In brief | 3 September '26

Euractiv: Climate progress stalls in major European economies

Countries responsible for half of the EU’s greenhouse gas output made little progress on reducing emissions last year, and may even be backsliding, official inventories show.

Politico: Teresa Ribera floats oil tax, joint debt or bigger budget to climate-proof Europe

The EU green transition chief says the bloc must start thinking about how to afford the challenges of a warmer world.

Euractiv: Plug-in hybrid cars set to fuel fresh political fight over CO2 standards

Gap between official and real-world emissions widens, with drivers apparently reluctant to switch off the petrol engine.

Euronews: How is the Mediterranean changing? 40 years of data reveal climate change impact

Spanish scientists and researchers from Europe and the US compiled data from 46 oceanographic campaigns carried out between 1976 and 2018 to study changes in the Mediterranean and the impact of climate change.

Politico: Lessons from a summer of nuclear shutdowns

Nations worldwide are pouring money into an atomic renaissance to confront rising temperatures and exploding electricity demand. But climate change showed this summer how those plans could be at risk.

Guardian: ‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching

Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis.

Bloomberg: China’s waning appetite for oil is keeping emissions in check

The millions of Chinese drivers who turned to charging stations over gas pumps as the Iran war drove up fuel prices have helped shift the country’s climate trajectory.

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