Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has successfully issued its first EU Green Hybrid Bond, raising €1 billion after attracting overwhelming investor demand, underscoring both the company’s financial strength and the growing appetite for sustainable finance. Record Investor Demand Iberdrola announced on 29 October 2025 that it had placed a €1 billion green hybrid bond, becoming the […]
Continue ReadingTo help usher in Halloween, let’s take a look at some recent articles from Journal of Applied Ecology that explore different spooky animals and their environments! Bats are probably the first creature to come to mind when Halloween is mentioned, but are they top of the list when someone mentions insectivores? A recent paper by […]
Continue ReadingOn 30 September 2025, more than 1,600 people took part in a high-level conference under the heading Climate action that works for you: an agenda for competitiveness, prosperity and resilience. The event gathered policymakers, business leaders, and civil society to reflect on current climate policies and to further boost learning and cooperation for increased impact. […]
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Just 1% of the world’s coastal waters could, in theory, generate enough offshore wind and solar power to provide a third of the world’s electricity by 2050. That’s the promise highlighted in a new study by a team of scientists in Singapore and China, who systematically mapped the global potential of renewables at sea. But […]
Continue ReadingChao Guo and Hans Cornelissen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, discuss their article: Using traits to integrate non-additive effects of species mixtures across ecosystem processes Imagine you want to make a campfire outside your tent in the woods. You have some big wood blocks available, but they are hard to get going. You know from your parents’ […]
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The United States government has entered into a landmark $80 billion partnership with Brookfield Asset Management and Cameco Corporation, co-owners of Westinghouse Electric Company, to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors across the country. Announced on 28 October 2025, the agreement is being hailed as one of the most consequential energy initiatives in decades, […]
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Rolls-Royce has successfully tested the world’s first high-speed marine engine powered entirely by methanol, marking a major milestone in the global transition toward cleaner shipping fuels. The breakthrough, announced on 27 October 2025, positions methanol as a viable alternative to conventional marine fuels and underscores the company’s commitment to advancing sustainable propulsion technologies. The test […]
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Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O’Brien TD has announced a new €27 million funding package under the Climate Action Fund (CAF) to support local authorities in building low-carbon communities nationwide. The funding, launched on 29 October 2025, marks the beginning of Phase 2 of Strand 1 of the Community Climate Action Programme […]
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Japanese automaker Nissan has confirmed its decision to join a carbon emissions pooling agreement with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD, in a strategic move to meet the European Union’s fleet-wide CO₂ targets for the 2025 calendar year. The partnership allows Nissan to offset its higher emissions from internal combustion engine vehicles by leveraging BYD’s […]
Continue ReadingMiaojun Ma, Gansu Gannan Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, discusses his article: Asynchronous phenological responses to warming affect biomass production contrastingly in flowering functional groups Background Plant phenology and productivity changes represent two of the most critical climate-induced changes […]
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