Preston City Council, Beyondly and RECOUP join forces for citywide recycling push
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This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Beyond.ly A targeted recycling education campaign spearheaded by Preston City Council and plastics recycling and resource efficiency charity RECOUP, with funding and support from environmental consultancy Beyondly, has reached over 265,000 residents, helping to cut recycling contamination reports by 13% and reduce material rejections at […]
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Helping data storage keep up with the AI revolution
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Artificial intelligence is changing the way businesses store and access their data. That’s because traditional data storage systems were designed to handle simple commands from a handful of users at once, whereas today, AI systems with millions of agents need to continuously access and process large amounts of data in parallel. Traditional data storage systems […]
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Building a Transformer Model for Language Translation
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This post is divided into six parts; they are: • Why Transformer is Better than Seq2Seq • Data Preparation and Tokenization • Design of a Transformer Model • Building the Transformer Model • Causal Mask and Padding Mask • Training and Evaluation Traditional seq2seq models with recurrent neural networks have two main limitations: • Sequential […]
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Fiduciary Duties White Paper: Varied Legal Parameters Shape Fiduciaries’ Ability To Act On Climate Risk
Commentators who advocate either for or against corporate and asset managers addressing climate risks often refer to “fiduciary duty” as justification for their claims. Yet no field of corporate or asset management actually imposes one standalone fiduciary duty. Nor do any two business-law fields impose the same fiduciary regime. Instead, these fields adopt differing […]
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AI tool improves access to critical water research
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In a period of unprecedented change and scrutiny for the UK water sector, UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) have announced a significant advancement in accessing its critical water research, with the launch of a groundbreaking bespoke AI search tool. This initiative directly supports the recommendations of the recently published Independent Water Commission (IWC) final report, […]
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Global Plastics Treaty negotiations get underway in Geneva
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More than 170 countries were gathering in Geneva on 5 August to begin the final fortnight of negotiations on the terms of a Global Plastics Treaty, a United Nations-backed effort to tackle plastic waste. “These negotiations hinge on two key questions: should we cap plastic production, and should we limit harmful chemicals added to plastics?” […]
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Global phosphorus summit to address threats to food and water security
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Phosphorus use is considered to be lacking in African agriculture and has declined sharply in recent decades. A vital nutrient underpinning the world’s food systems — and increasingly vital to green technologies — is the focus of an international summit in Ghana this September, as scientists, policymakers and industry leaders meet to address the urgent […]
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New Standards in Government Framework Litigation: Legal Implications of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
In its long-awaited advisory opinion on climate change, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) made a range of landmark findings on States’ obligations to address the climate crisis and the consequences of failing to do so. The pronouncements from the world’s highest court will now serve as immediate authoritative guidance to judiciaries across the globe. […]
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Breakthrough flexible perovskite solar cell remains stable in high-humidity conditions
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A group in South Korea has developed a seemingly highly durable flexible perovskite solar cell material and fabrication process that remains stable even under high humidity conditions. The apparent breakthrough enables the production of high-efficiency solar cells in ambient air without the need for expensive equipment, offering the potential for significant cost reductions in manufacturing. […]
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MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects
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M.C. Escher’s artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring “impossible objects” that break the laws of physics with convoluted geometries. What you perceive his illustrations to be depends on your point of view — for example, a person seemingly walking upstairs may be heading down the steps if you tilt […]
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When tracking corporate climate conduct, do we focus too much on emissions?
A low-angle shot of skyscrapers on a foggy day. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons This blog is the first in a three-part series on sustainable finance metrics that better evaluate corporate climate risk, opportunity, and impact, and make metrics more relevant to financial decision-making. Corporate climate practices have matured for over a decade, […]
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Sea-Level Rise Reaches The Hague: Findings in Relation to the Law of the Sea in the ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion
The advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 23 July 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the articulation of States’ obligations concerning climate change. While based on broader rules and principles of international law, the opinion foregrounded the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as a key […]
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Congress Repealed Federal Clean Energy Incentives. Now What?
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Human Rights in the ICJ’s Climate Opinion: A Comparative Evaluation
This summer has seen two major climate advisory opinions published – first from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), and then from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Both opinions address human rights law, embedding human rights in a broader overarching framework of international law that also includes international climate treaties and customary international […]
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DeBriefed 1 August 2025: Trump targets ‘endangerment finding’; Floods and heatwaves; ‘Thirst’ exhibition
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Trump to overturn ‘endangerment finding’ EPA OVERTURNING: The Trump administration announced its plan to overturn the 2009 finding that has been the “central basis” for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, the Associated Press reported. A […]
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Landfill Tax reforms could trigger shortage of aggregates, says trade group
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Misguided tax reforms meant to reduce landfill would have a devastating impact on one of the UK’s key foundation industries, with a knock-on impact for UK construction and nature conservation, according to the principal UK trade association representing the mineral products industry. The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has warned the Government that its proposed changes […]
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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief to Support States and Local Governments in Federal Funding Freeze Case
Last Friday, July 25, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) in support of the Plaintiff States in the case New York v. Trump. The case, brought by twenty-two states and the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island […]
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IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’
Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The rise of renewables is being driven by extremely rapid growth in wind and solar output, which topped 4,000 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 and will pass […]