Wednesday, 27 August 2025

Focus on Climate

From left, Steve Harper, executive director of international business and skills at Invest NI; Sharon Cousins, client manager, Invest NI; Chris Doherty, managing director of Joulen; Economy Minister Conor Murphy; and Hans Jorg Holzenbein, chief executive and co-founder of SonneNext (Handout/PA)
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Belfast-based energy services firm secures £4m contract in Germany

Joulen wins £4M German deal with SonneNext, expanding its AI platform, Paris, and creating 13 jobs in Northern Ireland.

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Getting carbon capture right will be hard — but that doesn’t make it optional

Building a global CO2 disposal industry by 2050 is challenging, but it's essential for meeting climate goals and curbing fossil fuel impacts.

The Coral Triangle is home to six of the world's seven marine turtle species, and acts as a feeding ground for whales and other marine mammals (AFP)
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Report details fossil fuel threat to ‘Amazon of the seas’

Since July 2020, satellites have spotted 793 oil slicks in the 'Coral Triangle' — one of the ocean's most biodiverse areas, and which...

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Inclusive approach to climate-change adaptation is needed in Canada

Inclusive climate-change adaptation needs clear policies, diverse knowledge, and systemic change for equitable climate resilience.

Cancer patient Linda Vidal, who relies on an electricity-powered oxygen concentrator to breathe properly, waits as Gabriela rolls her concentrator out of an elevator, amid the electricity cuts of up to 14 hours a day to deal with a severe drought, in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. The drought is causing blackouts because of Ecuador's heavy reliance on hydroelectric power.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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In Ecuador, power-dependent patients wait in anguish as the government imposes hours-long blackouts

A long dry season in Ecuador has seriously undermined the country's hydroelectric power generation, leading to blackouts.

Fawley Oil Fired Power Station, Southampton, Hampshire. Government advises recommend the Government set a 81% emissions reduction target for 2035. (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Government advisers call for 81% cut in UK emissions by 2035

The British government is preparing to unveil plans for cutting emissions by 2035 under the global Paris Agreement.

Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 president Susana Muhamad (C) reported 'very good progress' in UN biodiversity talks (AFP)
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UN biodiversity summit making ‘very good progress’: officials

UN COP16 talks in Colombia make "very good progress" toward reversing species loss by 2030, despite funding challenges.

A person sits on the beach under a colourful umbrella as sail boats pass in Vancouver on July 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Canada’s new tool to study how climate change has shifted the odds of extreme cold weather

Canada will analyze how climate change affects extreme cold, expanding a system that found climate change fueled summer heat waves.

Activists protest against investment in fossil fuels outside of the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC (AFP)
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G20 affirms commitment to transition from fossil fuels

G20 leaders reaffirmed their pledge to phase out fossil fuels and accelerate climate action for net zero by 2050 after talks.

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