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EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30 5/11/2025
EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30 EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. ...more
FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions 5/11/2025
FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions The finding comes in the latest State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released on Monday in Rome. ...more
Australia to offer three hours free solar per day to millions 5/11/2025
Australia to offer three hours free solar per day to millions Australia will offer at least three hours of free solar power every day to households including those without solar panels under an energy-saving programme that is expected to go live in 2026, energy minister Chris Bowen said on Tuesday. ...more
Norway blocks wind farm in wilderness used by reindeer herders 5/11/2025
Norway blocks wind farm in wilderness used by reindeer herders Norway's energy regulator said on Tuesday it had rejected an application to build a wind farm in its northernmost Finnmark county, citing impacts to a wilderness area as well as Indigenous Sami culture. ...more
Antarctic glacier's rapid retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' 5/11/2025
Antarctic glacier's rapid retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' When an Antarctic glacier was sparked into rapid retreat three years ago, it left scientists scratching their heads as to what might have caused it. ...more
Brazil opens three weeks of COP30-linked climate events 4/11/2025
Brazil opens three weeks of COP30-linked climate events Brazil on Monday opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warming. That may be tough in a year marked by economic upheaval and cancelled U.S. commitments. ...more
EU considers weakening 2040 climate goal over forest CO2 absorption, draft shows 4/11/2025
EU considers weakening 2040 climate goal over forest CO2 absorption, draft shows The European Union is considering a brake clause to weaken its 2040 climate target in the future, if it becomes clear countries' forests are not absorbing enough CO2 emissions to meet the goal, a draft EU compromise proposal showed. ...more
Trump administration announces $100 million in funding to upgrade coal plants 4/11/2025
Trump administration announces $100 million in funding to upgrade coal plants The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced that it would make $100 million available to refurbish and modernize existing coal-fired power plants. ...more
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation falls 11% even as fires surge to record levels 4/11/2025
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation falls 11% even as fires surge to record levels Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged to record levels amid a severe drought. ...more
Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050 4/11/2025
Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050 In 2022, over 55% of the construction industry’s carbon emissions stemmed from cementitious materials, bricks, and metals, while glass, plastics, chemicals, and bio-based materials contributed 6%, and the remaining 37% arose from transport, services, machinery, and on-site activities. ...more
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