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BBQ gas is helping to cool a warming planet

Governor of California Gavin Newsom - seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate - blasted US President Donald Trump for twice leaving the Paris climate accord and for “doubling down on stupid” through his support of Big Oil.
International

‘Trump is temporary’: California governor Newsom seizes COP30 spotlight

Emissions from the world’s biggest polluter have now been flat or falling for 18 straight months, said the analysis published by climate news specialist Carbon Brief.
ESG

China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study

A forest is engulfed in flames as a wildfire rages near Fontjoncouse, southwestern France, Aug 6, 2025. The summer of 2025, marked by two heatwaves, was the third hottest on record in France since French weather forecast agency Meteo-France began measuring temperatures in 1900.
ESG

Earth cannot ‘sustain’ intensive fossil fuel use, Lula tells COP30

NEA said that International Carbon Credits (ICCs) are one of the pathways to achieve Singapore’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution and 2050 net zero ambition.
ESG

NEA appoints carbon-rating service providers to help meet 2030 climate targets

Guterres urged countries to mobilise funding to enable a global system of surveillance, known as Early Warning Systems, to protect people from extreme weather.
International

Global warming is pushing the planet to the brink, says UN Secretary General

Nestle's exit from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance comes less than two years after the alliance's founding.
Companies & Markets

Nestle bows out of initiative to reduce dairy’s climate impact

This handout picture released on August 20, 2025, by the University of Santiago USACH, shows a view of Antarctica during a study led by a team of Chilean scientists of the University of Santiago with researchers from the Netherlands and Germany, to determine the presence of heavy metals in Antarctica due to the increase in tourism in the area. Antarctica is showing increasing signs of the polluting impact of tourism and scientific activities, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature Sustainability. In the visited areas of the Antarctic Peninsula, heavy metal pollutants have been detected in quantities ten times higher than 40 years ago. (Photo by Jose Jorquera / University of Santiago USACH / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO USACH / HANDOUT / " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
ESG

Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record

A wildfire rages on Studeno mountain above Danilovgrad, Montenegro, Aug 15, 2025. Europe "continues to face degradation, overexploitation and biodiversity loss", noted the EEA, which compiled data from 38 countries across the continent for its report.
ESG

Europe must step up efforts to protect environment: report

Tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market, a popular sightseeing spot, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 22, 2025.. The Japanese government issued a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures.
ESG

August third-hottest globally on record, says climate monitor

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