan is dispatching emergency relief assistance”— Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan · Associated Press · full quotes →

“Hundreds of previously overlooked seismic events have been detected beneath Antarctica, including 245 near the marine edge of the Thwaites Glacier.”— Science Daily · full quotes →

“There’s no question SB 868 is the most exciting clean energy and energy affordability bill right now up for consideration in California.”— Bernadette Del Chiaro, Senior VP, Environmental Working Group · KQED · full quotes →

“ARPA-E's $4 billion investment has led to more than $20 billion in additional funding and more than 1,400 patents.”— National Academies of Science · Mother Jones / Grist · full quotes →

“The backlog of defunct white goods is getting bigger by the day – they're at risk of becoming a mountain.”— Councillor Arooj Shah, LGA Neighbourhoods committee chair · BBC · full quotes →

“It could have been a very smart, exciting and world-first energy policy initiative. But now we can see the results, it's clear that Solar Sharer has gone…”— Renew Economy · full quotes →

“Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne record warmest ever Winter, 2C higher than the long term average”— mdziemann@genomic.social, social media user · Mastodon · full quotes →

“The state’s lawsuit claims the federal government’s plan for the river could strip Las Vegas of two-thirds of its water”— Grist, News outlet · Grist / Mastodon repost · full quotes →

“Nearly 600 days after the devastating 2025 fires, thousands of Los Angeles residents are still waiting for more than $15bn in federal funds to rebuild their…”— Gabrielle Canon, Guardian reporter · The Guardian · full quotes →

“You don't realize the power of water until you watch it casually roll a boulder the size of a house down a valley in Nepal.”— matthewjohnson.bsky.social, Bluesky user · Bluesky · full quotes →

“A Manhattan-sized ice island has broken away from Greenland's Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures weakened its floating ice tongue.”— Science Daily · full quotes →

“Recent torrential rains in Ontario's Niagara region that flooded thousands of homes and overwhelmed sewage systems had another significant impact: Threatening…”— CBC News, News outlet · CBC · full quotes →

“As the 17th session of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification enters its final week in Ulaanbaatar, ministers and global leaders will focus on finance…”— Premium Times Nigeria · full quotes →

“Large scale solar farms like this aren't the answer - the public were right to object It's an absolute waste of land”— OssieMoore, Reddit commenter · Reddit · full quotes →

“Congressional lobbyists working for fossil fuel firms that are exacerbating the climate crisis are simultaneously representing more than 300 local governments…”— Sara Sneath, Guardian reporter · The Guardian · full quotes →