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Vast quantities of rice, coffee, and chocolate are imported from developing nations under threat from extreme heat linked to looming El Niño effect, ECIU warns

Booming demand for off-grid solar systems confirmed, the EU advances plans for greener data centres, and Donald Trump moves to protect the ailing US coal industry

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National pledges fall short of Paris Agreement warming thresholds by more than five billion tonnes of CO2 per year by 2050, report warns, and carbon removals could struggle to fill the gap

New report argues 'forward-looking' businesses must be more vocal in defending climate and clean energy policies, if they are to resist downgrading of decarbonisation efforts

May temperatures in Saudi Arabia reaching extremes previously confined to summer , report finds countries can ‘dramatically impact’ plastic pollution without global consensus, and Spain earmarks €9bn for energy transition

Some 3,000 SMEs are at the heart of Scotland’s net zero transition, while small firms from the likes of Wrexham, Pembrokeshire, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Newport are among the leading lights in Wales’ green economy, analysis shows

ECIU analysis warns extreme weather caused by climate change and geopolitical tensions could drive up food prices 'indefinitely'

OECD members surpass climate finance targets, Microsoft inks latest carbon removals deal, and new ultra low emission sake debuts in Japan

More effective rainfall management and nature-based solutions will prove crucial to delivering more climate resilient water supplies, cross-party committee warns