You may be fixating in the news at the moment on other things – and monstrous things are indeed at play – but here’s a reminder that climate change isn’t going away. And it’s not caused by DEI.

During the CIHT CLIMATES initiative we’ve repeatedly prepared a slide called ‘In the news over the last 7 days’.

Here are the climate change headlines since we started:

13 Sep – South America surpasses record for fires

16 Sep – Climate scientists troubled by damage from floods ravaging central Europe

16 Sep – Trump plans invite environmental disaster. Harris takes climate change seriously, but lacks detail

22 Sep – Archbishop says God is green and pleads with leaders to: ‘Act now before it is too late to save the world’

23 Sep – People must understand: we in Malawai are paying for the climate crisis with our lives

25 Sep – Europe’s deadline floods are glimpse of future climate

2 Oct – Data centre emissions are soaring – it’s AI or the climate

4 Oct – Ski resorts warn they face ‘existential threat’ from climate crisis

4 Oct – Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an ‘astounding’ rate

4 Oct – Will carbon capture help the UK tackle climate change?

7 Oct – BP abandons target to cut oil production

7 Oct – Climate warning as world’s rivers dry up at fastest rate for 30 years

8 Oct – Deal on climate aid hangs in balance at UN COP29 summit

19 Oct – Jenrick: I would tear up unconservative climate change act as Tory leader

20 Oct – UK facing calls at Commonwealth summit to pay billions for role in climate crisis

21 Oct – Climate Change Is Killing Buildings in Slow Motion

21 Oct – Storm Ashley latest: Rail and flight delays continue due to 80 mph winds as UK put on high alert for flooding

23 Oct – COP29 host Azerbaijan set for major fossil gas expansion, report says

16 Nov – COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the secto’s emissions is key

18 Nov – Donald Trump picks climate change sceptic Chris Wright as US energy secretary

18 Nov – COP29 live: ministers told to ‘cut theatrics’, ‘move faster’ and ‘get down to business’ amid growing frustration at slow progress

26 Nov – Backroom deals and betrayal: how COP29’s late $300bn deal left nobody happy

27 Nov – Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say

27 Nov – Storm Bert: How climate change causes wetter winters

4 Dec – Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court

8 Dec – UK ‘not ready’ for extreme weather like Storm Darragh

9 Dec – Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

9 Dec – A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

10 Dec – UK low-carbon renewable power set to overtake fossil fuels for first time

10 Dec – Costs Pile Up As Climate Change Adds $600 Billion In Insurance Losses

10 Dec – Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says

12 Dec – It’s still 2024, but scientists are already confident 2025 will be in top three warmest on record

12 Dec – EU’s climate chief warns of ‘geopolitical winter’

6 Jan – Earth shattered heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up?

6 Jan – Repression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the world

7 Jan – From Trump to  ‘game-changing’ lawsuit: Seven big climate and nature moments coming in 2025

8 Jan – EU warns of ‘serious blow’ from Trump on climate change

11 Jan – The Left no longer getting away with blaming climate change for wildfire disasters

16 Jan – Trump energy chief pick says linking wildfires to climate crisis is ‘hype’

20 Jan – Donald Trump likened to a ‘wrecking ball’ for climate action – but the damage may be less than feared

21 Jan – The real message behind Trump’s withdrawal of US from the Paris climate agreement

22 Jan – Hong Kong’s Paul Chan vows to bridge climate financing gap after Trump pull-out

22 Jan – With US no longer reliable, India must step up on climate action

26 Jan – India among world’s 13 leading nations spearheading fight against climate change: WEF

27 Jan – Global GDP Faces 50% Loss Without Climate Change Action, Study Finds

31 Jan – Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis

31 Jan – Miliband vows to halve UK emissions days after Reeves backs Heathrow third runway

3 Feb – Eco-anxiety rife among children as 78% found to be worried about climate change