In brief | 8 October '26

Carbon Herald: Germany signs CO2 export agreements with Denmark and the Netherlands

Motion could enable scaling for a number of carbon dioxide removal technologies that require permanent CO2 storage sites.

Bloomberg: German climate finance cut widens gap for global South after US retreat

German shortfall is making it harder to plug a financing gap in the Global South.

Bloomberg: German energy ministry dissolves key wind and solar division

Move reflects policymakers’ shifting priorities as the country looks to overhaul its spending.

The Conversation: Did the hot summer make more people worry about climate change? Here’s what the latest indications show

UK polls show that climate change and the environment shot up people’s lists of concerns in 2026.

Guardian: Britons kept in dark about scale of climate crisis, say viewers of ‘first-of-its-kind’ emergency briefing

Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health.

Bloomberg: French wine output at lowest in almost 70 years on heat, drought

This year’s harvest will be worse than in 2024, when bad weather pushed production to the lowest since 1957.

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