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Mahmoud El-Solh passes away 19/11/2025
Mahmoud El-Solh passes away The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) received with deep sorrow the news of the passing away of Dr. Mahmoud El-Solh, one of its leading associates. ...more
Demand for air con set to triple by 2050, warns UN 18/11/2025
Demand for air con set to triple by 2050, warns UN The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said demand could surge due to increases in population and wealth around the world, combined with more extreme heat. ...more
Global Renewable Energy Investment Hit USD 807 Billion in 2024 18/11/2025
Global Renewable Energy Investment Hit USD 807 Billion in 2024 Record investment in renewables, but growth pace slows to 7.3% ...more
Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat 18/11/2025
Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat The Amazon rainforest could face a renewed surge of deforestation as efforts grow to overturn a long-standing ban that has protected it. ...more
Kew studies hot weather trees and new coffee types 18/11/2025
Kew studies hot weather trees and new coffee types While the climate change convention COP30 takes place in Brazil, a team of scientists in London is working on finding ways to help our changing planet, and keep topping up our caffeine intake. ...more
Bristol to launch world-first ‘clean power hub’ for festivals and film crews 18/11/2025
Bristol to launch world-first ‘clean power hub’ for festivals and film crews City council and regional authority collaborate to guarantee renewable mobile energy for next summer’s festival season. ...more
Dubai to be landfill-free by 2027 under major waste-to-energy shift 17/11/2025
Dubai to be landfill-free by 2027 under major waste-to-energy shift Dubai's waste-to-energy plan to power 350,000 homes. ...more
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit 17/11/2025
Thousands hit streets of Belém to call for action during crucial Cop30 summit The streets of Belém echoed with indigenous chants, classical Brazilian songs and calls for environmental justice on Saturday as tens of thousands of people marched to demand urgent action on the climate and nature crisis. ...more
EU Parliament backs new 2040 climate target 17/11/2025
EU Parliament backs new 2040 climate target The European Parliament on Thursday approved the EU's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 and outsource 5% of that target to countries outside the bloc via carbon credits, paving the way for it to be passed into EU law. ...more
Researcher warns about data gap on wars' effects on climate change 17/11/2025
Researcher warns about data gap on wars' effects on climate change Global armament and wars such as in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan are affecting the world's climate but are going underreported, a British researcher told the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil on Thursday. ...more
 
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