Q&A: What does the new German coalition government mean for climate and energy?

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Since the German election took place in February, which saw the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) win the most seats, parties have been negotiating to form a new coalition government. Earlier this week, the CDU reached a deal with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) to govern Europe’s largest economy and biggest emitter. Led by […]
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Professor Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern is a co-Director of CWBE (image credit: Lauri Lapworth, University of Bath) The University of Bath is launching what’s described as the UK’s first early-warning public health surveillance system based on detecting tiny traces of chemicals and biological markers found in water. The Centre of Excellence in Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health […]
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An installation by solar solutions firm Solivus (image credit: Solivus). Recent UK renewables statistics showcase significant progress but also highlight the crucial role that commercial rooftop solar installations must play in the country’s renewable energy transition, says solar solutions firm Solivus. According to the latest Energy Trends report from the Department of Energy Security and […]
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Research has mostly focused on butterflies, bumblebees and dragonflies in parts of Europe and North America (image: A white-tailed bumble bee, a common UK species) (words: UKCEH). Despite fears over ‘insectageddon’, there is a lack of data about virtually all insect species globally, according to a study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & […]
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Data privacy comes with a cost. There are security techniques that protect sensitive user data, like customer addresses, from attackers who may attempt to extract them from AI models — but they often make those models less accurate. MIT researchers recently developed a framework, based on a new privacy metric called PAC Privacy, that could […]
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Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to massive data centers or cloud-based platforms run by tech giants. In recent years, something remarkable has been happening—AI is coming home. Local large language models (LLMs), the same types of AI tools that power chatbots, content creators, and code assistants, are being downloaded and run directly on personal […]
We are proud to welcome Andy Fitch, who joined the Sabin Center as a Climate Finance and Regulation Fellow in April 2025. His work covers intersections of ESG and antitrust law with sustainability and climate-resiliency goals. He focuses on regulatory and policy responses to climate-related financial risk at the federal and state level. Prior to […]
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Employee burnout in retail contact centers isn’t just a personnel issue—it’s a notable business challenge threatening to eat away at productivity, morale, and profits. Retailers are increasingly turning to AI, specifically conversational AI, to help reverse this damaging trend. Organizations implementing AI signifies a profound shift in how retailers can cultivate sustainable, empowered workforces capable […]
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Hussein Osman is a semiconductor industry veteran with over two decades of experience bringing to market silicon and software products that integrate sensing, processing and connectivity solutions, focusing on innovative experiences that deliver value to the end user. Over the past five years he has led the sensAI solution strategy and go-to-market efforts at Lattice […]
A new survey reveals that “very few” Africans place responsibility for climate action on “rich countries” – despite the long history of carbon emissions from the most developed nations. The study, published in Communications Earth & Environment, presents the results of a survey of more than 50,000 people across 39 African countries conducted over 2021-23. […]
Last year, for the first time, global temperatures exceeded 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels. This follows a decade of “record-breaking temperatures,” with the World Meteorological Organization concluding that “the past ten years 2025-2024 are the ten warmest years on record.” Reversing this trend requires urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but that won’t be sufficient […]
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In a major leap for edge AI processing, NTT Corporation has announced a groundbreaking AI inference chip that can process real-time 4K video at 30 frames per second—using less than 20 watts of power. This new large-scale integration (LSI) chip is the first in the world to achieve such high-performance AI video inferencing in power-constrained […]
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Las Vegas is playing host to Google Cloud Next 2025, an event unfolding at a critical moment for the technology industry. The artificial intelligence arms race among the cloud titans – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud – is escalating rapidly. Google, often cast as the third contender despite its formidable technological […]
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Every time a new AI model drops—GPT updates, DeepSeek, Gemini—people gawk at the sheer size, the complexity, and increasingly, the compute hunger of these mega-models. The assumption is that these models are defining the resourcing needs of the AI revolution. That assumption is wrong. Yes, large models are compute-hungry. But the biggest strain on AI […]
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Stéphan Donzé is the founder and CEO of AODocs, a cloud-native document management platform that transforms enterprise content into actionable intelligence. Unlike legacy systems limited to basic storage, AODocs combines robust document control with workflow automation, enabling businesses to streamline complex processes across industries. From sales proposals and claims management to engineering and manufacturing, AODocs […]
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Job hunting can feel like shouting into the void. You polish your resume, write a dozen cover letters, and still hear nothing. It’s exhausting. On average, HiringThing found that a job candidate receives one interview request for every six applications they complete. That’s a lot of effort for a “maybe.” Now imagine having an AI […]
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Since the online advertising sector is estimated to have spent $740.3 billion USD in 2023, it’s easy to understand why advertising companies invest considerable resources into this particular strand of computer vision research. Though insular and protective, the industry occasionally publishes studies that hint at more advanced proprietary work in facial and eye-gaze recognition – […]
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Justin Wang and Brian Hynek at Turrialba Volcano in Costa Rica (image credit: Justin Wang) A host of health problems both known and unknown await those foolhardy explorers who (God forbid) might attempt to breathe the dust of Mars. That’s a crude summary of the findings of a new study by researchers from the University […]