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Offshore wind: complaint filed against the suspension of Vineyard Wind's (CIP/Avangrid) lease in the USA

Vineyard Wind will file a complaint against the lease suspension issued on 22/12/2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, announced the 50/50 joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid (a subsidiary of Iberdrola), on…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Producers, Decarbonisation , Justice, …
• Article # 426811
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©  CC

Natural disasters: "2025 joins a growing list of years with insured losses exceeding $100Bn" (Munich Re)

"Natural disasters caused significant losses worldwide in 2025, which joining a growing list of years with insured losses exceeding the $100 Bn mark. All in all, damage amounting to some $224Bn was incurred, of which insurers covered around $108Bn", said the reinsurance company Munich Re, on…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Service providers, Climate adaptation & resilience, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 426749
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©  CC0

Duty of care: TotalEnergies to be heard on 19 and 20/02/2026 for "an historic trial" (J. Ripoll)

"Faced with TotalEnergies' strategy and their relentless lobbying to prevent or weaken climate regulations, we hope to activate a form of judicial counter-power with this historic trial, in order to impose respect for the law in line with the objectives set by the Paris Agreement". This is what…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Decarbonisation , Justice, …
• Article # 426705
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©  EMSA

"Safety issues to be addressed for the use of ammonia and hydrogen as fuels in shipping" (EMSA reports)

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) published two final reports on the safety of ammonia and hydrogen as fuels in shipping on 14/01/2026. "These studies aim to assist national administrations, industry, and maritime stakeholders in the sustainable transition of shipping", explains…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Academic, Decarbonisation , Sea / ports / inland navigation
• Article # 426574
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©  Académie des sciences - Mathieu Baumer

Académie des sciences: call to "consolidate research capacities in France" and Europe

On 15/01/2026, the Académie des Sciences "calls on scientists in France to take action to consolidate research capacities in our country and throughout Europe", in a context "marked by climate change and environmental crises". On 07/01, the United States announced that it was withdrawing from…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426625
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©  D.R.

EU: 47.5% of electricity consumed from renewable sources in 2024 (Eurostat)

Renewable energy sources accounted for 47.5% of gross electricity consumption in the EU in 2024, according to data published by Eurostat on 14/01/2026. This share has more than tripled since the start of the statistical series in 2004, when it stood at 15.9%. The main sources of renewable…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Electricity
• Article # 426614
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©  CG Mobilité

€600 M investment to deploy 24.000 zero-emission vehicles in Europe (Leasys/EIB deal)

"Leasys, the joint venture between French-American-Italian carmaker Stellantis and Crédit Agricole Personal Finance & Mobility (subsidiary of the French bank Crédit Agricole), and the European Investment Bank, signed a €600 M financing agreement to support the Pan-European Clean Fleet Transport…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Service providers
• Article # 426559
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©  PIK

"89% of the heat caused by our fossil fuels is in the ocean, only 1% in the atmosphere"(J.Röckstrom, PIK)

"The scientific drama around the need to truly address planetary health comes from recent science, which is that we are currently at a point where we are risking the health of the planet, the very stability, the resilience, and life support on Earth, explains Prof. Johan Röckstrom, Director at…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Climate adaptation & resilience, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 426526
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©  Gaetano Maccri

Ice Memory Foundation: opening of the first-ever sanctuary storing ice cores in Antarctica

The Ice memory Foundation has officially opened the first-ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores at Concordia Station in Antarctica, on 14/01/2026. These climate archives are "safely stored in an ice cave at a temperature close to -52°C, designed to preserve ice for future generations of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426316
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©  D.R.

Offshore wind: 8.4 GW awarded at the latest UK auction (AR7), a record outcome

A record 8.4 GW offshore wind capacity was awarded in the latest UK auction (AR7), announced the UK government on 14/01/2026. The tender awarded six onshore wind projects (8.2 GW) and two floating projects (200 MW). "The results represent the largest single award of offshore wind capacity in…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 426518
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