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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
Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30 17/11/2025
Deadly heat worldwide prompts $300 million for climate health research at COP30 With more than a half-million people worldwide dying from heat-related causes every year, a group of philanthropies is putting $300 million into developing life-saving solutions as global temperatures continue to rise. ...more
‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action 14/11/2025
‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva set the tone at the opening session, declaring that the battle for truth has become just as critical as the fight to cut emissions. COP30 must mark “a new defeat for climate denialists,” he said.  ...more
EU lawmakers back further weakening of sustainability law 14/11/2025
EU lawmakers back further weakening of sustainability law European Union lawmakers backed further cuts to the bloc's corporate sustainability law on Thursday, following months of pressure from companies and some governments demanding the EU weakens its rules. ...more
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds 14/11/2025
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found. ...more
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate 14/11/2025
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate The world's burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show. ...more
 
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