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World ties its hottest month on record as July heat sweeps three continents
The planet has just endured its joint-hottest month in 176 years of record-keeping, as searing July heat handed North America, Africa and Asia their warmest month ever.
Danube hits record 31cm low as drought idles central European reactors
The Danube has dropped to a record low of 31 cm in Budapest, idling nuclear reactors in Romania and Hungary as a fierce drought parches central Europe.
Caspian Sea water level hits 200-year low
The Caspian Sea has fallen to its lowest level in about 200 years and is still declining, a Tehran official said, blaming higher temperatures, evaporation, weaker inflows and lower rainfall for a drop of up to 20 centimetres a year.
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Meridian secures thumbs up on New Zealand wind farm revamp
Meridian Energy has secured the final major resource consent needed to repower its 172-MW Te Rere Hau Wind Farm in Manawatū, New Zealand.
Manila taps South Korea to power nuclear revival
AboitizPower Corporation, one of the Philippines’ leading energy companies, has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with state-owned South Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to explore nuclear energy deployment.
China launches Arctic 'Ice Silk Road' container route to dodge Red Sea chokepoint
Chinese container line Sea Legend has launched a weekly Arctic shipping service between China and the UK, branded the "Ice Silk Road," as shippers increasingly look to bypass Red Sea chokepoints threatened by Houthi attacks.
Turkey's first offshore wind tender could reshape its renewables mix, GlobalData says
Turkey's first offshore wind tender could reshape its power mix, GlobalData says, though the analytics firm expects only around 1.3GW of the government's 5GW 2035 target to actually be built.
Hungarian PM says ex-government failed to prepare energy system for climate change
Peter Magyar says the former government was aware for years that Hungary's electricity system was under strain but failed to address the risks.
China-led EV boom cuts global oil demand by 1.7mn barrels a day
Electric vehicles displaced about 1.7mn barrels a day (b/d) of oil consumption worldwide in 2025, up from 0.4mn b/d in 2020, according to the International Energy Agency's Global EV Outlook 2026, published in June.
Renewables top global energy growth for first time in 2025 as US emissions jump
Renewables were the single largest source of global energy-supply growth in 2025, outpacing coal, oil and gas for the first time this century outside a recession year, according to the Energy Institute's Statistical Review of World Energy
China becomes first country to pass 4TW of power generation capacity
China's installed power generation capacity has passed 4 terawatts (TW), the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on June 25 - making it the first country to reach the milestone.
Serbia battles wildfires amid extreme heat and drought
Fires are spreading through difficult and inaccessible terrain, making firefighting operations more challenging.
Taiwan may issue sea warning as another typhoon approaches
The heaviest rainfall is expected over the weekend and torrential rain is possible in mountainous areas of northern Taiwan, while heavy rain is forecast across northern and central Taiwan and Matsu.
Global textile trade's hidden water costs threaten emerging market supply chains
Countries including Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Uzbekistan have sought to move up global textile value chains but climate change and water scarcity make traditional production models increasingly vulnerable, says Chatham House report.
UK's GBP21.7bn carbon-capture bet faces a credibility gap - Carbon Brief
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) - technology that catches CO2 from a factory or power plant and injects it underground - is central to most official net-zero roadmaps, but remains marginal in practice and mired in controversy.
China expands nuclear build as capacity overtakes France
China has approved the construction of eight more nuclear reactors, extending the country's rapid expansion of atomic power as newly completed units enter service and installed capacity moves ahead of France for the first time.
Water shortages leave 40 villages in Iraq's Diyala facing severe drought
More than 40 villages south of Bahraz in Iraq's Diyala province face acute water shortages, forcing residents to rely on wells, as authorities push to dredge the Khrisan river before the next irrigation season.
Sunken Nazi warships resurface on Danube as Serbia's drought deepens
Dozens of Nazi-era warships, deliberately sunk in the Danube in 1944 to stop them falling into Red Army hands, have resurfaced near Prahovo in eastern Serbia as a summer drought pushes the river to some of its lowest levels on record.
China's stalling car market masks a record global EV surge - IEA
Global electric car sales rebounded sharply in the second quarter of 2026, rising 35% quarter-on-quarter to record levels in 50 countries, even as overall car sales fell around 5% y/y in the first half of the year on weaker demand in China and the US
Europe's worst wildfire season in years flags a global El Nino already moving commodity markets
Several European countries are having their worst wildfire year in more than a decade and worst than last year’s record wildfires that burnt over one million hectares, according to data from the EU's Global Wildfire Information System.