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Germany faces a tough time finding ways to pay for its efforts to become climate-neutral by 2045 given the country's current tight budget constraints.
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On a sweltering summer day in central Kansas, farm fields shimmer in the heat as Clint Brauer watches a team of bright yellow robots churn up and down the rows, tirelessly slicing away any weeds that stand in their way while avoiding the growing crops. ...more |
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Financial regulators and supervisors in some G20 countries are overlooking the risks posed by biodiversity loss and deforestation because of insufficient data, focusing instead on climate risks, a report by the G20's financial watchdog found. ...more |
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Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Thursday to not weaken Europe's efforts to tackle climate change, if she wins a second five-year term as President of the European Commission, the EU's most powerful body. ...more |
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Lab-grown pet food is to hit UK shelves as Britain becomes the first country in Europe to approve cultivated meat. ...more |
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Taxes on electricity should be shifted to gas so that people feel more benefit from using green technologies like heat pumps in their homes, the government's climate advisers say. ...more |
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Metal batteries have the potential to deliver more energy, at a lower weight, than the popular lithium-ion battery. The problem, however, is that the technology currently has too short a lifespan due to the highly reactive nature of the lithium metal within these batteries. New research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows where the problems lie and how to overcome them by creating the metal electrode directly in the battery cell. ...more |
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UAE birders have recorded the first breeding of the Eastern Cattle Egret in the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Area in Dubai. ...more |
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The European Union's goals to produce and import green hydrogen fuel are unrealistic and unlikely to be met despite billions of euros in funding, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Wednesday. ...more |
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The World Bank is looking to issue its first drought bond in the next 12-18-months and broaden its offering of catastrophe bonds supporting countries suffering devastation from storms and earthquakes, a senior executive at the lender said. ...more |
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