Children on the Front Line: UNICEF warns that 9.9 million children in Nepal face unhealthy air, 7.3 million drought and 5.7 million extreme heat, with climate shocks disrupting health, nutrition and education. Cyclone Costs: Human-caused warming increased Cyclone Arnab’s estimated damage by 33%, while strengthening its winds and intensifying rainfall, researchers say. COP31 Pressure: Indonesia is defending its climate commitments ahead of talks in Türkiye, even as record wildfire emissions undermine its strategy. Its environment minister says energy affordability and workers’ welfare must remain priorities. Adaptation Funding: Developing countries received just $28–32 billion in public adaptation finance in 2024, against estimated annual needs of $305 billion by 2035, UNEP reports. El Niño Risks: Recent deadly flooding in the Southwest offers a preview of a potentially wetter, more flood-prone winter in the southern United States, as a powerful El Niño builds. Energy Transition: Renewables reached 33.5% of global energy generation last year, narrowly surpassing coal, but Allianz says the current pace would put global net zero around 2064—not 2050.