Oceans are supercharging hurricanes past Category 5

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These regions, especially near the Philippines and the Caribbean, are expandin...

NYC adopted stronger energy codes — accelerating heat pumps and reducing fossil fuel dependence in buildings.

This is how cities lead on climate.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/new-york-city-adopts-2025-energy-codes-with-focus-on-electrification-effic/811805/

Biodiversity bonds have real potential to scale nature finance — but only if we fix the accountability gaps and sharpen the metrics. Stronger design now means bigger impact later.

news.mongabay.com/2026/02/biodiversity-bonds-can-work-but-their-design-flaws-must-be-fixed-commentary/

Resilience in action: Ukraine is rapidly decentralizing its grid with solar, wind, and battery storage amid ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure. Adaptation through innovation. https://e360.yale.edu/features/ukraine-war-renewable-energy

The biggest climate risk right now isn't denial—it's silence.

As organizations self-censor and leadership retreats, the void where climate action used to be grows wider.

trellis.net/article/biggest-climate-risk-right-now-isnt-denial-its-silence/

Even with DOE emergency orders to keep a 1.6-GW coal plant running, Consumers Energy signals it will eventually shut down for cost savings. The economic case for transition keeps winning.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/consumers-energy-plans-over-17b-in-capital-spending-in-next-5-years/811596/

EPA reconsidering Good Neighbor Plan that limited cross-state power plant emissions. Adaptation practitioners: monitor impacts on regional air quality planning.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/epa-reconsiders-good-neighbor-plan-that-limited-power-plant-emissions/811496/

Western energy market ROWE takes a big step forward — now incorporated and seeking $8M from CAISO for implementation. This à la carte approach could reshape how the West trades electricity.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/western-energy-market-electricity-rowe-caiso-california/811589/

The AI paradox: While accelerating energy demand, AI also holds potential to make our grid more reliable and efficient. 5 ways AI could help transform power systems.

https://www.utilitydive.com/spons/ais-power-surge-5-ways-ai-could-make-the-grid-more-reliable-efficient-an/811165/

New Jersey utilities are developing virtual power plants — the state is asking how to address distributed energy hosting constraints and accelerate interconnections. Grid innovation in action.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/new-jersey-utilities-bpu-virtual-power-plant-vpp/811673/

Grid resilience needs systemic solutions — not just keeping old infrastructure running. Band-aid fixes risk locking in higher costs while delaying the flexible, distributed grids we actually need. 🔗 https://www.utilitydive.com/news/congress-grid-reliability-bill-coal-fossil-energy-innovation/808846/

Hot take: climate adaptation is just... planning ahead? Like, 'hey maybe we should think about this thing that's definitely coming' shouldn't be controversial, and yet here we are.

Building climate resilience isn't a solo effort. That's why we're connecting 360+ practitioners across Canada through sector-specific networks — forestry, energy, and more launching soon.

Learn, connect, adapt: canadapt.network

US Congress passed an aid budget restoring some Trump-era cuts, but climate adaptation funding was notably absent from recovery efforts.

#ClimateAdaptation #ClimateFinance

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/05/congress-rescues-aid-budget-from-trumps-evisceration-but-climate-misses-out/

So this caught my attention this morning:

www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/07/rebe...

In Myanmar's Kachin State, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) regulates timber harvesting, manages land use, and supports local climate adaptation efforts.

Here's why I think it matters 🧵👇

Bidirectional transmission lines for Texas.

Imagine going from idea to fully scoped project plan in under 20 minutes; expert feedback and stakeholder feedback in 3 days, and project development funding in under a week.

CanAdapt is launching in a little over two months.

Scientists are accustomed to gradual change.

But for a large part of Wally Broecker's career — based on paleoclimate evidence — he was obsessed with the idea of abrupt climate change that arrives suddenly and dramatically.

Looks like Wally was right. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/328...