Nepal's $20 million loss-and-damage request would cover less than 1% of flood costs
Requests to the UN fund already total three times what donors have pledged, and none of the money has been paid out yet, an analysis finds.
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Trump administration finalizes rollback of federal fuel economy standards
The new rules imply a fleetwide average of about 34.9 miles per gallon by 2031, down from roughly 50.4 under the Biden-era standard.
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Fervo begins selling power from first utility-scale next-generation geothermal plant
The first 33-megawatt unit at Cape Station in Utah is supplying carbon-free electricity to Shell Energy, with 500 megawatts planned by 2028.
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World added about 690 gigawatts of solar power in 2025, up 15%
China installed 60% of the total, while a glut of panels kept manufacturers under financial pressure.
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Lula's forest enforcement has kept at least 20,000 square kilometers of Amazon standing, analysis finds
With Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro tied in the polls ahead of Brazil's presidential election, experts warn the gains could be reversed within months.
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Most of England's staple crops grow in drought-risk areas, analysis finds
About three-quarters of England's wheat and barley comes from areas at moderate to very high risk of drought, according to the investment fund Rebalance Earth.
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Singapore's 'western island' plan could bury most of its remaining coral reefs
Conservationists say the land reclamation project threatens breeding coral colonies and the fishing grounds of the Indigenous Orang Laut.
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Ocean heat waves and acidity spikes strike together more often than chance would predict
Researchers used four decades of satellite and ship data to map 500 compound events, including overlooked ones in the open ocean.
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UN says forest restoration pledges far outpace work on the ground
Barely a fifth of the more than 1 billion hectares promised for restoration is actually being restored, a new report finds.
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Draft international net zero standard fails to win enough member votes
Media reports tied the opposition to fossil fuel-producing countries; the standards committee will now weigh its next steps.
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Cadbury owner Mondelēz lobbied to weaken EU deforestation law, watchdog says
Global Witness says the company's chief executive met Washington's ambassador to the European Union months before lawmakers voted to simplify the rules; Mondelēz says it supports the law's goals.
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Solar and wind now make up more than a third of Turkey's installed power capacity
Solar alone accounts for 22% of the country's 126,944 megawatts, and renewables overall make up 62.9%.
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