Climate Summary

New York's environmental agenda has faced setbacks under Governor Kathy Hochul, as rising energy demands and an affordability crisis have slowed progress on climate change initiatives. Meanwhile, a marine pandemic is threatening the ecologically important sea urchin species Diadema africanum, which has nearly been wiped out in the Canary Islands due to an unidentified disease.

In Asia, severe monsoon floods, exacerbated by climate change, have resulted in the deaths of over 1,750 people in countries like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia, highlighting the increasingly deadly reality of climate-related disasters.

Additionally, a recent study indicates that ocean temperatures, warmed by human activity, have contributed to the intense rainfall leading to these floods.