https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/climate/ The latest Flip News stories on climate. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:23 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/science/atlantic-no-hurricane-october-first/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/atlantic-no-hurricane-october-first/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season has reached October with no hurricanes formed — the first time in the satellite era — after eight tropical storms fizzled under a super El Nino's wind shear. James Calloway hurricane-season atlantic el-nino climate weather.com https://flipnews.co.uk/science/europe-heat-stress-copernicus-record/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/europe-heat-stress-copernicus-record/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Just over half of Europe was exposed to 'very strong' heat stress this summer — a record-high share, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service said. James Calloway europe-heatwave copernicus climate Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/science/tokyo-longest-rain-streak-record/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/tokyo-longest-rain-streak-record/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tokyo has logged 34 straight days of rain — the longest streak since records began in 1886 — with September rainfall at nearly three times the normal level, Japan's weather agency said. Sarah Whitfield Tokyo Japan weather climate El Nino AFP via Channel NewsAsia https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/second-court-strikes-down-ny-climate-superfund/ https://flipnews.co.uk/policy/second-court-strikes-down-ny-climate-superfund/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:45:00 GMT Judge P. Kevin Castel ruled New York's $75bn Climate Change Superfund Act is preempted by the Clean Air Act and invalid under the foreign affairs doctrine — the second federal court to reject the law in a month. Sarah Whitfield climate new york courts federal government energy Bloomberg Law https://flipnews.co.uk/world/germany-fossil-fuel-roadmap-2045/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/germany-fossil-fuel-roadmap-2045/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Germany's cabinet has approved a 22-page roadmap making a coal, oil and gas phaseout by 2045 an explicit national policy goal for the first time, becoming the third country after France and the Netherlands to do so. Sarah Whitfield germany climate fossil fuels unga Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/science/arctic-sea-ice-2026-minimum/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/arctic-sea-ice-2026-minimum/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Arctic sea ice reached its 2026 annual minimum on 12 September at 1.78 million square miles, tying the 10th-lowest in the satellite record, NASA and NSIDC said. Priya Raman arctic sea ice climate nasa NASA https://flipnews.co.uk/science/britain-joins-eu-oceanye-monitoring/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/britain-joins-eu-oceanye-monitoring/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Britain will sign up to the EU's €92m OceanEye ocean monitoring programme at a UN event in New York on Wednesday, Environment Secretary Angela Eagle announced, sharing Met Office data with EU and Canadian counterparts to sharpen extreme-weather forecasting. Sarah Whitfield oceanye eu oceans climate el nino angela eagle andy burnham ursula von der leyen met office The Guardian https://flipnews.co.uk/science/el-nino-heat-deaths-projection/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/el-nino-heat-deaths-projection/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A new projection combining mortality data with seasonal forecasts estimates El Niño-driven heat will cause 240,000 extra deaths by February — 450,000 in total since June, with Africa hit hardest. Tom Ellery El Niño climate heat public health New Scientist https://flipnews.co.uk/science/el-nino-record-intensity/ https://flipnews.co.uk/science/el-nino-record-intensity/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific have tied the record intensity of the 2015–16 El Niño, Berkeley Earth climatologist Zeke Hausfather told AFP — and September may become the record month. Tom Ellery El Niño climate NOAA Berkeley Earth Pacific Ocean AFP via Philstar