Evidence: organization

89 articles. Distilled findings; bold = already cited in the docs.

Low-carbon cement production method (news) — Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an electrochemical calcination method that produces cement without heating limestone with fossil fuels. The researchers say the process could…
Climate change and extreme heat (news) — A report published by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, World Weather Attribution, and Climate Central estimates that human-caused climate change added an average of 26 extra days of extreme…
Greenhouse gas atmospheric simulation videos (news) — Three videos produced by the CoCO2 research project, coordinated by ECMWF, visualize a "nature run" simulation of methane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over 2021. The…
[cited] Collaborative protected area management in Africa (news) — A research team led by INRAE, with Le Havre University, reviewed 127 collaborative management partnerships between African governments and NGOs covering nearly 1 million square kilometers across 16…
Brazil's Planaveg reforestation plan (news) — Brazil has revised and relaunched its Planaveg initiative, aiming to restore 12 million hectares of degraded land by 2030. Experts welcome the plan as a step toward global biodiversity and climate…
COP29 climate conference and global warming (news) — The COP29 UN climate conference opened in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 11, with climate finance for developing countries as a central agenda item. The article reports that 2024 is almost certain to…
Ocean 30×30 conservation target progress (news) — A new report commissioned by the Bloomberg Ocean Fund finds that global progress toward the Kunming-Montreal framework's goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 is far behind schedule. Marine…
Flood risk and climate skepticism (news) — A University of Michigan study published in Environmental Research Letters identifies a "triple exposure" in parts of the U.S., particularly Appalachia, New England, and the Northwest, where flood…
Global emissions gap and warming projections (news) — UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2024, titled 'No More Hot Air … Please!', finds that global greenhouse gas emissions hit a record 57.1 GtCO2e in 2023, up 1.3% from 2022. The report warns that current…
Azores marine protected area expansion (news) — The Azores regional government passed legislation designating a marine protected area network covering 287,000 square kilometres, safeguarding 30% of the surrounding sea, with half fully protected…
EU climate adaptation audit findings (news) (needs verification) — An EU Court of Auditors report warns that Europe is not keeping pace with accelerating climate impacts such as drought, flooding and forest fires. While the EU's adaptation strategy is judged sound,…
Finland's forest and peatland carbon sinks (news) — Finland's forests and peatlands currently absorb more carbon dioxide than the country emits, making it a net carbon sink. However, increased logging, forest management practices, peatland drainage,…
Methane emissions from fossil fuels (news) — Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, about 84 times more warming than CO₂ over 20 years, and its short atmospheric lifetime makes cutting emissions an effective near-term climate lever. Researchers…
Record-breaking global temperature streak (news) — A new Copernicus Climate Change Service analysis finds that every month from June 2023 through mid-2024 set a new global temperature record, with the July 2023 to June 2024 average about 1.64°C above…
[cited] Legal personhood for Mar Menor (news) — Spain's Mar Menor, Europe's largest saltwater lagoon, has suffered severe ecological degradation from agricultural and livestock pollution, old mines, and tourism development despite existing…
Irish public climate action gap (news) — A new Irish Government report, "Climate Conversation 2023," drawing on input from 12,000 people through the National Dialogue on Climate Action, finds that awareness of climate change is high but a…
Shifting baselines in perceived weather (news) — A cool, dull start to June 2024 in the UK drew heavy media attention, but the article argues that such months now feel cold because climate change has shifted what people perceive as normal. Europe…
Political failure on climate change (news) — The article argues that political leaders' failure to act on climate change is a moral and ethical failure as well as a policy one, because it imposes catastrophic risks on younger and unborn…
Zooplankton feeding and ocean carbon storage (news) — Marine CO₂ removal technologies, such as ocean iron fertilisation and alkalinity enhancement, are being funded as ways to store carbon in the ocean. New research modelling 30,000+ ocean locations…
[cited] Agricultural soil organic carbon risk (news) — A JRC-led study in Nature Communications finds that topsoil organic carbon is at high risk on 43 to 83 million hectares, or 23% to 44%, of EU and UK agricultural land, mainly in cool, humid regions.…
European corporate climate lobbying (news) — A new InfluenceMap report, European Industry and the EU's Climate Policy 2024–29, finds that European companies are increasingly lobbying for climate action. The share of companies with lobbying…
EU soil health data modelling (news) — The AI 4 Soil Health project has released the EU Soil Health Data Cube, an open, layered map integrating hundreds of thousands of soil, climate, and vegetation observations from nearly 100…
Climate misinformation and disinformation (news) — A systematic review of 300 studies published between 2015 and 2025, conducted for the International Panel on the Information Environment, finds that climate misinformation is delaying the public and…
Negotiating climate action with autocracies (news) — Most global greenhouse gas emissions come from non-democratic countries, and many major oil and gas exporters are authoritarian, creating a serious obstacle for international climate negotiations.…
EU Nature Restoration Regulation implementation (news) — The EU's Nature Restoration Regulation, in force since August 2024, aims to restore degraded European ecosystems, reverse biodiversity loss, and strengthen ecosystem resilience to climate change.…
Bank fossil fuel financing (news) (needs verification) — The Banking on Climate Chaos 2025 report tracks fossil fuel financing by the world's 65 biggest banks, including financing for 706 oil, gas, and coal companies expanding production and infrastructure…
Violence against environmental defenders (news) — Environmental defenders who protect land, forests, water, and other natural resources face rising violence, with over 170 killed worldwide in 2024, mostly in Latin America. The article argues that…
Climate tipping points (news) — Climate tipping points are thresholds in the climate system that, once crossed, can trigger large, often irreversible, and sometimes abrupt changes. Key candidates include melting ice sheets, AMOC…
Exxon-funded climate denial in Latin America (news) — Hundreds of previously unpublished documents reveal that Exxon funded the Atlas Network and its affiliated free-market thinktanks to spread climate change denial across Latin America. The funding…
Scientific evidence on human-caused climate change (news) — This Conversation explainer, published ahead of COP30 in Brazil, reviews what scientists know about Earth's changing climate, how that knowledge was established, and where emissions are heading. It…
UN Global Environment Outlook report (news) — A UN Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report, produced by about 200 researchers, estimates that unsustainable food and fossil fuel production causes $5bn in environmental damage per hour, or $45tn a…
Climate policy crowding-out effect (news) — A 2025 Nature Sustainability study by Katrin Schmelz and Sam Bowles, based on a survey of more than 3,000 Germans, finds that climate policies targeting lifestyle changes, such as urban car bans, can…
Structural reform for tropical forest protection (news) — This commentary argues that halting tropical forest loss requires structural reform, including securing Indigenous land rights, treating governance as infrastructure, and creating steady finance that…
Equity in climate mitigation scenarios (news) — A study published in PLOS Climate by researchers at IIASA argues that climate mitigation scenarios, which guide global emissions negotiations and national plans, often fail to adequately reflect…
Equitable climate-safe economic transition plan (news) — The World Inequality Lab's report proposes a plan to raise living standards, reduce inequality and keep global heating below 2C by 2100, centred on the concept of sufficiency. Its measures include…
Positive tipping points in climate solutions (news) — A University of Exeter report, written by Steve Smith and produced with the Earthshot Prize, identifies environmental interventions most likely to reach 'positive tipping points', where progress…
Mediterranean marine heatwaves and ocean warming (news) (needs verification) — The Copernicus Marine Service's Ocean State Report 10, released 30 September 2026, documents that the Mediterranean recorded its highest number of marine heatwave days in the past two decades in…
UN resolution on sea-level rise (news) (needs verification) — The United Nations unanimously passed a resolution calling for stronger action on rising sea levels, which threaten low-lying island nations. The declaration aims to build momentum on cutting…
UN sea level rise declaration (news) (needs verification) — The UN General Assembly adopted a declaration on sea level rise on 24 September at the high-level segment of its 81st session, which calls for science-based adaptation and mitigation, stronger data…
NOAA cuts and El Niño preparedness (news) — Trump administration cuts have reduced NOAA's staff by roughly 20% (more than 3,000 people) and trimmed its research, data, and satellite programs, just as a potentially historic El Niño threatens…
Europe's winter gas supply crisis (news) — IEA chief Fatih Birol warns that Europe is entering winter with the lowest gas reserves on record, with storage only 72 percent full against a usual 90 percent, as the US-Israel war on Iran disrupts…
European gas storage and price crisis (news) — Europe enters winter with record-low gas storage, expected to be only 75-78% full by November 1, after the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz disruptions trapped nearly 20% of global LNG exports and…
Norwegian gas supply for Europe (news) (needs verification) — Gassco, Norway's gas pipeline operator, says the export system is ready to meet high European demand this winter after completing major September maintenance. Norway supplies about 30% of EU and…
EU gas storage and supply security (news) (needs verification) — ACER's gas Monitoring Report finds EU underground storage reached 75% by 21 October 2026 after a slow summer refill that began from just 28% at winter's end. Middle East conflict disrupted Qatari LNG…
EU winter gas supply outlook (news) (needs verification) — The EU Gas Coordination Group and ENTSOG's 2026-2027 Winter Supply Outlook conclude that the EU gas system can meet winter demand despite below-historical storage levels, mainly by relying on higher…
European heat pump sales growth (news) (needs verification) — Residential heat pump sales rose 11% across 12 European countries in the first half of the year, reaching 1.16m units, as the Iran war pushed oil and gas prices sharply higher and some governments…
European winter gas price surge (news) (needs verification) — European wholesale gas prices reached €97/MWh on Monday, their highest since 2022, as colder weather, depleted storage and fears of renewed US-Israeli strikes on Iran stoked winter supply worries.…
European gas-to-coal power switching (news) — An Iran-US war has choked LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, pushing European gas prices above €80/MWh in September, the highest in three years. Coal and lignite plants are now more…
EU data centre rating scheme (news) (needs verification) — The European Commission has proposed a common EU rating scheme for data centres above 500 kW to increase transparency on energy and water use and to support their integration into the energy system.…
NSW bushfire house-loss patterns (news) (needs verification) — Research in the International Journal of Wildland Fire found that 94% of the 2,475 NSW homes destroyed in the 2019-20 black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of flammable vegetation, which…
EU CBAM expansion and anti-circumvention (news) — The European Parliament adopted its negotiating position (464 to 50, with 159 abstentions) on revising the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). The position extends CBAM to a broader list of…
Corporate carbon offset credits debate (opinion) — More than 80 civil society organisations, including Oxfam, Greenpeace, and Amnesty International, have urged corporate climate standards bodies to bar carbon offsets from counting toward net zero…
Real-time tropical cyclone advisories (platform) (needs verification) — The National Hurricane Center homepage, last updated October 25, 2026, reports two active Pacific systems: Hurricane Vance, weakening in the Eastern Pacific with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph,…
UN SDG Indicators Data Portal (platform) (needs verification) — The UN Statistics Division's SDG Global Database is a search portal for official data on the Sustainable Development Goal indicators. Users choose from 713 data series, then select countries, areas…
EU data centre electricity consumption (platform) (needs verification) — Eurostat's dataset isoc_env_ict_nrg reports annual final electricity consumption of data centre activities (NACE Rev. 2) for EU and European countries from 2020 to 2024, drawn from national energy…
Global Nature Watch forest monitoring platform (platform) (needs verification) — Global Forest Watch has been renamed Global Nature Watch (GNW), a platform offering data, maps, dashboards, and alerts for monitoring forests and other natural ecosystems. It provides over 65…
Responsible investment signatory network (reference) (needs verification) — The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a UN-supported international network, launched in 2006, that helps investors incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into…
Climate change funding opportunities (reference) — This FundsforNGOs listing compiles over 50 calls for applications, grants, fellowships, and funding programs aimed at climate action, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and sustainable…
Global ocean state assessment (reference) (needs verification) — The Copernicus Marine Service Ocean State Report is an EU reference report that assesses the state of the global ocean and European regional seas for scientists, policymakers, and decision-makers. It…
Global Methane Pledge emissions reduction (reference) — The Global Methane Pledge, launched at COP26 by the European Union and the United States, now counts 159 participating countries and the European Commission. Participants voluntarily commit to a…
EU contaminated site management (reference) (needs verification) — The EU is projected to have 2.8 million potentially contaminated sites, but only 1.38 million were registered in 2016, and 98% of those were in 11 countries. About 115,000 sites (8.3% of those…
EU gas storage regulation (reference) — Underground gas storage supplies roughly 25-30% of EU winter gas consumption and acts as a buffer against demand spikes and supply disruptions. After the 2021-22 price volatility and Russia's…
EU energy market monitoring reports (reference) (needs verification) — ACER and CEER monitor EU energy markets, and ACER's 2026 monitoring covers wholesale electricity and gas, LNG, gas-sector decarbonisation, emerging hydrogen markets, electricity supply security,…
EU electricity GHG emission intensity (reference) (needs verification) — The greenhouse gas intensity of EU electricity generation fell 11% in 2024 versus 2023, 41% versus a decade earlier, and 63% versus 1990. The decline reflects less coal, more wind, solar and hydro,…
EU ETS 2026 revision proposal (reference) (needs verification) — The European Commission proposed a targeted revision of the EU Emissions Trading System on 17 July 2026, aiming to strengthen Europe's industrial competitiveness and support delivery of the EU's 2040…
EU ETS primary auction data (reference) (needs verification) — The EEX page offers downloadable reports on EU Emission Allowance (EUA) spot primary market auctions, with a 2026 report section. It provides a historical archive covering 2012–2025, plus older…
Health impacts of extreme heat (reference) — Climate change is increasing the frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme heat, which causes roughly 489,000 heat-related deaths per year and worsens chronic illnesses. Vulnerability depends on…
Climate-aligned infrastructure finance (study) — A joint OECD, UN Environment, and World Bank Group report argues that chronically underfunded infrastructure, which accounts for over 60% of greenhouse gas emissions, requires deep systemic…
Ocean carbon dioxide removal (study) — The article argues that carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is essential for meeting Paris Agreement goals, but current methods remove only about 2 billion metric tons of CO2 per year, a small fraction of…
Fossil-free global energy demand scenarios (study) — A new study in Nature Energy models global energy use through 2050 and concludes that rising demand can be met without new oil, gas, or coal fields beyond those already in production or development.…
Science-based climate targets and equity (study) — The authors argue that science-based targets, which claim scientific authority for corporate and national emissions goals, often misrepresent the science by applying IPCC global averages generically…
Public misestimation of greenhouse gas emissions (study) — Across five studies, Johnson and colleagues find that people's estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from behaviors, firms, and industries are often inaccurate. The misestimates fit a cognitive…
Extreme weather attribution and climate policy support (study) — Using data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), this study combined climate risk modelling of population exposure to extreme weather with survey data on public attitudes. Most respondents supported…
Crowding out of green values by climate mandates (study) — A representative survey of 3,306 Germans found that enforced restrictions promoting carbon-neutral lifestyles, such as car bans and limits on flying, triggered stronger negative responses than the…
Climate change impacts and mitigation (study) (needs verification) — The IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report confirms that human influence has unequivocally warmed the climate, with global temperatures rising 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels, and warns that limiting warming to…
Evaluating ecological restoration projects (study) — Ecological restoration projects often lack formal evaluation, or evaluate only a few post-restoration outcomes, which risks costly failures in slow-recovering ecosystems. The authors propose a…
European electricity prices after crisis (study) (needs verification) — European electricity and wholesale energy prices have declined since the 2021–2023 energy crisis, but global price competitiveness remains a challenge for the EU. Renewables supplied 50% of EU…
European electricity pricing politics (study) (needs verification) — Electricity prices remain a central political concern in Europe after the energy crisis. Wholesale prices have eased, but EU industry still struggles with global price competitiveness. Renewables…
RFMOs and the BBNJ Agreement (study) — Regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) have only partially and incrementally curbed the ecosystem harms of high seas fishing. A treaty mandate is neither necessary nor sufficient for…
Climate-adaptive fisheries allocation framework (study) — Climate-driven shifts in the ranges of transboundary fish stocks are straining international fisheries governance, because allocation systems still rely heavily on historical catch records. A…
U.S. data center electricity demand (study) (needs verification) — Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2024 report, produced for the U.S. Department of Energy to meet a request in the Energy Act of 2020, updates its 2016 study of U.S. data center electricity…
EU data centre energy efficiency (study) (needs verification) — A European Commission report reviews the energy efficiency and sustainability of EU data centres, which used 68 TWh of electricity in 2024 and are projected to reach 114 TWh by 2030, or 3.2% of EU…
State-dependent EU ETS carbon-market connectedness (study) (needs verification) — The study builds a monthly 2011–2024 dataset linking heat anomalies, geopolitical risk, energy transportation uncertainty, oil, European gas and EU carbon allowance returns. It uses correlation and…
EU Deforestation Regulation impacts on cocoa and coffee (study) — A systematic review of 36 papers examines how the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) may affect cocoa- and coffee-producing countries, finding challenges such as incompatible national laws, limited…
Indonesian coffee mapping under EUDR (study) — Using multitemporal, multi-sensor remote sensing (Sentinel-2/HLS, Sentinel-1 SAR, Landsat thermal, and ancillary data) with random forest classifiers, the study produced 30-m maps of shaded and…
Extreme heat and suicide risk (study) (needs verification) — Climate-driven extreme heat is emerging as a public health concern with possible mental health consequences, including suicide risk. A Bangladesh panel study examines whether heat exposure is…
Legal readiness for satellite MPA enforcement (study) (needs verification) — Satellite monitoring can now detect industrial fishing inside marine protected areas, but whether detections can support enforcement depends on how MPA regulations are written. An analysis of 9,740…
Annual global carbon emissions tracking (study) (needs verification) — The Global Carbon Budget, produced annually since 2006 by the Global Carbon Project, tracks global carbon emissions and what they mean for reaching climate goals. The latest update projects fossil…
UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2025 (study) (needs verification) — UNEP's sixteenth Emissions Gap Report projects 2.3-2.5°C of warming if all NDCs are fully implemented and 2.8°C under current policies, down from 2.6-2.8°C and 3.1°C last year. Most of the…