India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
A new industrial recycling plant in Bavaria marks a pivotal step for Europe’s battery supply chain, promising to reduce reliance on imports and accelerate the continent’s electrification goals through innovative, cost-competitive recovery of critical materials. Europe’s scramble for critical battery materials has found a practical foothold with the start of…
At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s…
Industry groups and analysts warn that the European Union’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act may fall short of its potential to promote sustainable demand for low‑carbon materials without stronger rules, localisation requirements, and a credible labelling system. A draft of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks falling short of…
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India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and the practical constraints of energy security and financing. The Union Cabinet has adopted updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for 2031–2035 that include a target for non‑fossil fuel sources to comprise 60% of installed electricity generation capacity by 2035, a 47% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions intensity of GDP from 2005…
A new industrial recycling plant in Bavaria marks a pivotal step for Europe’s battery supply chain, promising to reduce reliance on imports and accelerate the continent’s electrification goals through innovative, cost-competitive recovery of critical materials. Europe’s scramble for critical battery materials has found a practical foothold with the start of industrial-scale recycling in Bavaria, a development that could shift supply economics as the continent electrifies transport and industry. According to a report by tech.eu and company statements, Munich-based recycler tozero has commissioned an industrial demonstration plant at Chemical Park Gendorf capable of processing in excess of 1,500 tonnes of end-of-life…
At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s very economics: industry leaders argued the challenge is no longer finding solutions but remaking the model that produces and values clothing. The three‑day event, held at the Grand Palais Éphémère and attended by tens of thousands, featured a dedicated fashion programme that placed circularity, transparency and services at the centre…
Industry groups and analysts warn that the European Union’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act may fall short of its potential to promote sustainable demand for low‑carbon materials without stronger rules, localisation requirements, and a credible labelling system. A draft of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks falling short of its potential to create sustainable demand for low‑carbon steel and other decarbonised materials unless it is strengthened with clearer rules and targeted financing, analysts and industry groups warn. A policy proposal currently under discussion would oblige public procurement and certain support schemes to source a minimum share of low‑emission materials…
The US Department of Energy has announced a $500 million funding initiative to accelerate domestic processing, recycling, and manufacturing of critical battery materials, aiming to reduce reliance on foreign sources and strengthen North American supply chains. The U.S. Department of Energy has opened a $500 million competitive funding round to accelerate domestic capacity for critical minerals processing, battery materials manufacturing and recycling, signalling a major federal push to shorten supply chains for advanced batteries used in energy, transport, defence and grid resilience. According to the Department of Energy, the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), issued by the Office of Critical…
India has formalised updated climate commitments aiming for a 60% non-fossil fuel share by 2035, balancing domestic energy security with long-term decarbonisation goals amidst international support challenges. India has formalised new mid‑century climate commitments that aim to accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels while reflecting cautious domestic planning and…
A new industrial recycling plant in Bavaria marks a pivotal step for Europe’s battery supply chain, promising to reduce reliance on imports and accelerate the continent’s electrification goals through innovative, cost-competitive recovery of critical materials. Europe’s scramble for critical battery materials has found a practical foothold with the start of…
At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s…
Industry groups and analysts warn that the European Union’s draft Industrial Accelerator Act may fall short of its potential to promote sustainable demand for low‑carbon materials without stronger rules, localisation requirements, and a credible labelling system. A draft of the European Union’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks falling short of…
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At this year’s ChangeNow summit, industry leaders called for a fundamental overhaul of the fashion sector’s business model, emphasising circularity, transparency, and innovative technologies to address environmental and social challenges. PARIS , At this year’s ChangeNow summit the conversation around fashion shifted from searching for fixes to questioning the sector’s very economics: industry leaders argued the challenge is no longer finding solutions but remaking the model that produces and values clothing. The three‑day event, held at the Grand Palais Éphémère and attended by tens of thousands, featured a dedicated fashion programme that placed circularity, transparency and services at the centre…
Advances in digital takeoff tools are transforming early-stage planning, enabling the construction industry to cut emissions and waste by delivering more accurate material estimates, tightening procurement, and fostering a culture of sustainability. Construction’s imbalance , the pressure to deliver more, faster, while conserving scarce resources , is finally being addressed with a practical lever: precision estimating. Once treated as an administrative convenience, takeoff accuracy is increasingly recognised as an emissions and waste-reduction tool that changes decisions made long before plant and labour arrive on site. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, buildings and construction account for roughly 37–38% of…
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Santa Monica startup Equatic unveils plans for large-scale seawater electrolysis plants to harness the ocean’s potential as a cost-effective carbon sink and produce low‑carbon hydrogen, aiming to transform industrial decarbonisation. Equatic, a Santa Monica startup spun out of UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management, is betting that the planet’s oceans can be engineered into a cost‑effective route for large‑scale carbon dioxide removal while simultaneously yielding low‑carbon hydrogen for industrial use. Backed by an $11.6 million Series A round led by Catalytic Capital for Climate and Health (a Temasek Trust division) and Kibo Invest, the company is progressing plans for multiple commercial…
A pioneering collaboration between Holcim UK and Canary Wharf Group has produced a concrete mix that achieves net-negative lifecycle emissions by embedding biochar from local waste, potentially transforming the built environment’s carbon footprint. A consortium led by Holcim UK and Canary Wharf Group has demonstrated a concrete mix that its backers say achieves net zero , and even net-negative , lifecycle emissions by embedding biochar made from local waste into structural pours across live London projects. According to ESG News, full-scale trials at Canary Wharf produced a projected net global warming potential of -14 kgCO₂e per cubic metre after optimisation,…
At Smart Factory & Automation World 2026 in Seoul, the manufacturing sector showcased a shift towards autonomous transformation through real-time, edge-based AI solutions, signalling a crucial evolution for industry efficiency and sustainability. As artificial intelligence migrates from cloud-bound analysis toward real-time control at the machine level, the manufacturing sector is visibly shifting from conventional digital transformation toward what industry participants are calling autonomous transformation. That evolution , visible in hardware, software and policy , was a central theme at Smart Factory & Automation World 2026 at COEX in Seoul, where vendors and government officials highlighted how sensors, on‑device inference and…
A European consortium led by Empa and ETH Zurich is pioneering a new approach to concrete that combines digital design, additive manufacturing, and recycled industrial materials to create dismantlable, high-performance load-bearing structures with a lower environmental footprint. With aims to produce a demonstrator by 2028, the project signals a shift towards sustainable, circular construction practices. Researchers across Europe are developing a radically different approach to concrete that aims to cut embodied carbon, shrink material use and enable genuine circularity in load-bearing building elements. According to the report by myScience, a consortium led by partners including Empa and ETH Zurich is…
The UK Atomic Energy Authority has begun installing Sunrise, a purpose-built supercomputer that combines high-performance simulation and AI workloads to accelerate commercial nuclear fusion development and digital-twin applications. The UK Atomic Energy Authority has begun installing a purpose-built supercomputer, Sunrise, to accelerate research into commercial nuclear fusion by combining high-performance simulation with large-scale artificial intelligence workloads. According to Computer Weekly, the system is built on AMD Epyc processors and AMD Instinct accelerators housed in Dell hardware and is optimised around AMD MI 355X GPUs. Rob Akers, UKAEA director for computing programmes, told Computer Weekly that Sunrise delivers roughly 6 exaflops…
Pure Data Centres Group has matched all of its Dublin campus’s natural gas use with renewable biomethane in Europe’s first successful data-centre biomethane proof of concept, raising questions about long-term sustainable decarbonisation strategies for Irish data centres. Pure Data Centres Group says it matched all of the natural gas used at its Dublin campus during 2025 with renewable biomethane, completing what the company describes as Europe’s first successful data‑centre biomethane proof of concept. According to the announcement, the firm retired Irish Renewable Gas Guarantees of Origin and European biomethane guarantees on a megawatt‑hour basis to align gas consumption with independently…
Following recent volatility in international oil and gas markets, the Global Renewables Alliance calls for accelerated deployment and infrastructure reforms to enhance energy security and resilience through increased renewable capacity. The Global Renewables Alliance has urged governments to accelerate deployment of clean power and storage after fresh instability in international oil and gas markets underscored vulnerabilities linked to fossil fuel dependence. In a joint statement, the coalition of major industry associations argued that repeated price shocks demonstrate the need to shift energy systems towards domestically sourced, low‑carbon technologies that deliver both cost stability and resilience. The alliance pointed to a…
Recent project pauses and procurement failures across Scandinavia highlight the gap between bold decarbonisation goals and operational realities, exposing market, regulatory and commercial challenges that threaten to stall the region’s carbon capture ambitions. Governments across Scandinavia have staked large parts of their decarbonisation strategies on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). Yet a string of recent project pauses and procurement failures shows that political resolve alone will not convert engineering potential into operational reality. Rather, the region’s experience is exposing a network of commercial, regulatory and market frictions that must be resolved if CCUS is to move from announcements to…
Frontier launches its 2026 Innovation programme, offering grants and pre-purchases to accelerate diverse technologies in the race to scale permanent carbon dioxide removal, backed by a high-profile buyer consortium including Stripe, Alphabet, and Meta. Frontier has opened its application window for the 2026 round of its Innovation programme, seeking teams from companies, universities and non‑profits with technologies that can permanently remove carbon dioxide at scale. The initiative sits within Frontier’s advance market commitment, a buyer consortium set up to stimulate the carbon removal market by guaranteeing demand for verified removals. The AMC, backed by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta and McKinsey…
A University of Michigan spin-out’s groundbreaking TPV technology promises to turn industrial waste heat into efficient, scalable electricity, potentially reshaping high-temperature industry practices and accelerating decarbonisation efforts. For decades heavy industry has been surrendering vast quantities of thermal energy to the atmosphere, forcing plants to buy fuel for processes that discard a large share of the heat they generate. That persistent inefficiency leaves manufacturers exposed to volatile grid prices and constrains efforts to decarbonise sectors that require extremely high temperatures. Traditional approaches to making industrial power cleaner , greater deployment of wind and solar plus batteries or pumped hydro to…