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] The need for training in climate-aware mental health is urgent, and experts predict there will be many new approaches in coming years. Global Wellness Summit
• [New] A huge portion, 79%, of all data centers globally are exposed to acute risk from severe, climate-induced weather events. CNBC
• [New] We find climate change could raise the cost of green-hydrogen production by up to 20% in some global locations, and about 16% of global locations could see LCOH increases or decreases exceeding 5%. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Climate threats now affect more than 40% of natural World Heritage Sites, some of the most outstanding places on Earth that support climate regulation and provide cultural and economic benefits to communities around the world. IUCN
• [New] 113 million people across Africa could be displaced within their own countries by 2050 due to climate change. Robert Bosch Stiftung
• [New] A decade of severe impacts from climate hazards in the early 2030s led to significant changes globally to address climate risk. GOV.UK
• [New] By 2040, proactive climate adaptation has fostered economic and environmental resilience. GOV.UK
• [New] Strategic adaptation funding is increasingly tied to political alignment, leaving vital regions, such as major breadbasket areas, the Amazon rainforest, and climate tipping points in the Arctic, highly vulnerable to escalating hazards. GOV.UK
• [New] Climate-linked chokepoint disruptions (e.g. Red Sea/Suez rerouting; Panama Canal drought) lengthen voyages and spike prices, while rising export curbs on raw materials and fertilisers fragment markets. GOV.UK
• [New] If climate pressures or regional conflict intensify, future disruptions could become more prolonged and widespread, with higher shipping costs, longer lead times impacting global supply chains. GOV.UK
• [New] Children in countries across Asia, including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan, are exposed to more climate hazards at once and at a higher intensity than anywhere else in the world. UN News
• [New] By 2040, the world is defined by extreme fragmentation, crisis-driven governance, widespread climate disasters in the face of climate instability, and instances of breakdown of social institutions. GOV.UK
• [New] Leaders launched a Blue Package roadmap to accelerate ocean climate solutions by 2028. Blue Marine Foundation
• [New] Climate change is projected to increase the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall worldwide, including in Indonesia. Live Science
• [New] A new report from the Climate Council, Clouded future: Managing risks of the data center boom, lands as Australia jostles to become one of the world's hottest destinations for data center investment, currently sitting second only to the United States. The Sydney Morning Herald
• [New] Asia faces some of the world's highest exposure to climate-related disruption. Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
• [New] The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 years, a phenomenon expected to worsen in tandem with climate change. The Invading Sea
• [New] The French River Harbour project will reconstruct wharves 404, 405, and 406, and slipway 501, with infrastructure designed using updated climate projections. Queen Street Analytics
• [New] The world will not reach Net Zero without scaling credible climate solutions. Planet2050
• [New] The 2040 climate target communication impact assessment showed an expected need to capture 280 million tonnes of CO2 annually, by 2040. European Parliament
• [New] Ending deforestation and forest degradation is an essential element of the 1.5 °C solution and it's now mission critical that we maximise synergies across a fragmented landscape of current climate, biodiversity and finance initiatives to secure an end to forest destruction by 2030. Greenpeace International

Last updated: 21 June 2026