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A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters (Foster & Rahmstorf, 2026) presents alarming figures: the pace of global warming has almost doubled since 2015. In the period 1970–2015, the average temperature rose at a rate of 0.2 °C per decade, but over the past ten years this rate has increased to roughly 0.35 °C per decade....

China, as part of a new five-year plan, introduced climate targets for 2030. The goal is to reduce CO₂ emission intensity per unit of GDP by 3.8% in 2026 and by 17% by 2030....

Greenhouse gas emissions in Britain fell in 2025 by 2.4 % to the lowest level since 1872. Coal consumption dropped to values last seen around 1600 — that is, when Queen Elizabeth I reigned and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet....

EU member states have definitively approved an amendment to the Climate Law — a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990. To achieve the target, international carbon credits can be used up to 5% of the total reduction....

South Korea is introducing mandatory sustainability reporting. The largest companies listed on the KOSPI index (assets over $20 bn) will start reporting climate data from 2028, with smaller firms joining gradually. The standards are based on the ISSB (IFRS S1 and S2), but Korea gives companies more time — mandatory Scope 3 emissions reporting after three years instead of one....

The European Commission presented the draft Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) — new “made in EU” rules and low‑carbon requirements for key industrial sectors. Public procurement contracts for batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, heat pumps, electrolyzers or electric vehicles will have to meet a European origin condition. In addition, low‑carbon requirements apply to steel, cement and aluminium....

California set August 10, 2026 as the first deadline for mandatory corporate climate reports. The new regulation will affect over 4,000 American companies....

While the European Union is loosening its sustainability reporting rules, China is gradually introducing them.The Chinese Ministry of Finance together with other governmental and regulatory bodies has issued “Standard for …

From the beginning of 2026, the European Union will start collecting a carbon border tax on imports of goods from energy‑intensive sectors under the CBAM mechanism. This measure applies to …

The European Parliament approved final simplified rules for sustainability reporting and due diligence. From now on, only companies with more than 1,000 employees and an annual turnover above 450 million EUR will be subject to reporting obligations. Due diligence must be implemented only by companies with more than 5,000 employees and an annual turnover exceeding 1.5 billion EUR.Members of the European Parliament approved on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, the final adjustment of the requirements for implementing sustainability principles into the operations of companies operating in EU countries. This step follows the adoption of the Omnibus I package, with which the …

According to an analysis by the think tank Ember (“The EV leapfrog – how emerging markets are driving a global EV boom”), the global boom in electric vehicles is no …

The Financial Times article “What if the AI race isn’t about chips at all?” presents an interesting idea: the race for artificial intelligence may ultimately be decided not by chip …