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Global energy CO2 emissions reached record high last year, report says 27/6/2025
Global energy CO2 emissions reached record high last year, report says Global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector hit a record high for the fourth year running last year as fossil fuel use kept rising even as renewable energy reached a record high, the Energy Institute's annual statistical review of world energy showed on Thursday. ...more
EU eases state aid rules to boost green projects, cut carbon footprint 27/6/2025
EU eases state aid rules to boost green projects, cut carbon footprint Businesses will find it easier to get state aid for projects aimed at cutting their carbon emissions and to switch to green projects while heavy industries will benefit from temporary power price relief under looser rules announced by the European Commission on Wednesday. ...more
Shipping is one of the world’s dirtiest industries – could this invention finally clean up cargo fleets? 27/6/2025
Shipping is one of the world’s dirtiest industries – could this invention finally clean up cargo fleets? Freighters emit more greenhouse gases than jets, but a tech startup believes a simple and effective technique can help the industry change course. ...more
Antarctic ice has grown again – but this does not buck overall melt trend 27/6/2025
Antarctic ice has grown again – but this does not buck overall melt trend Study shows ice sheet gained mass from 2021 to 2023, due to extreme snowfall that was also an effect of climate crisis. ...more
‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report 27/6/2025
‘Extinction crisis’ could see 500 bird species vanish within a century – report Researchers say urgent conservation efforts will be needed to mitigate the ‘shocking statistic’ that threatens to unravel ecosystems. ...more
Expo City Dubai launches world’s first fungi survival centre 26/6/2025
Expo City Dubai launches world’s first fungi survival centre The world’s first Centre for Species Survival (CSS) dedicated to fungi has been established at Expo City Dubai. ...more
Energy Access Has Improved, Yet International Financial Support Still Needed to Boost Progress and Address Disparities 26/6/2025
Energy Access Has Improved, Yet International Financial Support Still Needed to Boost Progress and Address Disparities Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025 finds that almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity Although this is an improvement since 2022, which saw the number of people without basic access decrease for the first time in a decade, over 666 million people remain without access, indicating that the current rate is insufficient to reach universal access by 2030. Clean cooking access is progressing but below the rates of progress seen in the 2010s, as efforts remain hobbled by setbacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, following energy price shocks, and debt crises. ...more
Britain must lower power prices to meet climate goals, advisors say 26/6/2025
Britain must lower power prices to meet climate goals, advisors say Britain must cut its electricity prices to speed up the adoption of emission curbing technology, such as electric vehicles and heat pumps, to meet its climate targets, the country's climate advisers said in a progress report on Wednesday. ...more
Policymakers often ignore forest regeneration in fight against climate change, research finds 26/6/2025
Policymakers often ignore forest regeneration in fight against climate change, research finds Naturally-regenerating forests are often ignored by policymakers working to curb climate change even though they hold an untapped potential to rapidly absorb planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere, scientists found in a research paper published Tuesday. ...more
Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming 26/6/2025
Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming At any given time, about two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by clouds. Overall, they make the planet much cooler than it would be without them. ...more
 
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