In brief | 1 August ‘25

Reuters: Europe is breaking its reliance on American science  

European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes, according to Reuters interviews.

Bloomberg: Seeking relief from heat and smog, cities follow the wind

Decades ago, the German city of Stuttgart studied local airflow patterns to guide its postwar rebuilding. Now Asia’s megacities are taking lessons to combat smog.

Reuters: EU considers pooling demand from companies to buy more US gas

The move is part of its efforts to reach a pledge to buy 250 billion dollars in US energy per year.

Bloomberg: Luxembourg probes possible wrongdoing tied to China CO2 credits

Luxembourg authorities are looking into possible wrongdoing tied to carbon-credit projects based in China that have been tapped by European companies to reduce their CO2 footprints.

BBC: The precious 'white gold' fuel buried in the Earth

Naturally occurring "white hydrogen" lies in vast reservoirs beneath our feet – now the gold rush of the clean energy era is beginning.

Fraunhofer IOSB: Sustainable mobility: getting there faster with AI

An AI for multimodal route planning is being developed to help get people to where they are going seamlessly, conveniently, and reliably — and all without privately owned cars.

IIASA: Sustainable development is key to limiting costs of future wildfires

IIASA research shows that addressing social and economic vulnerability across countries will be a key factor in mitigating the scale of financial damage resulting from climate-related wildfires, and emphasise sustainable development as essential to reducing climate-related impacts.