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] By application, the environmental & climate monitoring segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR between 2025 and 2034. Precedence Research
• [New] Climate change, geopolitical tensions and technological advances contribute to an increasingly complex risk landscape across Europe. The Joint Research Centre: EU Science Hub
• [New] New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act has established nation-leading GHG emission-reduction goals of 40% from 1990 levels by 2030 and 80% by 2050. Department of Environmental Conservation
• [New] The development of offshore wind in Nova Scotia presents a generation-defining opportunity to build a sector that delivers sustainable economic growth, energy security, and climate resilience. Net Zero Atlantic
• [New] There is need for more research to the impacts of repeat disasters on mental health globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, who will disproportionally see the impacts of climate change. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Climate change threatens to negate the global health gains from the past 50 years and further widen pre-existing inequities. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Climate change will up the burden of mental and behavioural disorders by 50% by 2050, and health systems must be enabled to adapt. NewsGP
• [New] Rapid advances in technological innovation, an ageing global population, increasing urbanization, shifts in global economic powers, and resource scarcity due to climate change are all predicted megatrends that will shape the workforce of the future. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Climate change will have caused 250,000 deaths from malnutrition, heat stress, malaria, and diarrhea by 2030 and 33,000 child deaths from diarrheal diseases by 2050. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Climate change poses an urgent and imminent global threat to human health, increasing morbidity and mortality, straining health services worldwide, and exacerbating existing social inequalities. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The climate crisis increasingly affects health systems, with estimates of 14.5 million preventable deaths, $1.1 trillion in health care costs, and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide by 2050. Health Systems Implementing Climate Action
• [New] The outcome of the first global stocktake under the Paris Agreement found that ecosystem-based approaches, including ocean-based adaptation and resilience measures, can reduce a range of climate change risks and provide multiple co-benefits. Environment News Service (ENS) | We Cover the Earth for
• [New] Extreme weather resulting from climate change, tariff uncertainty and regional conflict have caused significant disruption to global trade - with little sign of respite on the way. Bizclik Media Ltd
• [New] As the climate emergency intensifies, the public and private sectors need to unite to address the increasing threat of climate change to limit a global temperature rise to no more than a 1.5 degree Celsius increase, a target which the world is currently nowhere near on track to meet. The GIIN
• [New] The Panama Canal maintains a comprehensive sustainability strategy with an emphasis on decarbonization and climate change adaptation and has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Autoridad del Canal de Panama
• [New] Water companies face a £52 billion shortfall in addressing supply challenges alone, compounded by rising operational costs and climate-related disruptions. Ainvest
• [New] Climate change poses an existential threat to global food security, with droughts, unpredictable weather, and pest outbreaks now more frequent than ever before. Farmonaut
• [New] North American farmland values are projected to rise 7.2% in 2025, with climate-smart tech attracting 60% of agricultural investments amid regulatory and ecological pressures. Ainvest
• [New] Water infrastructure investments are projected to exceed $114 billion globally by 2030, driven by climate adaptation needs. Ainvest
• Africa faces the dual challenges of having the highest rate of population growth compared to the rest of the world - expected to increase from 926 million to 2.2 billion by 2050 - in addition to being the continent most vulnerable to impacts from climate change. GMO Answers
• Nature and mitigation: Nature-based solutions can provide up to 37% of the climate change mitigation required to meet the world's 2030 climate targets. Invesco

Last updated: 14 September 2025