Madrid, 1 August 2025 — BBVA allocated €63 billion to sustainable business initiatives in the first half of 2025, marking a 48% increase year-on-year and setting a quarterly record with over €30 billion financed in Q2 alone. Financing Distribution and Sector FocusOf the H1 total, 76% was directed toward climate and natural capital projects such […]
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Albany, 1 August 2025 — Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the opening of a $21.6 million funding initiative through New York State’s Clean Mobility Program, supporting community-led zero-emission transportation demonstration projects across the state. The fund prioritizes underserved communities and regions serviced by upstate utilities, including the Bronx. Program Goals and ScopeAdministered by the New […]
Continue ReadingIn their new study, “Immersion patterns alone can predict vessel following by albatrosses”, Jonathan Rutter et al. present a new behaviour-based method to detect previously hidden interactions between seabirds and fishing vessels. In oceans around the world, seabirds follow fishing vessels looking for easy meal. This puts them at risk of bycatch, when birds are […]
Continue ReadingFrederik Mortier, Ghent Universit, discusses his article: Polyploid—diploid coexistence in the greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza Polyploid establishment is not as easy as it looks Polyploidy, when organisms have extra sets of chromosomes due to whole-genome duplication, is surprisingly common, especially in plants. Polyploidy can be a dramatic mutation with a huge effect on plant traits, […]
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Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ordered the owners and operators of the MV X-Press Pearl container vessel to pay USD 1 billion in damages for environmental destruction resulting from what has been described as the largest marine plastic spill ever recorded. Catastrophic Spill and Lasting Impact The Singapore-registered cargo ship sank off the coast of […]
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The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has released a strategic roadmap to mobilize $1.3 trillion annually in private climate finance by 2035, marking a pivotal step toward global climate action. Backed by 86 institutional investors managing $9.2 trillion in assets, the plan was presented during stakeholder consultations on the Baku to Belém process, a key […]
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Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has announced a record A$3.5 billion ($2.29 billion) investment in renewable energy and grid infrastructure for the 2024–25 financial year, more than doubling its commitment from the previous year. 🔌 Infrastructure and Grid Modernisation 🌱 Strategic Climate Goals 💬 Leadership Insight CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth emphasized the importance of […]
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NatWest Group has launched a revised Climate and Transition Finance (CTF) Framework, committing £200 billion ($268 billion) in climate-related financing between July 2025 and December 2030. The initiative marks a significant expansion of the bank’s sustainability strategy, targeting both low-carbon solutions and high-emission sectors critical to global decarbonisation. 🌍 Strategic Highlights 🔍 Oversight and Integrity […]
Continue ReadingVinka Anic and Lohengrin Cavieres, University of Concepción in Chile, discuss their article: Functional and phylogenetic similarity between native and non-native plant species along an elevational gradient in the central Chilean Andes: No evidence for the preadaptation hypothesis The establishment of non-native species is expected to be constrained in regions affected by harsh environmental conditions […]
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