Dublin, 2 October 2025 — Ireland has reached a landmark in its transition to cleaner transport, with 196,000 electric vehicles (EVs) now registered nationwide, surpassing the Climate Action Plan (CAP) target of 195,000 EVs set for the end of 2025. Announcing the achievement, Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien described it as proof that “when the […]
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Paris, 30 September 2025 — French energy giant TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) has announced plans to divest all of its renewable power assets outside Europe, the United States, and Brazil, a move that could see the company sell its $8 billion Indian portfolio, one of its largest international clean energy holdings. The company’s Indian operations, developed largely […]
Continue ReadingArchimedes said, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” At CSRHub, our new ESG Lever tool helps the 60,000 entities we track build a better, more sustainable world.
Continue ReadingThe European Commission and EUROCONTROL have launched NEATS – the Non-CO2 Aviation Effects Tracking System – a new IT tool for monitoring, reporting, and verifying (MRV) the non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation. Developed under the Cooperation Agreement between EUROCONTROL and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), the first version of NEATS is […]
Continue ReadingMégane Déziel, Université du Québec à Montréal, discusses her article: Resolving the Effects of Functional Traits on Tree Growth Rates: The Influence of Temporal Dynamics and Divergent Strategies by Leaf Habit Functional ecology has long assumed that variation in tree growth reflects differences in functional traits, which serve as proxies for resource acquisition and investment […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced plans to reclaim more than $13 billion in unobligated funds that had been set aside under the previous administration to support wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, a move the department said will return the money to taxpayers; President Trump this week dismissed climate change as “the greatest con […]
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Amsterdam-based climate technology startup Brineworks has closed a €6.8 million seed round (about US$7.3 million) to accelerate commercialization of its Direct Air Capture (DAC) system and associated electrolyzer, and earlier this year the company received a €1.8 million European Innovation Council Accelerator grant to support pilot deployment. Brineworks says its core innovation is a patented, […]
Continue ReadingRuiling Liu and Wenyong Guo, East China Normal University, discuss their article: Grime’s CSR theory revisited: A whole-plant view of vascular plant functioning across contrasting environments You might think plants are quiet and slow, but their lives are full of strategy. Some race ahead, dominating fertile fields, while others hang on stubbornly in rocky cliffs […]
Continue ReadingAre you ready to step up and act on climate change? A call for new European Climate Pact Ambassadors and Partners is open until 15 October! European Climate Pact Ambassadors and Partners lead by doing – they inspire, support and spread meaningful climate action in their communities and networks. Explore the interactive Pact Map to […]
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IKEA U.S. has announced a strategic partnership with Vanguard Renewables to launch a nationwide food waste-to-energy program aimed at reducing landfill impact and advancing its sustainability goals. The initiative will convert unsold and inedible food from IKEA stores and restaurants into renewable energy through anaerobic digestion, a process that captures methane from organic waste to […]
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