Recent climate news highlights severe flooding in the Alps, the Himalayas, and Kashmir, and record-breaking heatwaves in the Nordic region and the Southwest US, exacerbating wildfires and causing health impacts. Scientists are alarmed by the rapid decline of glacial ice, while a new study links a century of data to a potential collapse of Atlantic Ocean currents, and other research points to a 40-year surge in Arctic peatlands, and increased cloud speeds in jet streams. Global policy challenges continue, with plastic pollution talks collapsing and debates on energy policies.