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To meet Europe’s demand for green hydrogen, governments and the private sector have high hopes for production in Africa. A study led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now shown that the financing costs for production facilities in African countries would be much higher than previously assumed. Only 2 percent of around 10,000 investigated locations would be competitive for exports to Europe. This would require price and offtake guarantees from European governments.
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As part of the Year of Community initiatives, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MoEI), in partnership with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MoHRE), unveiled the Sustainable Guidelines for Domestic Workers. The guidelines enhance the adoption of electricity and water conservation practices, supporting the objectives of the National Energy and Water Demand Side Management Program.
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Egypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, on Sunday launched a nationwide awareness campaign titled “Reduce It” to combat single-use plastic pollution, aligning with World Environment Day 2025 and its global theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution.”
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The European Union's independent advisers have warned against watering down the bloc's planned 2040 climate goal, as EU officials consider softening the target to try to contain a political backlash against ambitious environmental policies.
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The International Air Transport Association said on Sunday it expects the amount of sustainable aviation fuel produced to double in 2025 to reach 2 million tonnes, representing 0.7% of airlines' fuel consumption.
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The summit launches the Global Coalition for Energy Planning (GCEP), aiming to support developing and emerging economies in building transparent, investment-ready energy strategies ...more |
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The carbon footprint of the first 15 months of Israel’s war on Gaza will be greater than the annual planet-warming emissions of a hundred individual countries, exacerbating the global climate emergency on top of the huge civilian death toll, new research reveals.
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As hot, dry and disastrous as the last few years have been, it appears that the chaos caused by a warming planet is just getting started.
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The European Commission will propose a new EU climate target in July that includes flexibilities for how countries meet it, as Brussels attempts to fend off mounting criticism of Europe's environmental aims, EU diplomats told Reuters.
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Exposure to wildfire smoke may increase lung cancer patients' risk of dying from their disease, particularly among non-smokers, but the effect may be mitigated by certain cancer treatments, according to a large California study presented at a major medical meeting on Saturday.
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