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ACC opened last year its first battery 'gigafactory' in Billy-Berclau, northern France (AFP)
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Car battery maker ACC halts plant construction in Germany, Italy

The European vehicle battery venture Automotive Cells (ACC) is halting construction of two factories in Germany and Italy as it weighs shifting to...

An IEA analysis of policies, plans and estimates from nearly 150 countries found that they could reach 8,000 gigawatts of renewable power capacity in six years' time. (AFP)
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World falling short on 2030 renewables goal: IEA

Nations are falling short of the UN 2030 climate goal agreed as effort to curb global warming, International Energy Agency said Tuesday

Nigerians are facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, with double-digit inflation leaving many struggling to afford food (AFP)
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Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flights

Unions in Nigeria are also protesting an electricity tariff hike and there have been widespread blackouts after the Transmission Company of Nigeria said...

The Salar de Atacama, in the desert by the same name, is a salt flat holding Chile's main lithium deposits (AFP)
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Giant lithium partnership between Codelco and SQM created in Chile

Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium, a...

Natural gas emits less carbon dioxide than most other fossil fuels, but methane leaks from the gas industry are a key component of climate change (AFP)
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Asia gas expansion threatens green transition: report

Southeast Asia has existing plans that project a doubling of gas-fired power capacity, and an 80 percent increase in LNG import capacity.

Palm oil trees at a plantation in Malaysia's Selangor state (AFP)
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Vast concessions threaten Malaysia’s forest: report

Concessions in Malaysia's forests threaten millions of hectares of natural habitats and risk the country's commitment to 50% forest cover.

Heat is the leading cause of climate-related death (AFP)
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Climate change caused 26 extra days of extreme heat in last year

The report points to the role of global warming in increasing the frequency of extreme weather around the world.

Brazil's vast Cerrado savanna covers a region the size of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain combined (AFP)
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado higher than in Amazon: report

More than 1.11 million hectares of forest were destroyed in Brazil's Cerrado region in 2023.

Cyclone Remal in Bangladesh lasted about 34 hours, a longer-than-normal duration experts say is part of a trend (AFP)
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Deadly Bangladesh cyclone one of longest seen

Bangladeshi weather experts said Cyclone Remal was one of the longest-lasting they'd experienced, blaming climate change for the shift.

Brazil has been hard-hit by extreme weather events attributed to climate change, the most recent of which are the historic floods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that have left nearly 170 people dead and dozens missing (AFP)
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Rights court takes climate crisis hearing to Brazilian Amazon

Academics, activists and Indigenous people gathered Monday in the Brazilian Amazon to weigh in on a key legal question: What responsibility do states...

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