In brief | 9 September '25

Reuters: France's Macron seeks new prime minister after government's collapse

French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking his fifth prime minister in less than two years after opposition parties united to oust centre-right Prime Minister Francois Bayrou over his unpopular plans for budget tightening.

FT: US demands EU stops buying Russian gas if it wants new sanctions on Putin

Energy secretary also says European climate rules threaten trade deal with Trump administration.

CNBC: TotalEnergies: Europe must diversify energy sources

CEO Patrick Pouyanné discusses outlook for LNG and European energy diversification.

Bloomberg: Trump is dismantling climate science at a dangerous pace

Whether there will be enough reliable data to predict, recover from and adapt to these impacts is an open question, experts say.

Nature: Future ocean warming may cause large reductions in Prochlorococcus biomass and productivity

Cyanobacterium is Earth’s most abundant photosynthetic organism and crucial to oceanic ecosystems.

The Conversation: Sustainable fuels could reduce the climate impact of military aircraft

The shift will not make military aviation climate neutral, but substantial life-cycle emission reductions are achievable.