Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025  - Carbon Brief

Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

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Met €38 mln wil Ore Energy zijn eerste fabriek voor ijzer-luchtbatterijen bouwen

Investeringsmaatschappijen Plural en HV Capital leiden de financieringsronde in het Nederlandse batterijenbedrijf.

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Achieve Sustainability by Easing Population to 4 Billion by 2200

The past century of massive increases in human population and resource use has seen many undesirable environmental effects, ranging from biodiversity loss to climate change. But a research gap exists...

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It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now

The Arctic is cooking. Across northern Russia—a region that is famously bitterly cold—temperatures this week have routinely surpassed 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius), adding to the mount...

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Calls to ban ‘toxic’ pet flea treatments that harm UK wildlife and environment

Over-the-counter treatments for cats and dogs contain chemicals that are banned in pesticides and pollute waterways Over-the-counter flea treatment for cats and dogs should be banned as millions of hazardous chemicals are unnecessarily applied to UK pets each year, a parliamentary report has concluded. Cats and dogs are widely treated with topical, or “spot on”, treatments that include insecticides to prevent fleas. Vets often recommend regular treatments as a preventive measure, even when the animals do not have fleas. It’s Invertebrate of the Year again! Every day from 3-12 August, we will be profiling one of the thousands of amazing invertebrates that our readers have nominated, and when you have heard about all of them, we will open the voting so you can choose your favourites. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with thoughts and ideas. Email us at environment.desk@theguardian.com with Invertebrate in the subject line. Continue reading...

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'Dubbel slot' Ceuta deed zijn werk, ongeacht chaos en paniek bij Europese leiders

Beelden van tienduizenden migranten die vanuit Marokko de Spaanse grens bij Ceuta overstaken, veroorzaakten paniek en chaos bij Europese regeringsleiders. Maar nog geen week later lijkt de geest alwee...

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Tiny patch of Amazon likely holds 40,000 insect species — many new to science

Megaproject involving hundreds of sites is cataloguing rainforest insects from the ground to the canopy.

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Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit

The U.S.-based data crunching firm is deeply embedded in the most sensitive European workflows, from policing to intelligence to health care. Finding alternatives won’t be easy.

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Wie de gastvrijheidswet van Zeus schendt, roept onheil over zich af, leert Ceuta eens te meer

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Documentaire | Boerocratie, Bezetting van het Binnenhof

YouTube video by TheNGPF

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Boeren ontlopen boete na blokkade A35 door afgeplakte kentekens

"We hebben onvoldoende informatie", zegt een woordvoerder van de politie.

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Handen af van de vogels!

Vogels verdwijnen zelden in één klap. Ze verdwijnen wanneer bescherming stukje bij beetje wordt afgebroken. En dat is wat nu dreigt te gebeuren. Het fundament onder de bescher…

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Europese Commissie gaat AI-verordening actief handhaven

Hoewel de regels die AI in de Europese Unie moeten reguleren al een tijdje op papier staan, kan de Europese Commissie ze pas sinds kort actief handhaven. Op zondag 2 augustus is een nieuw deel van de AI Act, in Nederland bekend als de AIverordening die die mogelijkheid biedt, van kracht geworden. Daardoor kan de Commissie bijvoorbeeld uitgebreide informatie over AImodellen opvragen bij ontwikkelaars en later ook boetes uitdelen als er regels overtreden worden.

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Ceuta leader accuses Morocco over ‘atrocity’ of mass border crossing

Juan Jesús Vivas says influx seen as ‘at least encouraged or permitted’ by Rabat, as Spain demands EU solidarity * Explainer: why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint? A growing chorus of voices have accused Morocco of helping to fuel the crisis in Ceuta, with the leader of the Spanish enclave describing last week’s border crossings as an attack on Spain’s territorial integrity that was seen as being “if not orchestrated, at least encouraged or permitted by Morocco”. Spain’s interior ministry said late last week that 48,300 of the roughly 50,000 people who had turned up in Ceuta, a tiny Spanish territory in north Africa, had been sent back to Morocco. The extraordinary influx had overwhelmed the city of 84,000 and set off a political crisis across the EU as some member states laid blame on Spain. Continue reading...

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‘Zeer grote natuurbrand’ in Limburg, defensie zet blushelikopter in

In natuurgebied De Rosmolen woedt een zeer grote brand, aldus de veiligheidsregio Limburg-Noord. De brandweer bestrijdt de brand met ‘zeer veel mensen en voertuigen’. Een blushelikopter van defensie i...

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Frankreich stoppt Trophäen-Importe bedrohter Arten • Pro Wildlife

München, 03. August 2026. – Frankreich geht beim Schutz bedrohter Wildtiere einen wichtigen Schritt weiter und weitet sein Einfuhrverbot für Jagdtrophäen aus. Damit setzt das Land ein deutliches Signa...

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