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Environmental crime growing sharply across Western Balkans, watchdog warns
Environmental crime has become one of the fastest-growing illicit economies in the Western Balkans, according to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Latvia’s hydrogen aircraft dream crashes
Fokker Next Gen Latvia planned to develop a hydrogen-fuelled passenger aircraft with a range of up to 2,500 km.
Europe’s groundwater reserves in danger from Climate Crisis
Europe is turning into an underground desert as groundwater reserves are severely depleted due to intensifying climate impacts and long-term overextraction, according to a new study reported by The Guardian on November 29.
Tehran lifts pollution emergency as air quality improves
Tehran lifts air pollution emergency as conditions improve, with schools and offices resuming normal operations Wednesday after week-long crisis that forced closures across the Iranian capital.
Linde LienHwa — a hydrogen pioneer in Taiwan’s energy transition
Linde LienHwa, long established as Taiwan’s leading industrial-gases supplier, is rapidly repositioning itself as a key enabler of the island’s clean-energy transition.
Singapore allocates $250,000 for regional weather disaster relief
Intense monsoon systems, tropical storms, and cyclones have recently unleashed large-scale floods and landslides in Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka.
Indonesia's efforts to activate the blue economy
As the world’s largest archipelagic nation, the Republic of Indonesia’s future is inextricably linked to the vast expanse of its ocean territory by securing this critical domain and sustainably harnessing its economic potential.
Renewables generate two thirds of Moldova’s local electricity output in January-September
Local electricity production in Moldova covered 43% of the 3.153 TWh delivered to end consumers in January-September, with 68% coming from renewable sources.
Middle East choked by severe pollution as stagnant weather hits Iran, Iraq, Syria and Kuwait
A major air-pollution wave has swept across parts of the Middle East in recent days, with Iran, Iraq, Syria and Kuwait all reporting hazardous or sharply deteriorating air quality
Tehran tops world pollution rankings as air quality reaches hazardous levels
Iran's capital Tehran ranks world's most polluted city with AQI of 233, ahead of Baghdad and Delhi. All 25 monitoring stations register critical red conditions as PM2.5 pollution affects the Iranian capital with no acceptable air quality readings.
Tashkent blanketed by haze as Uzbek capital chokes on world's worst air pollution
Urgent action ordered by government. City dwellers invited to special istisqa prayers for divine intervention that will bring rain.
COP30 didn’t go far enough to address the Climes Crisis – Carbon Brief
The UN climate summit in Belém concluded with delegates agreeing to a series of measures aimed at accelerating climate action, but the outcomes fell short of what many scientists and vulnerable countries had hoped for.
Croatia unveils €1.68bn plan to shield households as climate policies tighten
PM Andrej Plenkovic says shift away from fossil fuels is as much about economic stability and national security as it is about environmental goals.
Repairs and cleanup start after widespread flooding in Albania
Torrential rain caused damage to farmland, power outages and transport disruptions.
Croatia plans €6bn rail investments
Investment programme aims to improve regional connectivity, safety and accessibility while shifting Croatia toward more sustainable transport infrastructure.
COP30 another failure
The UN climate summit, COP30 in Brazil, ended in the same sort of failure to take the decisive action needed to avoid a planetary eco-crisis, hijacked once again by energy lobbyists and marred by the total absence of the US.
Iran air pollution reaches hazardous levels, Danish embassy reports
Air pollution in Tehran reaches hazardous levels with an AQI of 189 recorded at the Danish embassy. Authorities also move schools online for November 25-26 and ban outdoor sports as emergency measures are implemented across the capital.
Turkmenistan still venting like crazy, methane super-emissions data show
Country clearly still needs a kick in the gas.
Indonesia–Singapore energy ties deepen as clean power ambitions converge with private capital moves
Indonesia and Singapore are entering a new phase of energy cooperation, one shaped by the simultaneous rise of clean-power ambitions and strategic private-capital bets on the region’s downstream energy sector.
Quake shakes Dhaka, three dead, more deaths expected
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale struck parts of Bangladesh at 10.38 am on November 21, triggering a series of safety alarms, minor structural failures and small fires across Dhaka and surrounding districts.