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World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life 26/9/2025
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed. ...more
Nature loss threatens 25% profit hit for mining, power firms, Barclays finds 26/9/2025
Nature loss threatens 25% profit hit for mining, power firms, Barclays finds Company earnings could fall by as much as 25% over five years due to nature degradation, Barclays said, as rising input costs and operational disruptions driven by policy changes and worsening environmental conditions begin to bite. ...more
Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis 25/9/2025
Bees, once buzzing in honey-producing Basra, hit by Iraq's water crisis Bees once thrived among the date palms along the Shatt al-Arab, where Iraq's mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet, but drought has shrivelled the green trees and life in the apiaries that dot the riverbank is under threat. ...more
Trump tells UN that climate change is 'greatest con job' globally 25/9/2025
Trump tells UN that climate change is 'greatest con job' globally President Donald Trump dismissed climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, doubling down on his skepticism of global environmental initiatives and multilateral institutions. ...more
Exclusive: Brazil's Lula announces $1 billion investment in global forest fund 25/9/2025
Exclusive: Brazil's Lula announces $1 billion investment in global forest fund Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Tuesday a $1 billion investment in the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, a multilateral funding mechanism it has proposed to support conservation of endangered forests, at a United Nations event in New York. ...more
EU chemical firms plan to export rising quantities of ‘toxic’ pesticides, documents show 25/9/2025
EU chemical firms plan to export rising quantities of ‘toxic’ pesticides, documents show Bloc urged to end ‘unethical double standard’ of allowing sale of products deemed too dangerous for EU farms. ...more
Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’ 25/9/2025
Wild bird numbers continue to fall in UK with some species in ‘dramatic freefall’ Species index fell by 4% between 2019 and 2024 – although data shows woodland populations beginning to stabilise. ...more
UAE-backed $119m prize pushes innovation in desalination 24/9/2025
UAE-backed $119m prize pushes innovation in desalination The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative and XPRIZE on Monday announced that 143 teams from 29 countries have advanced to the next phase of the XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition, a five-year global challenge with a total prize purse of $119 million. The initiative is funding the competition with $150 million. Announced during Climate Week NYC, the challenge seeks to develop efficient, reliable and sustainable solutions to improve the performance and reduce the cost of seawater desalination technologies. ...more
EU will delay anti-deforestation law by another year, commissioner says 24/9/2025
EU will delay anti-deforestation law by another year, commissioner says The European Union will delay its anti-deforestation law that will ban imports of commodities including soy, beef, cocoa and palm oil linked to forest destruction, the European commissioner for the environment, Jessica Roswall, told reporters on Tuesday. ...more
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands 24/9/2025
China enlists solar panels in war to halt desert sands In arid northern China, dozens of workers prune goji berry bushes that stretch out under the protective shade of thousands of solar panels. ...more
 
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