Wildlife charity declares 'butterfly emergency' 19/9/2024

A wildlife charity has declared a national “butterfly emergency” after its annual Big Butterfly Count recorded its lowest ever numbers. ...more

Ozone layer on road to recovery despite volcano eruption, UN weather body says 18/9/2024

The world's ozone layer is on "the road to long-term recovery" despite a destructive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday, after efforts to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals. ...more

COP29 leaders unveil climate funding and energy storage goals 18/9/2024

Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with how to raise ambitions for a new financing target. ...more

Grid Limitations Hold Back Renewables Breakthrough, Says New REN21 Report 18/9/2024

Renewable energy has the full potential to power the world’s energy demands but can only be achieved through urgent improvements in grid infrastructure and integrated planning, REN21 report shows. ...more

Climate change will escalate child health crisis due to malnutrition, says Gates 18/9/2024

Malnutrition is the world's worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates. ...more

Improved process should accelerate tire recycling 18/9/2024

Evonik wants to help make rubber materials from scrap tires easier to re-use in the manufacture of new automobile tires. So far, the suitability of recycled rubber has been very limited because its chemical structure hampers interaction with new tire materials. A team of researchers at Evonik has now made a key step forward with a process that could make it possible to use up to four times as much recycled rubber in new tires as in the past. “That brings us much closer to the key targets of sustainability and resource efficiency in this sector,” says Christian Mani, Project Manager Circularity at Evonik. ...more

The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi, in Collaboration with the Yas SeaWorld® Research & Rescue Center, Successfully Rehabilitated and Released 10 Greater Flamingos from Al Wathba Wetland Reserve 17/9/2024

The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD), in partnership with the Yas SeaWorld Research & Rescue Center Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, has successfully rehabilitated 10 greater flamingos rescued during February’s harsh weather event effected by Al-Mizr low pressure at the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve. Heavy rains were accompanied by exceptionally large hail showers, which greatly affected the reserve. ...more

UK to appoint nature envoy for first time 17/9/2024

The UK government is planning to appoint a special envoy for nature for the first time, as the foreign secretary, David Lammy, seeks to put the UK at the centre of global efforts to tackle the world’s ecological crises, the Guardian has learned. ...more

India gets $386 billion funding for renewables target; Reliance, Adani pledge commitments 17/9/2024

Reliance and Adani, India's two biggest conglomerates, and other firms committed to help the country reach its goal of 500 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy by 2030, while financial companies vowed $386 billion in funding, the renewable energy minister said on Monday. ...more

Italy's central bank backs helping poorer countries fund energy transition 17/9/2024

Italy's Central Bank governor Fabio Panetta on Monday threw his weight behind a plan to help poorer countries reduce their carbon emissions, saying it would ultimately reduce the overall cost of the energy transition. ...more