2025 in the environment

This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2025. They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.[1]

Events

Date / period Type of event Event Topics Image Ref.
January 7–January 31 wildfire January 2025 Southern California wildfires [climate change] [2][3]
January 14 protected area establishment Sáttítla Highlands National Monument is established [conservation] [4][5][6]
Chuckwalla National Monument is established
January 22 legal case Greenpeace v State of the Netherlands [environmental law] [7]
January 30 water release 2025 water release from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success [8][9]
February 18 environmental disaster 2025 Sino-Metals Leach Zambia dam disaster [pollution] [10]
March 7 protest Stand Up for Science 2025 [environmental movements] [11]
May 28 legal case Lliuya v RWE AG [environmental law], [ climate change] [12]

Open policy proposals

See also: Environmental policy
Open environmental policy proposals (10 P)
Buffalo Commons
Climate and Nature Bill
Environment Act 2021
Fit for 55
Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Global Pact for the Environment
Global plastic pollution treaty
Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act
Water Rights Protection Act

Environmental disasters

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2025 natural disasters (11 C, 9 P)
2025 droughts (2 P)
2025 earthquakes (1 C, 23 P)
2025 floods (6 C)
2025 heat waves (2 P)
Landslides in 2025 (6 P)
Tornadoes of 2025 (21 P)
Tropical cyclones in 2025 (6 C, 8 P)
2025 tsunamis (4 P)
2025 natural disasters in the United States (4 C, 19 P)
Volcanic eruptions in 2025 (6 P)
2025 wildfires (1 C, 17 P)
2025 Điện Biên province floods
2025 India–Pakistan floods
2025 Blatten glacier collapse
2024–25 European windstorm season
2025–26 European windstorm season
January 2025 North American cold wave
2025 Nepal snowstorm disaster
2025 Rio Bonito do Iguaçu tornado
Winter of 2025–26 in Great Britain and Ireland

Pollution events

Pollution events in 2025 (3 P)
2025 algal bloom in South Australia
2025 Tunbridge Wells water crisis
Environmental impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2025 in the environment.

General

Natural environment

Artificial developments

References

  1. ^ Williams, W. D. (June 2002). "Environmental threats to salt lakes and the likely status of inland saline ecosystems in 2025". Environmental Conservation. 29 (2): 154–167. Bibcode:2002EnvCo..29..154W. doi:10.1017/S0376892902000103. ISSN 1469-4387.
  2. ^ "The weather and climate influences on the January 2025 fires around Los Angeles". NOAA Climate.gov. February 19, 2025. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  3. ^ Baxter, Anna (February 14, 2025). "The January 2025 California Wildfires are Fully Contained, But Their Impacts on the Ocean are Not". Oceana. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  4. ^ Friedman, Lisa (January 7, 2025). "Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "Proclamation on the Establishment of the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument". The White House. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
  6. ^ "FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California". The White House. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "Greenpeace Wins Dutch Court Fight Over Nitrogen Pollution". Bloomburg.com. January 22, 2025.
  8. ^ Nilsen, Ella (March 7, 2025). "Behind the scenes of Trump and DOGE's chaotic effort to release billions of gallons of California's water". CNN. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  9. ^ Dance, Scott; Partlo, Joshua (March 8, 2025). "Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ Kille, Richard; Zimba, Jacob (March 15, 2025). "A river 'died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine". AP News. Archived from the original on March 17, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  11. ^ "Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts". AP News. March 7, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  12. ^ Buschschlüter, Vanessa (May 28, 2025). "German court rejects Peruvian farmer's landmark climate case". BBC News. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
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