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"Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030"
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Germany cuts climate fund by €30bn through 2030
The German Finance Ministry has confirmed that it has plans to scale back subsidy programmes financed through its Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) over the coming years.

‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/15/uk-climate-extreme-weather-2025-hottest-year-on-record

Source: Morgan Stanley is pitching data center developers to use leveraged loans rather than bonds, and estimates ~$15B will be issued this year in such loans (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/morgan-stanley-pitches-…

Morgan Stanley Pitches Clients on a New Market for Data Center Loans
Morgan Stanley, one of the most active banks in financing data center developers, is now pitching some of those same clients on tapping a market better known for funding leveraged buyouts. It’s a sign that in the race to raise money for AI infrastructure, developers and their advisors are ...

In a globally representative study covering nearly 130,000 people in 125 countries, 89 percent said their government should do more to fight global warming, and 69 percent said they were willing to contribute 1 percent of their household income every month.
https://www.fo…

Why The 89% Climate Majority Keeps Losing
Why does an 89% climate majority keep losing? Because political power depends on more than numbers. The majority already exists. Now it must become visible.

Dutch government (council of ministers) is back from summer holiday, and parliament returns in ten days from now.
Would it be too much to expect the announcement of a strong climate offensive (accelerated emission reduction and adaptation) one of these days, in response to this Summer of Reckoning?
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Deep in the Atlantic, a vast circulation of water carries heat from the tropics towards Greenland.
This is the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc.
It does this work largely out of sight,
so doesn’t have the public profile of rainforests, polar ice caps or other huge climate-regulating systems.
Recent studies suggest it is weakening.
If it slows further, northern Europe could experience much colder winters even as the world warms,
while t…

One of the world’s most important climate threats has an image problem
A key current in the Atlantic may be slowing down. But changes deep below the waves don’t generate obvious visual narratives.

"How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions - Fiona Harvey"
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How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions
Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do list

New study pinpoints Europe's most critical wetlands for climate action #Europe…

New study pinpoints Europe's most critical wetlands for climate action
Wetlands have shaped human life in Europe since ancient times. These ecosystems provided essential resources and safe havens for plants and animals, and in many regions they also held spiritual and ritual significance. For millennia, wetlands covered vast parts of the European continent.

"Australia must double down to meet our climate targets, new study shows how"
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Australia must double down to meet our climate targets, new study shows how
Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This will have dire consequences, from rapidly melting ice sheets to ghostly white coral reefs.

‘A new normal’: Miami faces worsening seaweed problem as piles of algae wash up on beaches https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/miami-sargassum-seaweed-problem-climate-crisis