Disaster insurance set to test Italy's business backbone in 2025 17/12/2024

Italian companies are preparing to comply with a requirement to take out natural disaster insurance from next April, although some fear it will be hard to enforce and too costly. ...more

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 17/12/2024

Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year. Here are seven quiet wins that may have gone under your radar in 2024. ...more

Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court 16/12/2024

The World Court concludes hearings on Friday on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change and whether large states contributing most to greenhouse-gas emissions should be liable for damage caused to small island nations. ...more

Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord 16/12/2024

One of the big questions in the climate world is where the U.S. stands now that a change in administration is imminent. ...more

UK Government unveils new powers to approve onshore wind farms 16/12/2024

The government has unveiled plans to give ministers the final say on approving large onshore wind farms rather than leaving decisions to local councils, where opposition has often been fierce. ...more

Wood heating could be worse than thought for rural air, study suggests 16/12/2024

We think of cities as the places with the worst air pollution, but studies are increasingly highlighting severe air pollution in rural towns and villages, mainly from wood heating. However, government measurement networks mainly focus on cities, overlooking the air breathed by the 20-30% of people in the UK and Europe that live in the countryside. ...more

Discovery of six rare Mekong giant catfish in Cambodia raises hopes for endangered species 16/12/2024

Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in the world — have been caught and released in Cambodia, reviving hopes for the survival of the species. ...more

Hamdan Bin Zayed Issues a Decree To Issue a Policy to Protect Soil from Degradation in The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi 13/12/2024

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), issued Decree No. (6) of 2024 regarding the issuance of a policy to protect soil from degradation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. ...more

EU not buckling to pressure over car CO2 rules, climate chief says 13/12/2024

The European Commission is not considering changing Europe's policies to cut CO2 emissions from cars, despite a push from the EU's biggest political group to weaken the laws, the bloc's climate policy chief told Reuters on Thursday. ...more

China tightens rules to curb methane emissions from coal mines 13/12/2024

China will impose tougher curbs on the amount of methane released during coal extraction in an effort to reduce emissions of the powerful climate-warming gas, the environment ministry said on Thursday. ...more