
A new global standard, ISO 14092, launched to offer a common playbook for climate adaptation, São Paulo found itself in a climate paradox of near‐record low reservoirs and lethal flash floods, the EU’s scientific advisers urged Brussels to plan for a 3.3°C world, the Green Climate Fund approved one of the largest adaptation packages yet for glacier‐dependent regions, and climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025.
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Unpacking the “historic" compromise at COP30, where nations finally agreed on a yardstick for adaptation after a decade of delay. With 59 new indicators but no binding finance mechanism, we explore how a back-room political deal overrode years of technical consensus, creating a framework for documenting the climate crisis while remaining stubbornly inadequate at resolving it.
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