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Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds 28/8/2025
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find. ...more
Extreme rain in China caused $2.2 billion in road damage, further straining public purse 28/8/2025
Extreme rain in China caused $2.2 billion in road damage, further straining public purse Extreme rainfall across swathes of China caused over 16 billion yuan ($2.24 billion) in road damage, the transport ministry said on Wednesday, highlighting how climate risks are placing additional pressure on the ailing economy's public purse. ...more
Methane emissions rising in beef-rich Brazil, climate group 28/8/2025
Methane emissions rising in beef-rich Brazil, climate group Brazil's methane emissions increased 6% between 2020 and 2023, when the world's largest beef exporter released 21.1 million tons of the potent greenhouse gas, its second-highest level ever. ...more
UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035 28/8/2025
UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035 Thinktank predicts wider inequality gap and calls for revised policies to tackle flying and excess private car use. ...more
Parked cars are heating up cities by significantly contributing to urban heat island effect—especially darker cars 28/8/2025
Parked cars are heating up cities by significantly contributing to urban heat island effect—especially darker cars The urban heat island effect describes the way urban areas get significantly warmer than the surrounding rural or suburban areas. There are a number of reasons why this occurs, although it can mostly be boiled down to the fact that there are fewer green spaces containing plants that cool off the surrounding air by evapotranspiration and more buildings and roads, which all have a tendency to hold more heat from the sun and keep the city warmer. ...more
Record wildfires burn more than 1 million hectares of EU land this year 27/8/2025
Record wildfires burn more than 1 million hectares of EU land this year Wildfires have burned more than a million hectares of land in the European Union this year so far, the highest amount in any year since official records began in 2006, EU data showed. ...more
China Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries 27/8/2025
China Finds Buyers for Surplus Solar: Africa’s Energy-Hungry Countries Overproduction in China has led to slashed prices, and buyers on the continent are taking advantage to sharply increase investments in clean energy. ...more
Nature loss will cut UK GDP by 5% without action from private sector, say experts 27/8/2025
Nature loss will cut UK GDP by 5% without action from private sector, say experts Report finds regenerative approach could yield economic benefits while helping to meet environmental targets ...more
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027 27/8/2025
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027 China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027, the cabinet said on Monday evening. ...more
Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds 27/8/2025
Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers. ...more
 
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