The turn of the year is an appropriate time for overviews. In that spirit, here are a few good ones to complement Dana Nuccitelli’s excellent recent piece for Yale Climate Connections, “Where things stand on climate change in 2026.”
- “10 big energy stories Canary Media is tracking in 2026.” Notes from 10 Canary writers about what they think will be the most important and interesting stories on the clean energy front in the year to come – from vibes to virtual power plants, wind and geothermal to AI. It seems likely that energy technology advances will continue to be the bright spots in the U.S. climate picture, and this publication is on the case.
- “Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025.” Isabella Kaminski, The Guardian. This piece looks backward to see what legal efforts to slow climate change have accomplished – whether or not the cases actually won in court. Many suits were on procedural grounds, but some were grounded in principles such as truth-telling and human rights, and in a number of important instances, new precedents were set.
- “Rethinking our assumptions and financing tools for community resilience in the face of growing climate loss and risk.” Matt Posner and Xavier de Souza Briggs, Brookings. This research/policy report contains useful reminders and new ideas for how communities of many sizes might rethink how they pay for improvements to their climate resiliency. Written in report style, but very clear and readable.
- “Unthinkable resource hub.” From Unthinkable, a “nonprofit tackling the mental health crisis within the climate crisis,” this rich library of resources offers – among many other things – personalized help for individuals who want to move through distress into focused action. It is one of many outgrowths of Britt Wray’s work – work that includes the Substack newsletter Unthinkable, formerly Gen Dread.
- “Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’.” Multiple authors, Carbon Brief. Results from a summer 2025 conference on tipping points. Full of links, this summary of conference talks considers both harmful physical tipping points (coral deaths, ice melt) and possible positive human tipping points in policy, business, society, and culture (with the latter more likely to be called social transformations or social changes).
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Great Job SueEllen Campbell & the Team @ Yale Climate Connections Source link for sharing this story.
