Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025
19 Dec 2025
This year's environmental backdrop is familiar: emissions are rising and nature is continuing to decline. But there have nevertheless been bright spots in 2025.
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Data centres are driving a US gas boom
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Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
Australia hits new renewable milestone of over 50%
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Renewables have reached a major milestone. For the past three months wind and solar has supplied more power to the grid than fossil fuels.
Trump’s Arctic imperialism risks global climate meltdown
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OPINION: President Trump’s obsession with “owning” Greenland has been described as a massive threat to global security that undermines NATO and the trust of our closest allies in Europe, who have responded by sending additional troops to Greenland.
Declared a terrorist for bringing renewable power to Philippine communities
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Accusing activists of having links to terrorism has led to non-profit funds being frozen and local climate projects being delayed or scrapped.
Norway’s $2tn wealth fund stress tests effects of climate shocks and AI correction
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Equity portfolio could lose a quarter in event of extreme weather and shed more than half from AI boom collapse.
How the garden sprinkler conquered Australia
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The invention of the cheap plastic sprinkler helped create the suburban dream. But watering the garden now sits at the centre of a growing climate dilemma.
Climate change could lead to 500,000 ‘additional’ malaria deaths in Africa by 2050
Fri 30 Jan 2026
Climate change could lead to half a million more deaths from malaria in Africa over the next 25 years, according to new research.
Winter drilling program in Alaska petroleum preserve can proceed, judge rules
Fri 30 Jan 2026
ConocoPhillips Alaska can proceed with an oil and gas exploration program in a portion of a vast petroleum reserve in the state after a federal judge denied a request from project opponents to halt it.
Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate
Fri 30 Jan 2026
With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead to cascading consequences – from the melting of ice sheets to the death of the Amazon rainforest – that could not be reversed.
US oil lobby targets landmark EU climate law
Fri 30 Jan 2026
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
