April 2025 — Cleantech-focused non-banking financial company (NBFC) Metafin has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round to scale its efforts in financing clean energy adoption across underserved rural communities in India. The round was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, and included participation from […]
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Recz, Poland – April 2025 — In a major stride toward its clean energy goals, Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer globally, has inaugurated its first solar power facility in Poland, marking a significant expansion of its renewable energy portfolio in Eastern Europe. The 29-megawatt (MW) solar park, located in Recz, northwestern Poland, was developed […]
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Ireland has committed €7.5 million over three years to establish a UNDP Project Office for Sustainable Finance in Dublin, aiming to align global financial systems with climate and development goals. Announced during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings, this office will serve as a delivery platform for the UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub. It will support over […]
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The Dutch government has committed €639 million ($726 million) to the Aramis carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, the Netherlands’ largest initiative of its kind. This move follows the partial withdrawal of Shell and TotalEnergies from funding the project’s pipeline infrastructure. Despite their exit from pipeline investments, both companies will continue to participate in developing […]
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BOULDER, COLORADO, April 2025 — Electra, a U.S.-based clean tech startup aiming to revolutionize steelmaking, has raised $186 million in Series B funding to commercialize its fossil-free iron production technology. The round, co-led by Capricorn Investment Group and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, brings Electra’s total funding to $214 million. Electra’s patented electrochemical process uses renewable electricity […]
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Ireland has significantly increased its climate and environmental finance, reaching a record €159.2 million in 2023, a 32% rise from €120.8 million in 2022. This funding supports climate action and environmental protection in developing countries, particularly those most vulnerable to climate change. Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond, emphasized that this […]
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On April 2–3, 2025, climate action teams from all 31 Irish local authorities convened in Wexford for a pivotal two-day event marking the rollout of €29 million in Phase 3 funding for Local Authority Climate Action Plans (LA CAPs). This funding, administered by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), supports the implementation […]
Continue ReadingIn our ‘Field Diaries’ series, The Applied Ecologist is sharing stories from a range of different fieldwork experiences. In this post, Cassidy Waldrep shares her story working with waterfowl across the Atlantic Flyway. In the waterfowl world, many biologists grow up with a love for ducks and geese, some having hunted since they could walk. […]
Continue ReadingLily Dun, Western Sydney University in New South Wales, Australia, and The University of Queensland in Queensland, Australia, discusses her article: Do trait-growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland shrubs? When we think about plant growth, we often assume that certain functional traits—such as wood density, leaf structure, or biomass allocation—determine how fast […]
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Wrightbus, the Northern Ireland-based manufacturer renowned for pioneering hydrogen-powered buses, is at the forefront of a transformative £6.5 billion initiative aimed at revolutionising the UK’s green hydrogen sector. Dubbed Project HySpeed, this collaborative venture unites major industry players—including Centrica, Johnson Matthey, JCB, and ITM Power—to establish a robust hydrogen production infrastructure across the UK. A […]
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