Abu Dhabi releases story books to help children learn about food safety 10/5/2024

To raise children’s awareness of the importance of agriculture, food safety, and beekeeping, the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has issued a series of story books and educational publications. ...more

Reuters Exclusive: Corporate climate watchdog document deems carbon offsets largely ineffective 10/5/2024

Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such offsets are largely ineffective, a confidential preliminary draft reviewed by Reuters shows. ...more

Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study 10/5/2024

Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and widespread, a study has found. ...more

Climeworks opens world's largest plant to extract CO2 from air in Iceland 10/5/2024

Climeworks has opened the world’s largest operational direct air capture (DAC) plant to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, with its Mammoth plant in Iceland almost ten times larger than the current record holder. ...more

Australia backs long-term gas drilling despite 2050 climate goals 10/5/2024

Australia's Labor government on Thursday laid out a strategy to boost natural gas development even as it remains committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, highlighting demand from key Asian trade partners. ...more

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target 9/5/2024

Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet, an exclusive Guardian survey has revealed. ...more

Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply 9/5/2024

Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures. ...more

World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April 9/5/2024

The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday. ...more

Climate change: World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat 9/5/2024

Fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds. ...more

Swiss startup Yuon Control AG secures funding to boost needed innovation in heating sector 9/5/2024

Kiilto Ventures has invested in Burgdorf-based Cleantech startup Yuon to help accelerate market adoption of their predictive, self-learning heating control system designed to optimize heating networks. Compared to traditional heating control systems, Yuon can help reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions by up to 25%. ...more