IDB Backs IRENA's ETAF with Potential Investment of up to USD 100 Million 14/7/2023

Through this partnership, the climate financing platform ETAF boosts its ongoing support for public sector renewable projects in Latin America and the Caribbean ...more

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi Targets a Reduction of 20 Million Single-Use Plastic Bottles this Year 13/7/2023

The Environment Agency –Abu Dhabi (EAD), in collaboration with key stakeholders, has set the ambitious target of collecting 20 million single-use plastic bottles a year for recycling. ...more

Canadian lake sediments reveal start of Earth's Anthropocene age, scientists say 13/7/2023

Sediment deposited at Crawford Lake, a small but deep body of water in Canada's Ontario province, provides unmistakable evidence that Earth entered a new human-driven geological chapter - the Anthropocene epoch - some seven decades ago, a team of scientists said on Tuesday. ...more

EU Parliament passes nature law after political backlash 13/7/2023

The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to pass a fiercely contested law to restore degraded natural ecosystems, salvaging the environmental measures that centre-right lawmakers had campaigned to kill off. ...more

Diversifying Critical Material Supply Chains Minimises Geopolitical Risks 13/7/2023

New report on the geopolitics of critical materials sees significant concentration in supply chains and calls for collaborative strategies to sustain the energy transition ...more

World’s oceans changing colour due to climate breakdown, study suggests 13/7/2023

Earth’s oceans are changing colour and climate breakdown is probably to blame, according to research. ...more

Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week 12/7/2023

Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of oil, the supertanker FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country in 2015. Since then, the vessel has deteriorated significantly in absence of any servicing or maintenance, prompting fears of a major environmental disaster. ...more

IEA says critical minerals supply could pull close to demand by 2030 12/7/2023

Supply of minerals critical to the energy transition could move close to levels needed to support climate pledges by 2030 after a surge in investment, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday - provided all projects go as planned. ...more

Deep-sea mining could impact tuna fisheries - study 12/7/2023

Deep-sea mining could interfere with migration of tuna that is expected to be driven by climate change to areas of the Pacific Ocean currently slated for mining activity, a study released on Tuesday showed. ...more

Temperatures off the charts, but more records imminent: WMO 12/7/2023

Alarm bells have been rung at the UN agency in particular because of an “unprecedented peak” in sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. ...more