In the 05/05/2026 edition:
Climate change news May 2026 highlights the latest global developments in disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, AI forecasting, and climate resilience strategies affecting communities worldwide.
News: From forecasts to futures: how Ugandan communities are turning early warnings into everyday action
By Water at the Heart of Climate Action on May 04, 2026 05:44 pm
The Uganda Red Cross Society identified the most vulnerable and underserved communities and layered with catchment management plans from the Ministry of Water and Environment.
News: Ten charts to discover the European State of the Climate 2025 report
By Copernicus Climate Change Service on May 04, 2026 05:43 pm
The European State of the Climate (ESOTC) 2025 offers an overview of the climate during the previous year through a detailed analysis of key climate variables.
News: Better preparedness and warning systems needed to deal with ice-rock avalanches
By Mongabay on May 04, 2026 05:42 pm
This study compares the Chamoli disaster with the 2025 Blatten avalanche in Switzerland, where early warning, and prompt communication and response, worked to evacuate people to safety.
News: Planetary solvency: tipping into the wild unknown
By Anglia Ruskin University on May 04, 2026 05:39 pm
The report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and ARU warns that biodiversity loss, climate shocks and geopolitical conflict are disrupting the food system, risking catastrophic impacts for the financial system and for society as a whole.
News: How wildfires worsen flood risk
By Eos – AGU on May 04, 2026 05:38 pm
A new approach to analyzing watersheds shows how storms occurring after a wildfire can have higher flooding risk than similar storms that occurred before a fire.
News: Traditional models still ‘outperform AI’ for extreme weather forecasts
By Carbon Brief on May 04, 2026 05:37 pm
Computer models that use artificial intelligence (AI) cannot forecast record-breaking weather as well as traditional climate models, according to a new study.
News: Empowering Fijian villages through nature-based coastal protection
By Development Asia on May 04, 2026 05:36 pm
Green-gray infrastructure helps confront rising seas for a more resilient future for Fijian communities.
News: The climate crisis explained in seven graphs
By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on May 04, 2026 03:23 pm
There are hopes that as nations improve energy efficiency and move away from fossil fuels, emissions could drop even more.
DRR Community Voices: Resilience, real and lived: Lessons on strengthening Caribbean MSMEs
By Cheryl Griffith, Lizra Fabien on May 01, 2026 08:00 am
Work on micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) resilience often centres on frameworks, tools and systems. Yet resilience is ultimately about people and the realities businesses face every day.
News: IAG renews Aboriginal Carbon Foundation partnership to help strengthen community resilience as bushfire risk increase
By Insurance Australia Group Limited on Apr 30, 2026 04:51 pm
General insurer IAG has renewed its partnership with the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation (AbCF), supporting AbCF on its mission to increase awareness and adoption of cultural land management to strengthen community resilience in a changing climate.
News: Assessment of multiple predictors to the psychological effects of flooding for residential and business sectors in Peninsular Malaysia
By European Geosciences Union on Apr 30, 2026 04:00 pm
A new emerging research was conducted to understand the severity of psychological impacts of flooding in flood-prone regions in Peninsular Malaysia.
News: Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds
By University of Cambridge on Apr 30, 2026 04:00 pm
Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months – has more than halved over the past four decades, a study has found.
News: Study shows why rainfall remains hard to predict in a warming world
By University of Oxford on Apr 30, 2026 04:00 pm
A study led by the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich reveals that a key part of the climate system can be underestimated by current climate models, helping explain why forecasts of regional rainfall remain uncertain.
News: Urban areas host 80% of England’s homes at high risk of flooding, study finds
By Guardian, the (UK) on Apr 30, 2026 04:00 pm
Exclusive: 839,000 homes in urban areas face threat of surface-water flooding, with social housing tenants most vulnerable to costs.
News: From policy to practice: Burkina Faso strengthens early warning systems and climate resilience
By World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Apr 30, 2026 03:24 pm
Burkina Faso’s experience illustrates how coordinated investments in infrastructure, systems, and capacity development can generate tangible improvements in early warning services and disaster risk reduction.
News: AI enhancing efficiency and preparedness in disaster supply chains worldwide
By Devdiscourse on Apr 30, 2026 02:11 pm
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in disaster supply chains has expanded sharply in recent years, with new research identifying it as a key driver of resilience in the face of rising global disruptions.
News: Research uses AI to unlock decades of hidden flood risk data
By EurekAlert on Apr 30, 2026 02:11 pm
University of Houston engineers reveal how Houston’s flood risk has shifted over time.
News: Study: Faced with a hotter future, America needs better data and response plans
By University of Kansas (KU) on Apr 30, 2026 02:11 pm
A University of Kansas study finds poor data and unclear agency responsibilities leave the U.S. unprepared for extreme heat.
News: Nationwide tool helps answer do we have enough water
By United States Geological Survey (USGS) on Apr 30, 2026 01:49 pm
The U.S. Geological Survey released the first nationwide tool to help water planners determine if communities have enough water for current and future needs.
News: Securing tenure and building resilience: lessons from Harare
By International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on Apr 30, 2026 01:43 pm
This study, which describes how residents in three of the city’s informal settlements are responding to climate-related hazards, shows how tenure security can improve resilience through community-led settlement upgrading.
News: Freetown: pioneering nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development and climate adaptation
By International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on Apr 30, 2026 01:30 pm
This case study examines how, through its Transform Freetown agenda, the city is promoting pro-poor and participatory nature-based solutions to address climate risk and ecological degradation, and can offer practical lessons for other cities.
News: High-tech network supports early bushfire responses
By Government of South Australia on Apr 30, 2026 01:00 pm
A ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) system has detected almost 90 unplanned fires since it was rolled out across more than a million hectares in South Australia, helping firefighters coordinate earlier bushfire responses.
News: Shifting wind patterns are posing greater climate risks for smallholders in West Africa
By London School of Economics and Political Science, the on Apr 30, 2026 12:56 pm
Farmers rely on stable climate rhythms to plan their farming activities. Shifting patterns of seasonal cycles like the Harmattan can significantly impact agricultural productivity and income stability as much as extreme weather.
News: Migration and climate pressures deepen flood risks in Bangladesh’s haors
By Mongabay on Apr 30, 2026 12:19 pm
In Bangladesh’s haor region, a combination of population pressure, deforestation of natural flood barriers, and intensifying climate change is driving devastating flash floods that displace vulnerable communities in a cycle of poverty and disaster.
News: Climate disinformation as a rising challenge for news media in France, Spain, Poland and Brazil
By QuotaClimat on Apr 30, 2026 12:11 pm
Analysis of 7 Brazilian, 6 Spanish, 18 French and 13 Polish channels shows varying exposure to climate disinformation: 665 cases in France, 76 in Brazil, 54 in Poland and 20 in Spain, with 85 per cent identified in private media outlets.
News: Mattresses and bins found in stormwater drains amid flooding chaos
By Sunday Times on Apr 30, 2026 12:01 pm
Water has, for the most part, drained as it should, except in areas where structures have been built illegally over bulk stormwater and sewerage infrastructure
News: Living with the natural hazards: strengthening the resilience of Ecuador’s road network
By World Bank, the on Apr 30, 2026 11:47 am
Ecuador’s road network faces ~$140M in annual disaster-related losses, threatening livelihoods and connectivity for millions, yet prevention spending remains far below what’s needed to address the growing risk.
News: How can we increase private sector investment in climate adaptation?
By United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Apr 29, 2026 05:09 pm
With public resources stretched thin and declining in relation to climate change adaptation, bridging this massive financial shortfall will increasingly depend on unlocking the vast, untapped potential of private capital.
News: I received a tsunami alert on my smartphone. What should I do?
By Signalert Sarl on Apr 29, 2026 01:47 pm
Read our article to understand how SIGNALERT will help you in exceptional or dangerous circumstances.
News: Scientists have found a safer way to hunt for the next pandemic virus
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 29, 2026 01:21 pm
A new study, published in Nature, sets out an elegant and powerful way for scientists to sift through the enormous diversity of animal viruses without risking being infected by them in the process.
News: The 2026 ‘Super El Niño’: How are we preparing for its impact on Latin America and the Caribbean?
By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Apr 29, 2026 01:12 pm
Five key points to help you understand this climate phenomenon and how the Red Cross is taking action to protect vulnerable communities.
News: Cities are getting hotter – and bigger. Research reveals the scale of the challenge
By Conversation Media Group, the on Apr 29, 2026 01:12 pm
A newly published research suggests that bold climate action taken now could potentially spare billions of people from heatwaves likely to be more severe than any the world has yet experienced.
News: Prabowo to Aid Way Kambas Fence Construction to Curb Human-Wildlife Conflict
By Tempo Interactive on Apr 29, 2026 11:03 am
Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has allotted presidential aid funds for the construction of a fence in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung.
DRR Community Voices: GeoAI guardians: why disaster risk tools must model cascading impacts
By Sanjay Srivastava on Apr 29, 2026 10:58 am
When one system breaks down, others often follow. A new generation of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled tools – referred to here as GeoAI Guardian– aims to anticipate the cascading impacts on water, health, and communication systems.
News: Leveraging community-driven development platforms for resilience: lessons from a global knowledge exchange in Jakarta
By World Bank, the on Apr 28, 2026 05:40 pm
Nearby in Margagiri, villages have combined micro dams, drainage improvements, and agroforestry into an integrated water and land management system that has reduced damage from heavy rains and improved agricultural production.
News: Here are 6 ways that climate change is affecting sports around the world
By World Economic Forum (WEF) on Apr 28, 2026 05:36 pm
The sports economy is worth $2.3 trillion a year, but faces challenges from our changing climate. A new World Economic Forum report outlines pathways to ensure resilience.
News: Understanding how plants pause and restart growth can help develop climate‑resilient crops
By Resilience.org on Apr 28, 2026 05:36 pm
When plants face biting cold, floods or parched soil, they can’t run away or seek shelter like animals. Instead, they have to develop ways to overcome and survive them until the weather improves.
News: The science behind the headlines: understanding attribution science
By Union of Concerned Scientists on Apr 28, 2026 05:35 pm
Attribution science has emerged over the past few decades to answer precisely these questions. And like any scientific field, it deserves thoughtful examination of its methods, limitations, and contributions.
News: Councils want government to pay for more for natural hazard protections
By Radio New Zealand International on Apr 28, 2026 03:51 pm
Councils are calling on the government to foot more of the bill for improving New Zealand’s disaster resilience in the wake of last week’s devastating storms.
News: How investors can bridge the funding gap for resilient infrastructure
By Boston Consulting Group on Apr 28, 2026 03:37 pm
Traditional infrastructure-funding models rarely factor in resilience to geoclimatic events. Yet, the impact of extreme weather on existing and future global infrastructure could generate economic losses as high as 19% of GDP by 2050.
News: First ‘International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes’ to Be Observed on 29 April
By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Apr 28, 2026 12:03 pm
As the world prepares to mark the first commemoration of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes on 29 April, the UN is calling on governments, cities, schools & workplaces to take part in the global campaign “Drop. Cover. Hold On.
In summary, this climate change news May 2026 roundup underscores the growing importance of early warning systems, advanced forecasting technologies, and global resilience efforts in addressing climate-related risks.