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‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing 17/12/2025
‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks. ...more
EU weighs scheme to allow combustion-engine vehicles after 2035, Handelsblatt reports 17/12/2025
EU weighs scheme to allow combustion-engine vehicles after 2035, Handelsblatt reports The European Commission is weighing a new compensation scheme that could allow car makers to sell combustion-engine vehicles beyond 2035, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing senior Commission sources. ...more
Gas-loving Trump cedes electric car market to China 17/12/2025
Gas-loving Trump cedes electric car market to China When US President Donald Trump recently announced the rollback of vehicle fuel efficiency regulations, he called it the end of the "green new scam." ...more
Global insured catastrophe losses set to hit $107 billion in 2025, report shows 17/12/2025
Global insured catastrophe losses set to hit $107 billion in 2025, report shows Annual global insured losses from natural catastrophes are expected to hit $107 billion in 2025, driven by the Los Angeles wildfires and severe convective storms in parts of the United States, a Swiss Re Institute study showed on Tuesday. ...more
Hypertropical climate in the Amazon could trigger mass tree die-offs 17/12/2025
Hypertropical climate in the Amazon could trigger mass tree die-offs The Amazon rainforest may be developing a climate unseen on Earth for tens of millions of years. ...more
Innovation Center for Electric Vehicles Inaugurated in Saudi Arabia 16/12/2025
Innovation Center for Electric Vehicles Inaugurated in Saudi Arabia King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Lucid Group, the manufacturer of some of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles, announced on Sunday the inauguration of the first Electric Vehicle Innovation Center in the Middle East, located in Saudi Arabia. ...more
UNEA-7 concludes with strong proof that multilateralism delivers 16/12/2025
UNEA-7 concludes with strong proof that multilateralism delivers The seventh United Nations Environment Assembly ended with decisions that will reinforce multilateral environmental agreements for years to come. ...more
Chances of EU trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are dire, says industry body 16/12/2025
Chances of EU trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are dire, says industry body Only 10,000 out of economic bloc’s 6m trucks are electric and are more likely to be operating on short routes. ...more
Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 16/12/2025
Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed. ...more
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years 16/12/2025
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years Glaciers in the European Alps are likely to reach their peak rate of extinction in only eight years, according to a study, with more than 100 due to melt away permanently by 2033. Glaciers in the western US and Canada are forecast to reach their peak year of loss less than a decade later, with more than 800 disappearing each year by then. ...more
 
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