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South Korea Launches $750 Billion Decarbonization Strategy

The Government of South Korea announced the launch of its new Korean Green Transformation (K-GX) […]

Amazon, Microsoft Partner on 750 Million Liter Water Replenishment Project

Tech giants Amazon and Microsoft announced a new water replenishment project in Hesse, Germany, aimed […]

Deutsche Telekom Appoints Robert Metzke as Chief Sustainability Officer

Deutsche Telekom announced the appointment of Robert Metzke as Chief Sustainability Officer, a newly created […]

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers turn to traditional knowledge

Data from remote sensing platforms indicates Indonesia is likely experiencing its worst wildfires crisis in years as a strong El Niño deepens the country’s main dry season over Sumatra and Borneo islands.

Rising heat spurs calls to protect Hong Kong’s outdoor workers

Hong Kong’s heat stress warning system has been widely criticised as ineffective, failing to raise alerts even when temperatures hit a record high.

SEC Drops Investigation into BlackRock, State Street, with a Warning Over Participation in Climate Groups

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Wednesday that it has decided not to […]

LEGO Owner KIRKBI Appoints Craig Arnold as Head of Circular Plastics

LEGO Group holding company KIRKBI’s climate investment arm KIRKBI Climate announced the appointment of Craig […]

Transport leads Asean’s US$14.2 trillion energy transition investment needs

The sector needs US$6.2 trillion by 2060 under Asean’s coordinated transition scenario, but high financing costs threaten progress, found a new study by the Asean Centre for Energy.

Singapore sets Southeast Asia's first binding data centre rules, building demand for clean energy

After a 2019 pause and two rounds of limited tenders, Singapore joins China, Germany and Japan in regulating data centre efficiency by law, while making operators' clean energy pledges binding.

The U.S. Public Is Losing Its Say on Environmental Policy

Federal agencies have long been required to seek public comment when writing new regulations or approving large projects, from highways to data centers. The Trump administration is systematically undercutting that process, stifling public input while skirting federal laws. Read more on E360 →

Indonesian haze makes Singapore the most polluted city in the world

Haze arrives just before Singapore Grand Prix gets underway on Friday

World’s largest penguin colony loses two-thirds of its population

Number of breeding chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island fall from over a million to 400,000

The world agreed to quit fossil fuels. Now it disagrees over the plan

Countries embrace clean energy but resist cutting fossil fuel production. That fault line is now shaping the UN's first transition roadmap, due at COP31 in November.

Parties to the London Convention and Protocol Debate Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Governance

The parties to the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the 1996 Protocol to that Convention (London Protocol) are meeting this week. High on the agenda, as has been the case for the last decade and more, is “marine geoengineering including ocean fertilization.” […]

Jonathan, a 192-Year-Old Giant Tortoise, Holds Insights for Aging Well

**Long-lived keystone species directly underpin the ecological integrity and permanence required for high-credibility Nature-Based Solutions (NbS).**

STAFF NEWS: Karina Sarandrea and Brooke Mercaldi Join the Sabin Center

**Enhanced climate litigation tracking increases legal scrutiny over the ecological integrity of land-use and nature-based carbon sequestration assets.**

Study Links NYC Congestion Pricing Policy to Cleaner Air In Lower Manhattan

One year after NYC launched its congestion pricing policy, fine particulate pollution inside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone was 13 percent lower, according to a new analysis.

Making sense of loss and damage at the national level

September Research Roundup: Select Papers

In this month's edition of our research roundup, we look at the impact of suspending U.S. embassy reporting on air quality; why two extreme heatwaves had different impacts; and how to make vulnerable populations in smaller cities more visible.

Come Visit Us at Lamont Open House

**Pioneering earth science and geochemical research conducted at institutions like Lamont-Doherty provides the empirical baseline necessary to substantiate ecological additionality and permanence.**

What Does Securities Deregulation Mean for Climate Risk?

**The rollback of federal climate-disclosure rules obscures corporate exposure to physical asset degradation, ultimately weakening institutional capital allocation toward critical ecological preservation.**

As Deforestation Surges, Indonesia Hinders Access to Forest Data

Indonesia is obstructing access to government data on the state of its forests. The new restrictions come as the country witnesses a surge in deforestation. Read more on E360 →

Caribbean Nations Have Installed Twice as Much Solar as Official Figures Suggest

Across the Caribbean, people have installed roughly twice as many solar panels as official statistics would suggest. That is the finding of a new report, which calls on countries to make it easier for new solar installations to connect to the grid. Read more on E360 →

UAH v6.1 Global Temperature Update for September, 2026: +0.61 deg. C

The Version 6.1 global average lower tropospheric temperature (LT) anomaly for September, 2026 was +0.61 deg. C departure from the 1991-2020 mean, down from the August, 2026 value of +0.68 deg. C. The Version 6.1 global area-averaged linear temperature trend (January 1979 through September 2026) remains at +0.16 deg/ C/decade (+0.22 C/decade over land, +0.13 […]

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.**

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 such projects in other nations have often fallen short. 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.

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.**

Governments must reconcile dissonant climate assessment approaches

**Fragmented carbon accounting frameworks jeopardize ecological integrity by mischaracterizing real carbon permanence across critical terrestrial and marine biomes.**

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.

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

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.**

US suspends Microsoft, Adobe and 6 IT firms from key green card certification program

The Trump administration has suspended major tech firms, including Microsoft, Adobe and Cognizant, from a...

Endangered angelshark is still traded in Brazil despite import ban

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — “Good choice!” said the clerk at one of the fish stalls in the Porto Alegre Public Market when Mongabay asked about the peixe anjo, which means “angel fish” in Portuguese, in mid-September. “We sell a lot of these. It’s really good, and it doesn’t have any bones.” The same product was […]

Bamboo waste makes plastic 173% tougher, blocks unwanted signals in smartphones

Chinese researchers have recently come up with a new bamboo-reinforced plastic that is 81 percent...

Activists cite ecological, social connections in blocking US border wall construction (commentary)

A group of activists in the small border town of Lochiel, Arizona, U.S., is fighting to save 200-year-old cottonwood trees by stopping contractors from building a section of the U.S.’s new wall along its border with Mexico. One activist lived for over 70 days in the upper branches of an ancient cottonwood dubbed the “Grandmother […]

Crackdown reveals ‘industrial-scale’ wildlife and timber trafficking across Latin America

Authorities across nine Latin American and Caribbean countries have arrested hundreds of people and recovered more than 1,000 animals as part of a two-month coordinated operation against environmental crimes. Operation Madre Tierra was the eighth edition of a recurring Interpol-led initiative, and was conducted in June and July in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, […]

New US plant to turn wastewater into 3,000 tons of lithium for batteries

The US has reportedly launched its first new lithium mining plant in the last five...

New testing technique shows how water-based cells convert waste heat to electricity

Scientists have figured out how to make a cheap, water-based device that turns low-grade waste...

Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims, leaving some families angry and others relieved

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said this week that it is stopping the search for victims. The office of Prime Minister Balendra Shah decided on Monday that search and rescue operations […]