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Singapore SAF levy: airliner taking off over Singapore skyline at sunset
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Singapore SAF levy collection starts 1 Oct 2026 for 2027 passenger departures

Singapore starts collecting its world-first dedicated SAF levy on 1 October 2026 for 2027 departures — transit passengers exempt, cargo deferred a...

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Canada Ocean Envoy: Halifax harbour with fishing boats and Atlantic coastline at dawn
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Canada names Diana Fox Carney first Ocean Envoy for Our Ocean 2027 Halifax

Canada has named Diana Fox Carney as its first Ocean Envoy to chair the 12th Our Ocean Conference in Halifax in May...

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Aotearoa Youth COP: diverse rangatahi raising hands in a bright Auckland workshop
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Aotearoa Youth COP: rangatahi draft climate statement toward COP31

Rangatahi gathered in Auckland on 19 September for Aotearoa Youth COP 2026, drafting a youth climate statement to hand to the New...

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Cool Leaders: Singapore skyline with sustainable cooling concept, green rooftops and clear sky
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UNEP names Singapore, UAE and Dong Mingzhu inaugural Cool Leaders

UNEP named Singapore, the UAE and Gree's Dong Mingzhu as the inaugural Cool Leaders at the Global Cooling Pledge Assembly in Singapore...

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Climate Week NYC 2026: New York City skyline with the UN headquarters at dawn
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Climate Week NYC 2026 opens with 1,500+ events alongside UNGA

Climate Week NYC 2026 opened on 20 September with more than 1,500 events — the biggest edition yet — running alongside UNGA...

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1.5°C overshoot: Earth viewed from space with a warming glow on one side
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UNEP: world set to cross 1.5°C, but overshoot–peak–decline still possible

UNEP's September 2026 report says the world will cross 1.5°C within years — but an overshoot–peak–decline pathway, peaking near 1.8°C, could still...

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Illustration of a green tropical city in Singapore with trees, cooling mist fountains and gardens representing nature-based sustainable cooling
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Singapore cooling assembly advances heat-resilience roadmap and Nature for Cooling Challenge

At the 17 September Global Cooling Pledge Assembly in Singapore, UNEP unveiled the inaugural Cool Leaders awards, a Global Roadmap on Heat...

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Aerial view of a parched river basin with cracked dry earth showing depleted global water resources
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WMO: 2025 among driest river years in 35 years as land water storage keeps falling

WMO's State of Global Water Resources report (17 September 2026) finds 2025 among the driest years for river discharge in 35 years,...

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Nuclear power plant cooling towers beside a drought-stricken low river with stranded boats on cracked earth
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Danube drought keeps Romania’s Cernavodă nuclear plant offline as cooling water runs short

Romania's Cernavodă nuclear plant was fully shut down as the Danube fell to about a third of its typical July flow —...

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Aerial view of a retreating Icelandic glacier with braided meltwater rivers and floating icebergs
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The Threat of Global Warming: How Melting Glaciers in Iceland Impact Sea Levels

Iceland's glaciers hold 3,400 km³ of ice — about 9 mm of potential sea-level rise — and have lost 540 gigatonnes since...

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