In brief | 12 October '26

Reuters: EU eyes COP31 climate deal to accelerate CO2 cuts, document shows

The European Union will use next month's COP31 climate summit to push for agreement on a "package" of efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions heating the planet, an internal EU document seen by Reuters showed.

FT: EU leads fight against fossil-fuel nations’ push to delay climate science reports

Dispute looms over next review of the latest science on the warming planet as temperatures continue to rise.

E3G: European leaders face winter energy squeeze amid mounting global pressures

European ministers and leaders meet through October as the EU heads into a winter of high energy prices and tight gas supplies, with pressure mounting to act on China and an intensifying El Niño darkening the global outlook.

Copernicus Climate Change Service: September 2026 was the second-warmest September on record globally

For Europe as a whole, it was the third-warmest September on record, and the joint warmest for western Europe.

France24: El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies

Forecasters expect the weather pattern, which raises drought and flood risks and exacerbates global warming, to become the strongest ever recorded this year.

Euronews: Tens of thousands urge EU for climate action at Brussels demonstration

Ahead of a major UN summit, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Brussels demanding greater action to combat climate change.

The Guardian: Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world’s best surf breaks, study warns

Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfers.

The Guardian: EU to limit Chinese hybrid vehicle imports to 350,000 a year

Brussels uses WTO rules to quickly impose quota, which will halve Chinese market share to 3 percent.

FT: EU to explore windfall tax on energy companies

Commissioner to consider levies as oil and gas businesses reap big profits from fallout of US-Israeli war on Iran.

Politico: EU’s new list of critical mineral projects focuses on clean energy metals

Lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper dominate the list of European projects that will get special EU treatment.

DW: German startup gives cooling a magnetic makeover

At a supermarket in Darmstadt, a German startup is testing a system that cools without traditional refrigerants, using magnets, water and special metal alloys instead.

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