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Indigenous elder and global Amazon defender Raoni Metuktire, 93, has raised urgent alarms over Brazil’s push for new highways, rail corridors, and offshore oil exploration, warning that these projects pose a direct threat to the rainforest’s survival. Speaking during COP30, Raoni said that expanding infrastructure through protected areas would irreversibly damage rivers, forests, and Indigenous […]

At COP30, world leaders intensified demands for the World Bank and other multilateral development banks (MDBs) to fundamentally rethink their lending models, arguing that current systems are too slow and too limited to meet escalating climate threats. Developing nations — already facing worsened floods, droughts, heatwaves, and soaring fossil-fuel costs — stressed that outdated lending

A new United Nations assessment warns that forests across the Northern Hemisphere are becoming increasingly vulnerable as wildfires intensify and temperatures continue to climb. The report, released in October 2025, shows that average temperatures in northern regions have risen nearly 1.8°C above pre-industrial levels, accelerating drought cycles and weakening natural fire resistance. Over 5.2 million

Ireland’s services sector delivered its strongest performance of the year in October, fuelled by a sharp rise in new business that pushed the AIB Services Business Activity Index to 56.7, up from 53.5 in September. This marks a significant resurgence from August’s sluggish 50.6. High-growth industries led the expansion: technology, media, and telecom posted a

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is framing the upcoming COP30 summit — to be held in the Amazon — as a decisive moment for global climate action, calling it the “COP of Truth.” Lula argues that world leaders must move beyond symbolic commitments and deliver real, enforceable measures to cut emissions. Hosting the

On 1 November 2025, the global community observed the first International Day of the Deep Seabed, declared by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to raise awareness about the largely unexplored ocean floor beyond national jurisdictions. The observance, proposed by countries including Fiji, Jamaica, Malta, and Singapore, aims to promote sustainable management of seabed resources and

Schneider Electric CEO Olivier Blum is pushing an ambitious energy transition strategy built on the fusion of electrification, automation, and digital intelligence. With global electricity demand projected to rise 60% in the next 15 years, and renewable energy expected to triple by 2030, Blum says the only way to keep grids stable is through smarter

A new industry-backed report reveals that major corporations — including Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Coca-Cola — are now actively demanding binding global regulations to curb plastic production. This push follows the collapse of U.N. treaty negotiations in Geneva, where nations failed to agree on a legally enforceable plastics treaty. According to the report, global plastic

Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 5 storm with winds nearing 185 mph (298 km/h) and more than three feet of rainfall in some areas, struck Jamaica and parts of Cuba at a time when decades of deforestation had already destabilized local terrain. Nearly half of Jamaica’s landscape is considered landslide-prone, with 30% marked as extremely

TotalEnergies and Aljomaih Energy & Water Company have secured approval from the Saudi Power Procurement Company to develop a 400 MW solar PV project in the As Sufun area of Hail Province, as part of Round 6 of Saudi Arabia’s National Renewable Energy Programme. The project will operate under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement and