Peter Head
@peterheadcbe.bsky.social
Bridge engineer-land use planner-innovator-sustainable development-systems modelling-solutions focussed. Volunteer for last 15 years. Keen gardener and nature lover. Chair of several charity Boards. https://resiliencebrokers.org/about/team/
A group of young environmental activists have settled a climate change lawsuit against Hawaii that will allow young people to help to limit the effects of climate change there. www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
Hawaii's 'groundbreaking' climate change settlement
Hawaii has agreed to do more to tackle the effects of climate change after a group of young people took the US state to court.
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Key metrics in current China energy plan include lowering carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 17% by 2030, relative to 2025 levels, and raising the share of non-fossil energy in total consumption to 25%– reinforcing targets set in recent years. www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
China’s solar surge nears milestone – even as Beijing hits brakes on sheer scale
Coal capacity is projected to lose its long-held crown this year, despite a pivot from raw solar panel expansion to quality.
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Six out of ten new EU city buses were zero-emission (ZE) in 2025. If the growth rate observed in 2023–25 persists, we could reach 100% ZE city buses by 2028, seven years ahead of the 2035 target. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/pas...
Past the inflection point: electric now clearly dominates the city…
Proving heavy vehicles can electrify fast across Europe
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Extraordinary data from Bordeaux on the extreme heat in 2026
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Some good news: Youth rough sleeping is down almost half in London. To everyone who’s helped make this possible, from the teams at City Hall to sector partners and outreach workers: thank you.
Youth rough sleeping in London sees 45% annual fall, report finds
While the overall rough sleeping population fell 10%, it fell by nearly half among those aged 18-25.
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The wondrous sky this evening just now, as cooler weather moves in briefly.
NIST set out cause of partial collapse of Champlain Towers South building on June 24, 2021, which killed 98 people. Collapse began in early June 2021, when 2 connections between garage columns & pool deck failed. These column failures led to larger catastrophic collapse. www.nist.gov/news-events/...
NIST Releases Technical Findings on What Caused the 2021 Partial Collapse of Champlain Towers South
In an investigation that began just days after the tragedy, the team examined two dozen possible scenarios for where and why the collapse started.
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Margaret Wang-Aghania’s mission is to make it easy for every educator, at every grade level and in every subject, to teach climate change, justice, and action as part of their existing curriculum, not as an add-on. www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka...
The Most Underfunded Climate Solution? The Classroom.
A former teacher turned founder, Margaret Wang-Aghania is reimagining—and pushing to fund—climate education. She spoke with us about why it matters now.
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Green steel production in Sweden. Green hydrogen from Europe’s largest electrolyzer plant, using electricity from renewable sources, with water taken from the Lule River. The hydrogen replaces coal in the direct reduction process of iron ore. www.interregeurope.eu/unifhy/news-...
UNIFHY | Hydrogen for Fossil-Free Steel Production in the Sweden | Interreg Europe
Interreg Europe brings regional and local governments together to share innovative and sustainable solutions to regional development challenges.
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Insurance firms in EU are hiking prices & even pulling out of some at-risk areas, leaving gov’s & individuals to bear cost of uninsured losses from climate related disasters like wildfires. In EU, 75% of the damages related to natural disasters are not insured. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare
Frequent, expensive natural disasters are testing Europe’s ability to protect itself against the cost of global warming.
politico.eu
Paris replaced their City Hall paving with an urban forest. Such urban forests help reduce the urban heat island effect, improve air quality, absorb rainwater, support pollinators, and create healthier public spaces for people to live, work, and connect. www.linkedin.com/posts/green-...
#urbanforests #climateaction #naturebasedsolutions #greencities #urbanplanning #biodiversity #sustainability #climateresilience | Green Buildings for Tomorrow
When Cities Choose Trees Over Concrete What if the most powerful climate technology wasn't a machine—but a forest? Paris is proving that climate resilience can begin at street level. By transforming...
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Large car parks in France over 10,000 m² must be fitted with solar systems by July 1, 2026 with 50% area coverage. Car parks between 1,500 and 10,000 m² must comply by July 1, 2028. Penalties: Non-compliant operators face annual fines of up to €40,000 www.pveurope.eu/e-mobility/f...
France rules on mandatory solar for car parks
Mandatory solar canopies in French car parks: Paris 2023 decree details regulations & penalties for non-compliance.
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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Forestry are introducing bamboo-based barriers and trays to stabilize shifting sands. It could offer an eco-friendly alternative to existing sand-fixing methods in the Great Green Wall. interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China uses fast-growing bamboo barriers to fight desertification
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Forestry are introducing bamboo-based barriers and trays to stabilize shifting sands.
interestingengineering.com
New commercial, office and public buildings in France over 500sq metres must have 40% roof area solar and/or green planted, rising to 50% next year. www.linkedin.com/posts/winai-...
France has introduced a new policy for new commercial, office, and public buildings larger than 500 square meters, asking them to partially cover rooftops with solar panels or greenery. Coverage… | Wi...
France has introduced a new policy for new commercial, office, and public buildings larger than 500 square meters, asking them to partially cover rooftops with solar panels or greenery. Coverage start...
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Tree planting in green corridors of the city of Medellin has been remarkably effective in reversing the heat island impact of urbanisation , with a 2C temperature reduction measured across the city. Air quality improved too. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The city that went green to keep cool
Medellín's green corridors have been lauded for their cooling and environmental benefits. How well is the project working and what can other cities learn from it?
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The nutrient content of our crops has been declining. The way soil is treated by modern farming may be part of the problem. Ploughing & heavy use of chemicals disturb the soil’s mycorrhizal networks, which allow plants to pull in nutrients from the earth. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...
Nutrients in our food are declining. Can regenerative agriculture save it?
Approach focuses on rebuilding soil health, increasing biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems
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The smoke plume of the Gironde wildfire in France extends far out over the sea. Wildfires get increasingly uncontrollable as #globalwarming caused by fossil fuel emissions dries out plant matter faster.
Huge growth in solar energy production in Africa in 2026 because it is cheaper! www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinm...
Africa's official solar statistics have already broken their annual record. On top of that, the real market is probably far larger. The chart shows annual grid-connected solar additions. By the e...
Africa's official solar statistics have already broken their annual record. On top of that, the real market is probably far larger. The chart shows annual grid-connected solar additions. By the end o...
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A plasma pyrolysis breakthrough turns soggy spent coffee grounds into coal-grade biochar without pre-drying—opening the door to distributed waste-to-energy systems www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...
Scientists turned coffee grounds into biochar fuel in 90 seconds
A plasma pyrolysis breakthrough turns soggy spent grounds into coal-grade biochar without pre-drying—opening the door to distributed waste-to-energy systems
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"Overall carbon emissions have increased" in the UK, because of Net Zero, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly tells the BBC, to no pushback. Just completely untrue
FastNet is not yet operational but tests on Hurricane Ian (2022) and Storm Ciarán (2023) showed more realistic storm core structure, improved pressure-wind relationships, higher & more accurate peak wind speeds www.meteorologicaltechnologyinternational.com/news/artific...
Met Office and Alan Turing Institute research shows AI can produce physically realistic weather forecasts | Meteorological Technology International
New research from the Met Office and the Alan Turing Institute suggests that guiding AI weather models to better preserve physical consistency during training could address key limitations in AI-gener...
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China’s grid-scale battery storage went from 2.4 GW in 2020 to 144.1 GW in 2025. The US went from 3.2 to 56.6 GW over the same stretch. This is what a complete four-hour utility-scale battery system costs right now. → China: $65 per kWh → US: $230 to $320 per kWh www.linkedin.com/posts/jamie-...
Everyone’s about to look at this chart and see China out-engineering the world on battery storage. That’s not what happened. What happened is a price war so aggressive that Beijing’s own industry… | ...
Everyone’s about to look at this chart and see China out-engineering the world on battery storage. That’s not what happened. What happened is a price war so aggressive that Beijing’s own industry min...
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🎥 How to survive a #heatwave - make your home a cool zone (without air conditioning) Full #video ▶️ youtu.be/mSSQmkH2XdM PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you! #heat #summer #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction #adaptation #tips
Climate we had in 20th Century 'has now gone' say UK Met Office. For example the number of days over 30C and nights over 18C has more than quadrupled for Greater London in the period 2016-2025, compared to 1961-1990. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Climate extremes are becoming the new ‘normal’ for the UK
“What we used to think of as extreme, we increasingly consider as normal.” That is the summarising comment from Mike Kendon, the Met Office lead author of the latest edition of the State of the UK Cli...
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With all the July model runs now in, it is very likely that 2026 will see the largest El Niño event since records began in the late 1800s – and potentially by a truly mind-blowing margin. The median estimate is now 3.6C, roughly 0.8C hotter than the prior record (2.75C). www.theclimatebrink....
Bees fighting to get at the pollen in a newly opened Magnolia Grandiflora flower! The scent is divine!
Gatekeeper butterfly enjoying the nectar deep in the Buddliea florets. This was our table flower arrangement so we could watch while having our coffee on another hot day, today 💚
Our local station Bellingham has been renamed “Jude Bellingham” until after the Football World Cup.
