In brief | 21 August ‘26

ICCT: Global electric truck and bus sales nearly doubled in 2025

Electric trucks and buses reached half a million units and close to a 14 percent market share, mostly driven by China’s expansion in the truck segment.

The Guardian: Without action, wildfires in Europe will increase 39% even in best-case climate scenario

Improvements in fire management, however, could mitigate increases by more than 70 percent, study shows

TVP World: Tusk says Germany should not prosecute Nord Stream suspects

Warsaw opposed gas pipeline from the outset, Tusk said, while Berlin changed course "too late," adding "those who built it should be ashamed."

DW: Why Germany's gas storage levels are so low

Facilities are only 50 percent full as traders bet that wholesale prices will fall if the Iran war ends.

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