Malaysia needs to invest $375 bln in renewables to reach 2050 climate goals - report 10/3/2023

Malaysia will need to double its investments in renewable energy transition to at least $375 billion in order to achieve its ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Thursday. ...more

New idea for sucking up CO2 from air shows promise 10/3/2023

A new way of sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the sea has been outlined by scientists. ...more

Plastic entering oceans could nearly triple by 2040 if left unchecked -research 9/3/2023

Plastics entering the world's oceans have surged by an "unprecedented" amount since 2005 and could nearly triple by 2040 if no further action is taken, according to research published on Wednesday. ...more

'Nowhere' on the planet is safe from air pollution, study finds 9/3/2023

Almost no area of land on Earth has levels of air pollution deemed safe by the World Health Organisation, a new study has found. ...more

Germany aims to launch subsidies-for-emissions-cuts plan in April 9/3/2023

Germany wants to launch a subsidies programme in April for industries to support their switch to climate-neutral production, a document showed on Tuesday, as Europe's biggest economy examines ways to make industry carbon-neutral by 2045. ...more

Chile announces biological corridor to protect endangered deer 9/3/2023

Chile launched a program on Monday to protect the huemul, an endangered southern deer, by creating a biological corridor that includes an area recently donated by the family of the late philanthropist and founder of the North Face, Douglas Tompkins. ...more

Non-native plants outnumber British flora, major report finds 9/3/2023

Parts of Britain's landscape today would be unrecognisable to someone who grew up just 70 years ago, a major survey of plant life suggests. ...more

Major copper producers unveil plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050 8/3/2023

A group of the world's biggest copper producers said it aimed to slash direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, in a move that could make the sector more attractive to environmentally-conscious investment funds. ...more

Climate change could cost Latin America 16% of GDP this century, says Moody's 8/3/2023

Climate change could cost Latin America nearly a fifth of its gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of the century without new policies to curb its impact, according to a Moody's Analytics report published Monday. ...more

Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target, shows study 8/3/2023

Emissions from the food system alone will drive the world past 1.5C of global heating, unless high-methane foods are tackled. ...more