Tim Schauenberg writes on the Deutsche Welle website that Europe can reduce the growing wildfire threat through prevention and better management, but ultimately cannot manage its way out of continued climate warming. In another summer of European wildfires that have even seen wetlands burning, scientists say the situation is set to worsen in the future. … Continue reading Europe’s wildfire future: prevention helps, but climate action is essential
The hidden carbon cost of choosing a home
In an article on The Conversation website, Burak Gunay, Liam O’Brien and Pedram Nojedehi from Carleton University and Brodie Hobson from Natural Resources Canada Associate Professor in Building Engineering, Carleton University discuss how Canadian homebuyers are making major financial and environmental decisions without being given the information needed to understand a home's energy and carbon … Continue reading The hidden carbon cost of choosing a home
The solar technology South Africa can’t afford to ignore
Writing on The Conversation website, Craig McGregor, Professor in Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, discusses how South Africa may be undervaluing a technology particularly well suited to its climate because energy planning focuses too heavily on the cost of generation rather than the value of reliable, dispatchable power. South Africa is overlooking solar … Continue reading The solar technology South Africa can’t afford to ignore
Buy European? voters would rather buy national
In an article on the Politico website, Aude Van Den Hove discusses recent poll findings that challenge the push for a European preference in public procurement in the EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act. Brussels wants ‘Buy European’ but voters lean domestic, poll shows As the EU works on a major industrial policy bill that … Continue reading Buy European? voters would rather buy national
Cooling AI in the ocean — solution or new environmental problem?
In an article on The Conversation website, Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro, discusses the tension between AI’s enormous infrastructure needs and the environmental consequences of moving that infrastructure into the sea. AI companies look to the ocean as a place to put more data centers The artificial intelligence … Continue reading Cooling AI in the ocean — solution or new environmental problem?
Net zero needs standards — will ISO 14060 deliver?
The International Organization for Standardization opened a public consultation on the draft version of its Net Zero Standard in June 2026. The draft includes requirements for transition planning, emissions-reduction targets and pathway-setting, net-zero action, and counterbalancing residual emissions. Eve Fraser and Thomas Day write on the New Climate Institute website review the draft and provide … Continue reading Net zero needs standards — will ISO 14060 deliver?
Too much doom, too little action
In an article on The Conversation website, Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in , Society, University of Cambridge and Rachel O'Boyle, PhD Candidate, Social Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge; Academia Sinica, discuss how doom-laden climate communication can actually discourage action rather than inspire it. Climate doom may discourage … Continue reading Too much doom, too little action
The ‘forever chemicals’ hidden in the clean energy transition
In an article on the Deutsche Welle website, Stuart Braun questions whether the technologies intended to solve one environmental crisis depend on chemicals that create another. As nations globally move to ban forever chemicals, should renewable energy technologies be exempt for the sake of saving the climate? Can we go green without forever chemicals? … Continue reading The ‘forever chemicals’ hidden in the clean energy transition
When the air gets cleaner in cities, children’s lungs recover
In an article on the BBC News website, Smitha Mundasad discusses how children’s lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found. Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone Scientists say they have been "stunned" by how quickly young children's … Continue reading When the air gets cleaner in cities, children’s lungs recover
The European Commission publishes a series of guidance documents to support CBAM implementation in the definitive period
On 14 August 2026, the European Commission published a series of ten guidance documents to help non-EU operators with the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) during its definitive period. The CBAM's definitive period brings monitoring, reporting and financial obligations for importers of carbon-intensive goods into the EU, set out in the CBAM … Continue reading The European Commission publishes a series of guidance documents to support CBAM implementation in the definitive period
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