Firms recast aluminium recycling possibilities with advanced multi-sensor sorting technology
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Historically, Cusiana’s business model was based solely on the melting and production of aluminium ingots, but the company has “strategically transformed its business model”. A strategic partnership between firms in the recycling technology and aluminium refining space has pioneered a multi-stage sorting line that is said to make it possible to move beyond traditional ingot […]
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EfW operator expands use of AI tool to identify non-conforming waste
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Energy-from-waste (EfW) operator enfinium has expanded its use of advanced visual artificial intelligence (AI) technology across all its operational facilities. Supplied by German software specialist Wasteer, the system uses cutting-edge analytics to identify non-conforming waste entering the processing facilities. Following installation and machine learning calibration, the technology will help to process waste more efficiently by […]
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‘Extinct’ butterfly seen across England in suspected de-extinction process
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A large tortoiseshell in Sussex in March 2026 (image credit: Graham Hubbard) A butterfly classed as extinct in the UK for more than 30 years has been seen at sites across southern England. Eagle-eyed nature lovers have captured photographs of Large Tortoiseshells in Kent, Hampshire, Sussex, Dorset, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight in the […]
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Circular Construction Hub launches in London
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The opening of Tipping Point East (image credit: Stephen Norman Young) What’s said to be the UK’s first Circular Construction Hub has been launched in the Royal Docks in London, which will aim to ensure construction waste is recycled and re-used instead of going to landfill. Its creators say the new hub is set to […]
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Improving AI models’ ability to explain their predictions
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In high-stakes settings like medical diagnostics, users often want to know what led a computer vision model to make a certain prediction, so they can determine whether to trust its output. Concept bottleneck modeling is one method that enables artificial intelligence systems to explain their decision-making process. These methods force a deep-learning model to use […]
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5 Essential Security Patterns for Robust Agentic AI
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Vector Databases vs. Graph RAG for Agent Memory: When to Use Which
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Heatwaves driving recent ‘surge’ in compound drought and heat extremes
Drought and heatwaves occurring together – known as “compound” events – have “surged” across the world since the early 2000s, a new study shows. Compound drought and heat events (CDHEs) can have devastating effects, creating the ideal conditions for intense wildfires, such as Australia’s “Black Summer” of 2019-20 where bushfires burned 24m hectares and killed […]
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DeBriefed 6 March 2026: Iran energy crisis | China climate plan | Bristol’s ‘pioneering’ wind turbine
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Energy crisis ENERGY SPIKE: US-Israeli attacks on Iran and subsequent counterattacks across the Middle East have sent energy prices “soaring”, according to Reuters. The newswire reported that the region “accounts for just under a third of global […]
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Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change?
China’s leadership has published a draft of its 15th five-year plan setting the strategic direction for the nation out to 2030, including support for clean energy and energy security. The plan sets a target to cut China’s “carbon intensity” by 17% over the five years from 2026-30, but also changes the basis for calculating this […]
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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study
An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before 2030, a new study suggests. The paper, published in Geophysical Research Letters, finds that, over the past decade, the planet has been warming at its fastest rate on record. The authors isolate the trend of human-driven warming in the long-term […]
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Uncertain Remedies for Frozen Federal Climate Funding
On February 24, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held oral arguments in the case Climate United Fund v. Citibank to consider the future of almost $20 billion in climate funding appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Now before the full court of appeals, at issue is […]
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Commercial Needs Environmental Protection In Coastal Zones
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Coastal development creates an interesting problem. Businesses need infrastructure that works. Marine ecosystems need environments that support life. Getting both right at the same time takes more thought than most people realize. Traditional approaches picked one priority and ignored the other. Build massive concrete barriers that protect property but destroy habitats. Or do nothing and […]
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Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in more than 150 years, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. The biggest factors were gas use falling to a 34-year low and coal use dropping to levels last seen in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and William Shakespeare […]
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China Briefing 5 March 2026: New five-year climate goals revealed at ‘two sessions’ meeting
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Government ‘work report’ for 2026 announced LOWER GROWTH: China is aiming for economic growth of 4.5-5% in 2026, reported state-run newspaper China Daily in its coverage […]
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Q&A: What the EU’s new industry and ‘Made in Europe’ rules mean for climate action
The European Commission has put forward a plan to boost production of EU-made, low-carbon steel, cement and renewables in an effort to rely less on other countries. The proposed “Industrial Accelerator Act” (IAA) aims to boost “resilient and decarbonised” industrial production in EU manufacturing, says the commission. Under the proposal, a percentage of products bought […]
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2.5 MW community-owned wind project in Ayrshire goes into commercial operation
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The new 2.5MW wind turbine in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. Allan Wilson of ATTIX CIC said the project had been “a long and at times torturous journey” but will “pay massive dividends for an area too long ignored for investment.” The Kilbirnie wind turbine1 has completed its first full week of operations, becoming Scotland’s first community-owned development […]
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Comment: £7bn at stake – why the UK needs EU carbon linkage
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The UK is seeking to link its Emissions Trading Scheme with the EU’s carbon market to reduce trade exposure under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (image credit: Alexandros Michailidis). With billions in trade exposed to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Britain wants clarity and convergence – but Brussels may be about to change the […]