News Aggregator/Climate action

Stay updated with the latest cosmolocal news on a wide range of topics connected with Community climate action.

Climate

• South Korea's president orders all-out response to heatwave, reuters.com (Aug 06, 2026)
• The politics of heat, where “voters are greener than politicians, the media—even we ourselves—seem willing to admit” [The Break-Down], Daily Alternative (Jul 18, 2026)
• Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C, BBC News (Jun 28, 2026)

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Climate change solutions

• Rubbish as a resource: How communities in Mozambique transform waste into climate solutions, globalvoices.org (Jun 02, 2026) — Transforming waste into resilience, creativity, and climate solutions in Mozambican communities
• Amsterdam, along with other major European cities, bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels [BBC], Daily Alternative (May 22, 2026)
• Europe needs affordable, low‑carbon homes – here’s how Barcelona is reimagining its housing system, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026)

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Climate justice

• These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters, theguardian.com (Feb 08, 2026)
• Pakistan seeks justice for environmental harm through climate litigation, globalvoices.org (Jan 11, 2026)
• World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam, theguardian.com (Jan 10, 2026)

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Ethical consumerism

• Indigenous communities aren’t rejecting tourism – they just want to shape it themselves, theconversation.com (Aug 05, 2026)
• Did a tourist tax save Magaluf?, positive.news (Jul 30, 2026)
• ‘I can’t work in the farce of climate change cruise tourism anymore’: why Antarctic guides quit their dream jobs, theconversation.com (Jul 21, 2026)

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Sustainable transport

• Meet the Americans who choose to live without a car in the US: ‘It takes some doing’, theguardian.com (May 08, 2026)
• Notes from Vilnius’ first citizens’ assembly, demnext.substack.com (Apr 30, 2026) — How 39 residents reimagined their city’s transportation with 23 recommendations, DemocracyNext
• Sail-power offers passengers new crossing between England and France, reuters.com (Apr 28, 2026)

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Cycling

• Dutch kids declared the world’s happiest (again). Here’s why, positive.news (Jun 02, 2026) — Dutch children are consistently ranked the happiest kids in the developed world. What is the Netherlands getting right? And does the humble bike have something to do with it?
• How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets, theguardian.com (Apr 05, 2026)
• More Children Are Powering Their Own Wheels to School as Part of ‘Bike Buses’, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 08, 2026)

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Urban sustainability

• Shift Embassy in Rotterdam is “a public park that blends art with ecology” [Positive.News], Daily Alternative (Jul 25, 2026)
• What the majority world can teach the rest of us about low-cost, high-impact systems of “coolth” [John Thackera], Daily Alternative (Jul 23, 2026)
• How Paris transformed 300 school streets: a step-by-step guide [Cities4Children], Daily Alternative (Jun 29, 2026)

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Peace and community safety

• Peace literacy, peace politics and Scotland’s future [Scottish Futures Forum], Daily Alternative (Jun 30, 2026)
• How Paris transformed 300 school streets: a step-by-step guide [Cities4Children], Daily Alternative (Jun 29, 2026)
• Listening before helping: Why community involvement is essential for peace in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, globalvoices.org (Mar 31, 2026)

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Education for sustainability

• Mnyumbuni Eco Hub: A Beehive of Community, Learning and Abundance, grassecon.substack.com (Aug 10, 2026) — How Mweria, ecosystem restoration and community coordination are turning Mnyumbuni into a living hub of food, skills and shared abundance, Grassroots Economics, Njambi Njoroge, Aude Peronne, and Will Ruddick
• Dutch kids declared the world’s happiest (again). Here’s why, positive.news (Jun 02, 2026) — Dutch children are consistently ranked the happiest kids in the developed world. What is the Netherlands getting right? And does the humble bike have something to do with it?
• Young South Africans take up sustainable agriculture for food security, climatechangenews.com (Jun 02, 2026) — Aquaponics is seeing a revival in South Africa’s schools, boosted by government support and climate concerns

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