Category: World

Participants supported research into SRM, particularly computer modelling, provided it is carried out within a robust ethical framework and does not distract from efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While participants saw the value of research, some urged caution about large scale deployment and stressed SRM should not distract from the root causes of climate […]

El Niño is a recurring climate event with impacts across the globe. It has three phases: one cold (known as La Niña), one neutral, and one warm (El Niño). In 2026, spring in the northern hemisphere took place in a neutral phase, which followed a relatively mild La Niña. Short-term forecast models indicate that by […]

A former employee of a shelving and storage distributor pleaded guilty today to two felonies for conspiring to rig bids and defraud the U.S. Department of War. As the defendant admitted in open court, his crimes related to the sale of shelving and storage products to the U.S. Air Force to service multiple healthcare and […]

AI-powered digital twin technology could transform how doctors understand and treat heart disease. But if the medical data used to build these virtual models overlook biological differences between women and men, the promise of truly personalised medicine may remain incomplete. Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how doctors study and treat heart disease. One of […]

Mr Chair, I will begin by repeating the remarks made by my Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary in response to this incident, in which a Russian drone struck a residential building in Galați, injuring civilians. The United Kingdom stands in full solidarity with Romania, with Ukraine, and with all those impacted by Russia’s latest attacks, which we unreservedly condemn.  This incident represents a dangerous violation of Romania’s sovereignty and a serious violation of NATO […]

Every year on August 15, the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona is awoken by a pyrotechnic procession of diables, or “fire devils”, running through its narrow streets, shortly followed by groups of drummers. As revellers dance to the rhythm of percussion and explosions, noise and smoke fill the neighbourhood, transforming its atmosphere and marking the beginning […]

  Due to climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and more destructive. In 2025 alone, a record 1 million hectares of land across the EU burned in wildfires – an area roughly half the size of Slovenia. In response, the EU is deploying a record number of firefighters, aircraft and emergency experts this summer to […]

What if schools could do more than teach sustainability? What if they could test it, measure it and experience it in real time? Across Europe, students and teachers have been turning classrooms into small-scale laboratories for environmental change. Over the past four years, schools and universities in Finland, Portugal, Romania and Spain trialled more than 60 […]

The first two projects to be funded in the LCR through UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Local Innovation Partnership Fund (LIPF) have been announced. Led by the University of Liverpool, they are set to receive £23.7 million. The funding has been agreed locally by the LCR Local Innovation Partnership Group, and is the first allocation […]

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks, respectively in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, remind us that the next health crisis is never far away. They also illustrate the World Health Organization’s key role in global coordination and the importance of international cooperation for more […]