IKEA buys land damaged by hurricane in Florida to plant forests 14/1/2022

Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA furniture stores worldwide, has bought more land in the United States as part of a long-term commitment to responsible forest management, it said on Thursday. ...more

Coca-Cola is cleaning up river plastic pollution worldwide 14/1/2022

Coca-Cola and The Ocean Cleanup selected the Cần Thơ River in Cần Thơ City, Vietnam as one of 15 river locations around the world to tackle plastic pollution. ...more

EU court rejects cities' bid to curb car emissions 13/1/2022

The European Union's top court dismissed a complaint on Thursday brought by the cities of Brussels, Madrid and Paris against the European Commission in which they accused it of setting car emissions limits for nitrogen oxides too high. ...more

A third of commodity-hungry firms have no deforestation policy - report 13/1/2022

A third of the 350 companies most exposed to commodities such as palm oil, beef and timber have no policies to ensure their products are not fuelling deforestation, a report by NGO Global Canopy showed on Thursday. ...more

Bank of England tells banks to quantify climate risks properly 13/1/2022

Banks in Britain should be "ambitious" in properly quantifying risks from climate change or face intervention by regulators if they fall short, the Bank of England (BoE) said on Wednesday. ...more

EU shipping plan leaves millions of tonnes of CO2 unregulated -study 13/1/2022

European Commission proposals to bring shipping into the bloc's carbon market contain exclusions for small commercial and military vessels that would leave millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions unregulated, an NGO study showed on Thursday. ...more

Tumble dryers found to be a leading source of microfibre air pollution 13/1/2022

A single tumble dryer could be responsible for releasing 120m micro plastic fibres into the air each year, a study has found. ...more

Coal to make up 85% of total U.S. power capacity to be retired in 2022 - EIA 12/1/2022

Coal-fired plants will account for about 85% of total U.S. power capacity scheduled for retirement this year with natural gas and renewables taking a greater share of the supply, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday. ...more

Germany must cut energy use by 20-25% to hit 2030 goals 12/1/2022

Germany faces a gigantic task to achieve the climate protection goals it has set itself, Climate Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday, unveiling a report that showed it would have to cut its energy use by up to a quarter in the next eight years. ...more

Climate-fueled permafrost thaw threatens up to half of Arctic infrastructure -report 12/1/2022

Thawing permafrost could put as much as 50 percent of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050, requiring tens of billions of dollars in maintenance and repairs, scientists warned on Tuesday. ...more