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Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’
Eco-Business
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July 10, 2025
The event was billed as a “call to action” to the “research community, policymakers and business to raise awareness and understanding of the importance of tipping points and to accelerate the required action”. As human activity drives global...
6 Climate And Sustainability Events Shaping Summer 2025
Forbes
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Sustainability Conferencesgetty As the world faces mounting climate urgency, Summer 2025 is proving to be a critical season for sustainability leadership. From regional platforms mobilizing capital in the Caribbean to academic conferences...
► Leonardo acquires Axiomatics of Sweden
EDR Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Rome, 09 July 2025 – Leonardo has taken another step in strengthening its position in the field of cybersecurity, enriching its portfolio of innovative proprietary products by taking over the Swedish company Axiomatics AB. The operation adds a key...
Sweden reach quarter-finals while knocking two teams out of Women’s Euro 2025
The Independent
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July 8, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Nicolas Geleyns, Rallycross driver from Antigua, makes it to the podium on in Sweden!
Antigua News Room
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July 9, 2025
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP Nicolas is taking part in the French Rallycross championship, and the FIA European Rallycross championship this year, representing Antigua. Fia World/ European Rallycross Championship: Holjes, Sweden. Day 1:...
From green transition to global stage: Armenia’s biodiversity moment
IUCN
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“What if COP17 in Yerevan is a failure?”. After a lengthy presentation on the importance of environmental diplomacy and cooperation, this was not the question I was expecting. I had prepared to offer insights on the details of the Global...
Swedish state-owned corp backs financing of large UK subsea link with €800M
Offshore Energy
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July 8, 2025
Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK), a state-owned company that finances Swedish exporters, their subcontractor, and foreign customers, has agreed a €800 million loan facility with National Grid Electricity Transmission to fund a portion of...
Seychelles and RISE Advance Sustainable Ports for Small Island States
The Maritime Executive
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[By Mikael Lind, Rajelle Barbe, Sandra Haraldson, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Daniel Adam, David Bianchi, Chrystold Chetty, Sony Payet, Phillippa Samson, and Lennart Swenson] On 6 May 2025, the Seychelles Port Authority (SPA) and Sweden’s RISE have signed...
Sweden to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas
Oceanographic Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Sweden is to implement a general ban on bottom trawling in its marine protected areas, a move it hopes signifies an important step “towards long-term sustainable fishing for generations to come.” Having introduced the amendments to its Fisheries...
NKT begins construction of high-voltage power cable systems test centre in Sweden
World Construction Network
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July 9, 2025
NKT has initiated the construction of a new test centre for high-voltage (HV) power cable systems at its Karlskrona factory in Sweden. This development is said to be a significant step in the ongoing expansion aimed at boosting the factory’s...
SADC PF SRHR researchers call for bold, child-centred climate action
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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The seminar, held under the auspices of the African Children’s Charter Project, ran under the theme, ‘Championing Collective Child-Responsive Climate Action.’ CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 9 (NewsDay Live) - Researchers serving on the...
Leonardo buys Swedish cybersecurity firm Axiomatics
ANSA
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July 9, 2025
Italian aerospace and defence giant Leonardo on Wednesday boosted its cyber security portfolio by buying Swiss firm Axiomatics. The Rome-based conglomerate said it had has acquired 100% of Axiomatics AB, taking "a further step in strengthening its...
colorful sculptural greenhouses by bigert & bergström visualize future climate scenarios
Design Boom
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July 9, 2025
Bigert & Bergström’s spatial design Visualizes Climate scenarios In summer of 2025, Swedish artist duo Bigert & Bergström present Broken Greenhouse / Embodied Climate Futures in Lund’s Botanical Garden. The site-specific installation explores...
European Tourism Leaders Unite in Gothenburg to Advance Climate Action
Greek Travel Pages
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July 8, 2025
Representatives of the tourism and travel organizations present in Gothenburg. Europe’s leading tourism and travel organizations have come together in Gothenburg from July 7 to 9 for the 2025 Rhodes Forum, renewing their commitment to...
Valmet to deliver biomass boiler for Swedish CHP plant
Power Engineering International
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July 9, 2025
BFB boiler plant. Image credit: Valmet Technology company Valmet has received an order from Kraftringen Energi for the bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler and flue gas handling equipment for the new combined heat and power (CHP) plant to be built...
Sweden Named Guest of Honor Country at F-AIR Colombia 2025
Finance Colombia
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July 7, 2025
The countdown has already begun for the International Aeronautics and Space Fair – F-AIR Colombia 2025, and Sweden, the guest of honor for this edition, presents details of its participation in this event, which is another example of the deep and...
Syria , Sweden explore economic cooperation and investment opportunities
SANA
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July 9, 2025
Damascus, SANA- Minister of Economy and Industry, Dr. Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar, and Jessica Svärdström, Chargé d’Affaires of the Swedish Embassy in Damascus, explored ways of enhancing economic relations and expanding areas of bilateral The both...
Temasek to review its baseline 1.8°C climate scenario
Eco-Business
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July 9, 2025
Franziska Zimmerman, managing director for sustainability of Temasek, revealed that the state investor is re-examining the 1.8°C warming assumption used in its climate scenario analysis since 2023, alongside the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), a...
INTERVIEW: Climate commissioner says EU needs to be ‘street smart’ in how it meets green targets
EurActiv
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July 9, 2025
The EU needs to be "pragmatic" and "street smart" when figuring out how to meet its self-imposed climate targets, even if it means outsourcing action to the developing world and tweaking previously agreed laws, Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra...
New York City’s congestion pricing has cut pollution and traffic – but Trump still wants to kill it
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
It has faced threats and lawsuits and even had its death proclaimed by Donald Trump as he startlingly depicted himself as a king in a social media post. But New York City’s congestion charge scheme for cars has now survived its first six months,...