Climate Market Intelligence

Algebris Acquires Renewable Energy Advisory Firm Vector Renewables

UK-based asset manager Algebris Investments announced the acquisition of Spanish renewable energy advisory and asset […]

NOX Raises €3 Million to Connect Home Clean Energy Devices to the Grid

**Decentralized grid orchestration directly displaces marginal fossil peaker plants, reducing localized air and water pollution while curbing the land-use expansion required for oversized utility-scale transmission corridors.**

Water risks threaten trade as companies face US$397 billion exposure: CDP

Growing water stress is creating financial and supply chain risks for businesses, with many companies still lacking systems to assess and manage their exposure.

Diginex Launches New Supply Chain Due Diligence Platform

**Granular supply chain provenance platforms establish critical traceability to curb upstream ecological degradation and prevent illicit habitat conversion.**

Climate risks push businesses to look beyond reporting compliance

Rising insurance premiums, energy costs and supply chain disruptions are strengthening the case for investment in climate resilience, executives and officials said at the launch of EY’s new Singapore centre.

Malaysia must move agri-tech beyond pilots to strengthen food security: report

AI, robotics, biotechnology and digital infrastructure could help the country boost agricultural productivity and resilience, but fragmented data, high adoption costs and uneven digital access remain barriers to scaling.

AI speeds Thailand’s clean energy, but grid must catch up, say industry officials

Developers are using AI to design and manage clean-energy projects faster, but industry leaders say Thailand needs smarter grids and clearer rules to turn that capability into reliable power.

El Niño 2026: How Big Could It Get?

**Record-breaking sea-surface temperatures driven by the 2026 El Niño threaten irreversible biophysical tipping points, severely destabilizing global LULUCF and Blue Carbon sinks.**

Supreme Court to Tackle Preemption Issues in Corporate Climate Accountability Litigation

**The Supreme Court's determination on federal preemption will set critical precedents for financing local ecological remediation and nature-based climate resilience.**

Real Science, Right Now: How High School Students Are Researching Climate Solutions

Through Columbia Climate School and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory programs, students conducted hands-on climate research to build scientific, analytical and communication skills.

FedEx Signs $300 Million Electric Truck Deal with Harbinger

**Direct fleet electrification through Harbinger mitigates localized air and particulate pollution across logistics corridors, relieving acute environmental pressure while displacing reliance on speculative nature-based compensatory offsets.**

USAID cuts carry environmental costs, new report finds

The consultancy firm One Earth Partners has published an analysis of the environmental consequences of USAID’s closure.

Stakeholders Strongly Oppose Inclusion of Oil and Gas in Canada’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

**Excluding oil and gas from sustainable finance taxonomies prevents fossil-fuel lock-in that directly threatens critical boreal ecosystems and fragile carbon sinks.**

Fifty Billion Seedlings: Can Ethiopia Replant Its Ravaged Forests?

A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world's most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but experts question whether the trees will survive. Read more on E360 →

Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis

The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a… The post Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis appeared first on Carbon Brief.

For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes

August and September passed without a single Atlantic hurricane, thanks in part to a powerful El Niño. Forecasters are now raising the prospect that the season could conclude with zero Atlantic hurricanes. Read more on E360 →

What Can Fossil Corals in the Cook Islands Teach Us About Global Sea Level Rise?

Scientists are studying fossil coral reefs in the Cook Islands to reconstruct sea levels during the Last Interglacial, and hoping to improve projections of future change.

Columbia Climate School Hosts City Leaders to Address Energy Affordability and Climate Action

**Urban demand-side energy efficiency mitigates marginal fossil generation stress, indirectly lowering baseline pressures on regional biodiversity and upstream resource extraction.**

Scrutinizing the Achievement of Climate Targets, Part II: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Implementation Litigation

**Climate implementation litigation increasingly targets the integrity of sovereign land-use strategies and physical carbon sinks, penalizing unverified ecological projections.**

When Bolsonaro Tweeted, Amazon Deforestation Surged

As president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro not only weakened environmental regulations and gutted agencies charged with protecting the Amazon, he also railed against conservation. An analysis of his tweets and those of his ministers finds a link between their rhetoric and the acres of forest lost. Read more on E360 →

Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches

Scrutinizing the Achievement of Climate Targets, Part I: The Widening Reach of Implementation Litigation

As temperatures continue to rise at alarming rates, it is undeniable that current climate policies are not enough to meet the 1.5°C temperature limit of the Paris Agreement. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, global warming is currently on track to reach 2.8°C above preindustrial levels by 2100. However, if governments fully implement their […]

Short on Land, Japan Is Building Solar Farms on Old Golf Courses

**Repurposing degraded golf turf for utility-scale solar safeguards native mountainous forests, averting adverse LULUCF emissions while introducing opportunities for soil restoration.**

Analysis: Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022

An area of Amazon forest roughly the size of the US state of New Jersey has remained standing due to… The post Analysis: Lula presidency saved at least 20,000km2 of Brazilian Amazon since 2022 appeared first on Carbon Brief.

‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak

Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 48 years ago, new data reveals.… The post ‘Concerning’ low sea ice persists as Antarctic hits third-lowest winter peak appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Alaska's ‘Rusting’ Waters More Acidic Than Mining Wastewater

**Accelerating permafrost degradation threatens cryosphere biodiversity and destabilizes high-latitude terrestrial carbon sinks.**

On Ancient Madagascar, Large Native Herbivores Paid the Price as Introduced Livestock Spread

**Paleo-ecological evidence of pastoralist-driven megafauna collapse and deforestation highlights the acute sensitivity of native carbon sinks to non-native agricultural expansion.**

Generative artifical intelligence for climate dialogue justice

**Deploying generative AI for climate dialogue justice bridges procedural equity gaps in nature-based interventions, empowering local stewards to directly influence LULUCF and Blue Carbon conservation design.**

Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy

**China's mainstreaming of climate directives across provincial five-year plans intensifies national LULUCF targets and ecological restoration mandates, directly impacting domestic carbon sink baselines.**

Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK

The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive… The post Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK appeared first on Carbon Brief.

Carbon removal projects need to get justice right

**Failing to integrate environmental justice and local stakeholder stewardship into carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects directly threatens ecological permanence and project durability.**

Public support for novel carbon removal hinges on procedural and distributive fairness

The impact of financing cost differences on global energy and industry decarbonization

**Divergent global financing costs accelerate regional ecosystem degradation by prolonging reliance on extractive fossil fuel and biomass baseloads in capital-constrained markets.**

United Nations May Soon Affirm Statehood of Island States After Sea Level Rise

**The institutional recognition of submerged statehood safeguards sovereign rights over vast Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), preserving critical Blue Carbon sinks and marine biodiversity protections despite catastrophic terrestrial land loss.**

New National Academies of Sciences’ Report on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Highlights the Need for Governance Reforms

**Unregulated deployment of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) risks catastrophic disruption to pelagic and benthic ecosystems despite its theoretical potential to arrest catastrophic temperature overshoot.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for August, 2026: +0.68 deg. C

**Rapidly compounding tropospheric thermal anomalies driven by El Niño intensify non-permanence risks across global carbon sinks.**

Record Low Lake Mead: “Millennium Drought” or Inevitable Result of Demand Exceeding Supply?

**Depleting water levels at Lake Mead destabilize regional hydrology and threaten surrounding desert carbon sinks and aquatic ecosystems.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for July, 2026: +0.48 deg. C

**Persistent atmospheric warming trends (+0.48°C anomaly) exacerbate ecological stress, directly threatening the permanence of nature-based carbon sequestration.**

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for June, 2026: +0.46 deg. C

**The persistent +0.16°C per decade global warming trend directly threatens the permanence and stability of LULUCF and Blue Carbon sequestration sinks.**

FAO calls for greater investment in dryland forests, proposes support platform

Governments and donors should increase funding for dryland forests and give them greater priority in their climate, biodiversity, and land policies, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urged Friday.

Financial instruments funding Indonesia’s protected areas should not focus on generating revenue -study

Innovative finance in national parks should focus on biodiversity-governance structures rather than a revenue strategy that could generate perverse incentives, according to Indonesian researchers.

Digital twin tech from US, Korea could predict toxic ammonia leaks on new ships

The US, South Korea and Germany have recently joined forces in order to develop a...

Schneider tests quantum chip that improves home energy forecasting by up to 41%

Australian government-backed Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), whose investors include telecom giant Telstra and Commonwealth Bank,...

INTERVIEW: Policy certainty, early-stage capital key to overcoming the “constant tension” stalling blue carbon market

Raising regulatory certainty and recycling scarce philanthropic capital could inject new life into a blue carbon market currently facing a “constant tension” between investors’ risk appetites and developers’ early stage capacities, an expert told Carbon Pulse.

New center bids to supercharge nuclear isotope production for deep-space missions

Canada is moving to expand its role in supplying nuclear isotopes that could power spacecraft...

Your brain has 86 billion neurons: Here are 10 facts worth knowing

Your brain makes it possible to recognize voices, recall holidays, or learn new skills. Yet...

Ultra-high-power lasers open new pathways for non-destructive material inspection

Superman’s X-ray vision isn’t actually that super. X-rays work well for seeing through thin objects...

Vietnam’s fishers face rising costs, declining catches and a contested sea

QUANG NGAI, Vietnam — When diesel prices in Vietnam hit an all-time high in March, Vo Huu Viet, a fisherman with more than 30 years at sea in Quang Ngai province in Central Vietnam, did something he rarely does. He stayed on shore. “The catch is simply not enough to make up for the labor of […]

Euro Markets: EUAs let go of trend line support amid heavy selling, post biggest weekly loss since June

EU carbon allowances posted their largest daily loss in almost three weeks on Friday, and their largest weekly decline in four months, as continued heavy selling finally overcame largely passive but successful support from buyers and pushed EUAs firmly below a long-term rising trend line that had sustained a six-month-long market rally.