In brief | 6 September '24
Copernicus:
During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record, said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). 鈥淭his string of record temperatures is increasing the likelihood of 2024 being the hottest year on record.鈥�
Bloomberg:
Authorities have rejected carbon credits linked to China-based projects with 鈥榠rregularities,鈥� while Berlin public prosecutor investigates 17 people on suspicion of 鈥榗ommercial fraud.鈥�
Bloomberg:
Europe is stalling for time in the electric car race as the region鈥檚 automakers struggle with the transition and politicians become wary of fuelling voter frustrations.
Euractiv:
Boosting demand for green steel by mandating minimum quotas for carmakers is not the right way to decarbonise steel production, automotive associations said, while environmentalists consider the sector to be 鈥渦niquely placed鈥� to work as a lead market for green steel.
Bloomberg:
Wildfires have always affected Greece, yet they have now become a staple of the summer across southern Europe as climate change creates more extreme weather patterns.
Bloomberg:
Madrid will ban shared electric scooters starting next month, joining Paris in kicking the vehicles from its streets and addressing complaints of them cluttering the sidewalks.
Euractiv:
Czechia has sufficient gas network capacity to support other countries in case of disruption of Russian supplies via Ukraine, Czech industry minister Jozef S铆kela wrote in a letter to EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson.
