New Book on Brazil and Climate Justice Explores the Frontiers of Climate Litigation in the Global South
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As of June 2025, Brazil had the third largest number of climate litigation cases of any country in the world. To date, a total of 135 climate cases have been brought in Brazil—surpassing other major jurisdictions and trailing only the United States and Australia. Remarkably, the vast majority of these cases have been filed since […]
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Analysis: Reform-led councils threaten 6GW of solar and battery schemes across England
Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy capacity at risk, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The hard-right populist party took control of 10 English councils in last month’s local elections and has said it will use “every lever” to block new wind, solar and battery projects. Those […]
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Restoring Britain’s seascapes: study calls for urgent habitat reconnection to meet climate and biodiversity goals
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Starney Bay in Berwickshire. Scientists warn that the future of our oceans and climate goals depends on reconnecting the ecological threads that hold coastal habitats together. The group behind it says the study delivers the most comprehensive report to date of how coastal habitats in temperate regions function not in isolation, but as interconnected systems […]
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New research could unlock the potential of bladeless wind turbines
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3d illustration of bladeless wind turbine concept. Insights from a new study could help unlock the full potential of a developing form of smaller-scale wind power generation, researchers say. Engineers have used sophisticated computer simulations of bladeless wind turbines (BWTs) to identify – supposedly for the first time – how future generations of the technology […]
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Water sector needs “root and branch reform” says parliamentary committee
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Water companies increasingly resemble financial institutions rather than “businesses servicing monopolised critical infrastructure”, warns Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in a report published on 16 June. MPs call for “root and branch reform” of a sector they say has “a serious culture problem”, and outline proposals intended to support the action of regulators […]
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Nature coalition calls for nationwide network of river corridors
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Wetlands and floodplain meadows are amongst the measures which the campaign says would form a connected network of habitats reaching into every corner of the nation. A coalition of nature charities is calling on the government to create a large-scale network of connected, nature-rich river corridors across the country. In its “Making Space for Water” […]
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Coal Costs Skyrocket, Faster Than Inflation, Costing Consumers Billions
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DeepCoder-14B: The Open-Source AI Model Enhancing Developer Productivity and Innovation
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how software is developed. AI-powered code generators have become vital tools that help developers write, debug, and complete code more efficiently. Among these new intelligent assistants, DeepCoder-14B is gaining attention not only for its strong technical abilities but also for its open-source nature. Unlike many popular AI models that are […]
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6 New ChatGPT Projects Features You Need to Know
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ChatGPT Projects just received its most significant update since launch, and the implications for productivity are substantial. OpenAI upgraded the Project feature, adding several important tools that should improve your productivity while using the chatbot. For those using Projects to organize research, manage code repositories, or coordinate complex creative work, these six new features fundamentally […]
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The Influencer AI Review: This AI Replaces Influencers
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69% of consumers say they trust recommendations from influencers over information from a brand. But what if that influencer isn’t real? I’m not talking about some clunky 3D avatar or robotic CGI face. I’m talking about AI digital personalities: completely customizable, hyper-realistic, and always available to create content. I know what you might be thinking: […]
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Beyond Drones and AI: Rethinking the Future of Humanitarian Demining
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I’ve been working with drones since 2014, but the outbreak of war in Ukraine marked a turning point in my career. Since 2022, my focus has shifted to exploring how drones can be used to automate humanitarian demining – what capabilities they need, and how technology can make these efforts safer and more efficient. As […]
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AI-Generated Code Is Here to Stay. Are We Less Safe as a Result?
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Coding in 2025 isn’t about toiling over fragments or spending long hours on debugging. It’s a whole ’nother vibe. AI-generated code stands to be the majority of code in future products and it has become an essential toolkit for the modern developer. Known as “vibe coding”, the use of code generated by tools like Github […]
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Hakob Astabatsyan, Co-Founder & CEO of Synthflow – Interview Series
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Hakob Astabatsyan, Co‑Founder and CEO of Synthflow, is leading the development of cutting-edge voice AI technology that helps businesses automate customer calls with human-like responsiveness. Based in Berlin, Hakob co-founded Synthflow in 2023 with the goal of making advanced conversational AI accessible to companies of all sizes. Under his leadership, Synthflow has rapidly scaled across […]
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DeBriefed 13 June 2025: Trump’s ‘biggest’ climate rollback; UK goes nuclear; How Carbon Brief visualises research
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Trump’s latest climate rollback RULES REPEALED: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun dismantling Biden-era regulations limiting pollution from power plants, including carbon dioxide emissions, reported the Financial Times. Announcing the repeal, climate-sceptic EPA administrator Lee […]
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Chart: The rise, fall and rise of UK nuclear power over eight decades
The UK’s chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the green light this week to the Sizewell C new nuclear plant in Suffolk, along with funding for “small modular reactors” (SMRs) and nuclear fusion. In her spending review of government funding across the rest of this parliament, Reeves pledged £14.2bn for Sizewell C, £2.5bn for Rolls-Royce SMRs and […]
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Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather
Recent years have seen a rapid succession of climate-related records broken. To name just a few, the world has witnessed record warmth in the Atlantic, unprecedented glacier melt, all-time low Antarctic sea ice extent, the Amazon’s worst drought since observations began and UK temperatures soaring past 40C for the first time. In a review article, […]
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Aged desert dust particles provide new form of SOAs, says study
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Earth’s limb and dust storms in the Sahara are pictured as the International Space Station orbited nearly 252 miles above the African country of Mali (image credit: NASA Johnson, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license). Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Saraha and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution. Contrary […]
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WWTW in Scotland wins award from the Royal Academy of Engineering
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Medal winners Andrew Dyne of Haskoning, Alan Ford of EPS, Jonny Tyler of Scottish Water, Stephen Fraser of ESD and Colin Maybury of Scottish Water. A wastewater treatment works in West Lothian has won a prestigious sustainability award from The Royal Academy of Engineering. Owned and operated by Scottish Water, the £35m waste water treatment […]