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‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ 10/12/2025
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’ UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’. ...more
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters 10/12/2025
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis. ...more
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds 10/12/2025
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds ‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. ...more
UN Report: Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, fewer deaths, less poverty 10/12/2025
UN Report: Investing in planetary health would deliver higher GDP, fewer deaths, less poverty The most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken has found that investing in a stable climate, healthy nature and land, and a pollution-free planet can deliver trillions in additional global GDP, avoid millions of deaths and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger. ...more
UAE to use AI to support millions of farmers in climate fight 9/12/2025
UAE to use AI to support millions of farmers in climate fight The UAE on Monday set out ambitious plans to use artificial intelligence to deliver a critical lifeline to millions of farmers bearing the brunt of the growing threat posed by climate change. ...more
EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows 9/12/2025
EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows The European Commission has drafted proposals to cut back more EU environment laws, targeting requirements for industries to report on their pollution and waste, a draft EU document seen by Reuters showed. ...more
Seven EU countries pressure European Commission to rethink 2035 diesel and petrol car ban 9/12/2025
Seven EU countries pressure European Commission to rethink 2035 diesel and petrol car ban Pressure from EU countries, lawmakers and the automotive industry is likely pushing the European Commission to delay the revision of the bloc's ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035. ...more
Emissions from global wildfires far higher than previously thought 9/12/2025
Emissions from global wildfires far higher than previously thought The total emissions of greenhouse gases and airborne particles caused by wildfires are almost 70% higher than previously assumed. Researchers at Wageningen University & Research discovered this in a long-term study conducted in collaboration with NASA, BeZero Carbon, and American universities in Maryland and Irvine, California. ...more
New book explores ‘visual life of climate change’ 9/12/2025
New book explores ‘visual life of climate change’ A new book suggests that the pictures we use to tell stories about climate change fundamentally shape how we respond to the issue. ...more
EU broadens its efforts to combat environmental crime 8/12/2025
EU broadens its efforts to combat environmental crime The European Commission welcomes the EU's signature of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law. ...more
 
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