In brief | 12 August '26

Bloomberg: Uniper CEO says Germany can still hit 70% gas storage target

“We can still get there, but we do have to see the market prices move to incentivize the filling of the storage,” Michael Lewis says.

Financial Times: Europe’s farmers move to the night shift to beat the heat

Floodlights, headlamps, cooling sheds and later feeding times for animals are helping the sector cope with extreme weather.

Politico: Swarming jellyfish overrun French nuclear plant on same date two years in a row 

The jellyfish invasion is the latest in a series of climate change-driven incidents that have affected a record number of French nuclear reactors over the summer.

Bloomberg: ‘Chronic’ heat risk in Europe draws warning from Swiss Re

Europe is now struggling to cope with temperatures that “reduce agricultural productivity, strain water and energy systems, damage infrastructure, and lower labour productivity,” the report’s authors said.  

Guardian: Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent. What is to blame?

The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent – and the consequences are deadly.

ETH Zurich: How cement plants can remove CO₂ from the atmosphere

ETH researchers show that emissions could be significantly reduced if cement production were combined with a technology for the direct removal of CO₂ from the atmosphere, known as Direct Air Capture (DAC).