The plastic recycling industry is facing an unprecedented crisis across the UK, Europe, and beyond, marked by a wave of plant closures and halted investments. Once hailed as a cornerstone of sustainability and circular economy efforts, the sector is now struggling under economic pressure, regulatory gaps, and global competition.
The world faces overlapping environmental, economic, and health crises that cannot be solved in isolation. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and declining public health are interlinked, demanding a unified approach rooted in science, policy, and community action. Nature-based solutions offer such an approach — actions that protect, restore, and sustainably manage ecosystems while delivering broad social …
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The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and data centers has unleashed an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, straining global energy infrastructure and triggering a shortage of gas turbines. These precision machines, essential for dispatchable power generation, are in limited supply just as nations and corporations scramble to expand generation capacity. While data center operators rush …
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The global race to power artificial intelligence (AI) has driven major technology companies toward nuclear energy as a potential solution to soaring electricity demands. With data centers and AI chips consuming ever greater amounts of power, firms like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are searching for reliable, carbon-free sources of electricity. Nuclear energy offers two key …
A new study published in Science has cast serious doubt on the effectiveness of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) forest carbon offset projects, revealing that most substantially exaggerate their climate benefits. The analysis, conducted by an international research team led by the Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy in China, …
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The International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Renewables 2025 report projects a historic acceleration in global renewable capacity growth, predicting that renewable power generation will double by 2030, adding 4,600 gigawatts of new capacity — equivalent to the combined electricity generation of China, the EU, and Japan. Solar photovoltaics (PV) will drive nearly 80% of this expansion, …
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A new report from the European Environment Agency highlights how climate change will significantly reshape Europe’s energy landscape, particularly in southern countries. The study emphasizes that future energy demand for cooling will rise sharply in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, with these nations projected to account for more than 70 percent of total annual cooling …
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Europe is undergoing a rapid transformation of its landscapes, with green spaces once vital for wildlife, carbon storage, and food production being consumed at an alarming pace. A five-year investigation by the Guardian and partners has revealed that the continent is losing the equivalent of 600 football pitches of land every single day. The Green …
Efforts to halt global warming depend on cutting net greenhouse gas emissions to zero, yet the world is moving in the opposite direction. Carbon dioxide emissions hit a record high last year, and for the first time global temperatures briefly exceeded 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that …
The European Commission has announced a second consecutive delay to the European Union Deforestation Regulation, commonly known as EUDR, extending the start date of the landmark anti-deforestation law beyond its previous deadline. Originally intended to take effect on December 30, 2024, the regulation was first postponed to the end of this year. Now, Environment Commissioner …
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