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Airbus Foundation joins forces with the Solar Impulse Foundation to boost climate action 25/3/2025
Airbus Foundation joins forces with the Solar Impulse Foundation to boost climate action Toulouse, 24 March 2025 – The Airbus Foundation and Solar Impulse Foundation have launched a three-year partnership aimed at driving global progress on sustainability through fostering innovation and collaboration. The partnership is dedicated to identifying and accelerating the adoption of scalable nature-based* projects that address pressing global challenges. ...more
EU delays 2040 climate target proposal beyond Q1 24/3/2025
EU delays 2040 climate target proposal beyond Q1 The European Commission has delayed its plan to propose a new EU climate target in the first quarter of this year, pushing back the launch of an expected commitment to cut emissions by 2040, it said on Friday. ...more
World's glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says 24/3/2025
World's glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a UNESCO report released on Friday. ...more
Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian 24/3/2025
Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new push by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality. ...more
New national forest to see 20m trees planted 24/3/2025
New national forest to see 20m trees planted Twenty million trees will be planted and 2,500 hectares (6,178 acres) of new woodland created in the west of England as part of a "national forest" drive, the government has announced. ...more
Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates 24/3/2025
Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss scientists said on Friday, although significant ice loss is now inevitable. ...more
Saudi Aramco launches first direct air capture test unit 21/3/2025
Saudi Aramco launches first direct air capture test unit Saudi oil giant Aramco has launched a pilot direct air capture unit able to remove 12 tons of carbon dioxide per year from the atmosphere, it said on Thursday. ...more
UK must spend £1.5bn a year on flood defences to protect public, experts warn 21/3/2025
UK must spend £1.5bn a year on flood defences to protect public, experts warn Researchers cite £2.4bn annual cost of flooding and say a third of England’s critical infrastructure is at risk. ...more
Amazon to sell carbon credits to suppliers, customers 21/3/2025
Amazon to sell carbon credits to suppliers, customers Amazon has begun selling carbon credits to its suppliers, business customers and other companies, the U.S. retail giant said, which can be used to offset their climate-damaging carbon emissions. ...more
Your home could be built with ‘carbon-negative’ sand 21/3/2025
Your home could be built with ‘carbon-negative’ sand Scientists say they have invented a “carbon-negative” alternative to sand that could be used to build homes more sustainably. ...more
 
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