Tuesday, 4 March 2025

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FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold a banner that reads "Our future, your vote", as Fridays for Future demonstrate for a social and climate-friendly Europe near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, May 31, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Mang/File Photo
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Germany likely to miss 2030 climate goal, government advisors say

Germany likely to miss its 2030 greenhouse gas targets, government advisors said Monday, contradicting climate minister's prediction in March

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer ahead of the first election debate on Tuesday (PA)
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UK Broadcasters urged to ensure climate crisis is key issue in election debates

The climate crisis must be a key issue during UK General Election debates and TV coverage, green groups have said

FILE PHOTO: .S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo reacts during a bilateral meeting with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
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US, Indo-Pacific partners holding talks in Singapore on clean energy

The US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is holding talks, including a 'Clean Economy' investor forum to boost climate investments

Grassy Mountain, Alta., is seen looking southwest in an undated handout photo. A ranching community is fighting a planned hearing on proposed coal exploration in the province's Rocky Mountains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Riversdale Resources, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Alberta municipality appeals regulator’s decision to accept coal exploration

An Alberta ranching community is fighting a planned hearing on proposed coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains

IATA Director General Willie Walsh speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
AviationClimateEmissionsNewsTransport

No need to reduce aviation growth to hit net zero, IATA head says

The head of the global airline body IATA said there was no need to reduce growth in global aviation in order to meet...

FILE - The Ultium Cell factory in Warren, Ohio, is shown, July 7, 2023, where General Motors stacks battery cells into modules, a joint venture with LG Energy Solution of Korea. Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans portray Biden's policy to promote electric vehicles as unfair for consumers and government overreach. Biden and Democrats have been less vocal and more nuanced, advocating Biden's climate reduction goals while promoting homegrown technology over competition from China. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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Republicans aim to make Biden’s EV push an election-year issue

Republicans bid to make Biden's promotion of electric vehicles a big electoral issue.

The Abbot Pass hut stood for decades in a rugged col between two iconic peaks, overlooking the limpid turquoise of Banff National Park's Lake Louise — a destination for alpinists from around the world until the ground melted beneath it and forced its closure. The Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Parks Canada, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
ClimateNewsWeather

Climate change altering the face of Canadian mountaineering

Climate change is altering the face of Canadian mountaineering, University of Calgary scientists have found.

A head of wheat amongst a crop near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
AgricultureClimateIndustryNewsResiliency

Scientists on a quest for drought-resistant wheat – the ‘Holy Grail’

University of Calgary scientists are working to improve the climate resilience of wheat crops.

FILE - The athletics track at the Olympic Stadium, currently known as Stade de France, is installed, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
EmissionsNews

Paris aiming to be most sustainable Olympics yet, say organisers

Organisers of the Paris Olympics say is will be the most sustainable Olympics yet in terms of emissions.

Lionel Mora, co-founder of French startup Neoplants, poses for a portrait inside the greenhouse where they grow the Marble Queen pothos plants in Lodi, California (AFP)
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Meet Neo Px: the super plant that attacks air pollution

A bioengineered plant, called Neo Px, is capable of purifying polluted air inside buildings.

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