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World Water Day: How UAE champions global fight for clean water for 2.1 billion people 24/3/2026
World Water Day: How UAE champions global fight for clean water for 2.1 billion people The UAE is spearheading a global movement to secure clean water for billions of people, backing its ambitions with a $150m international initiative, world-leading desalination technology, and a starring role at the upcoming UN Water Conference 2026, in what is seen as a clear signal that the country is as serious about water security as it is about energy. ...more
UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms 24/3/2026
UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency has warned. ...more
Far more countries face critical food insecurity if world heats up by 2C, analysis shows 24/3/2026
Far more countries face critical food insecurity if world heats up by 2C, analysis shows Food systems of low-income nations projected to deteriorate seven times as fast as those of wealthy ones. ...more
Why the owners of Germany’s largest airport have been hit with a €16 million environmental lawsuit 24/3/2026
Why the owners of Germany’s largest airport have been hit with a €16 million environmental lawsuit The owners of Germany’s biggest airport have been accused of clearing swathes of forests to build a logistics warehouse in Brazil. ...more
Trump's disdain for renewables will make US 'biggest short-term loser' of Iran war, warns expert 23/3/2026
Trump's disdain for renewables will make US 'biggest short-term loser' of Iran war, warns expert Trump once called renewable energy a ‘scam’. Will the war on Iran make him change his mind? ...more
'Climate gaslighting': How fossil fuel giants have quietly abandoned their net zero pledges 23/3/2026
'Climate gaslighting': How fossil fuel giants have quietly abandoned their net zero pledges A new analysis warns that some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have entered a ‘gaslighting’ phase to bolster their profits. ...more
Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps 23/3/2026
Taxpayers to fund clear-up of huge illegal waste dumps Three of the worst illegal rubbish dumps in England are set to be cleaned up at the taxpayers' expense as part of a national waste crime action plan launched by the government. ...more
Penguins are ingesting worrying amounts of white plastic. Could switching colours protect them? 23/3/2026
Penguins are ingesting worrying amounts of white plastic. Could switching colours protect them? Research has shown the majority of plastic waste found ingested in the guts of seabirds is white rather than other colours. ...more
Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species 23/3/2026
Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides. ...more
Ten EU members press Brussels to keep giving industry free carbon permits 19/3/2026
Ten EU members press Brussels to keep giving industry free carbon permits Ten European Union member states have called on the bloc to keep handing out free carbon permits to industry to ‌help curb costs as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran sends energy prices soaring. ...more
 
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