More Locally Led Climate Change Adaptation Needed, Study Finds

The report by the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance warns adaptation and disaster risk reduction efforts are often too disconnected from communities.

Helion just got the world’s first licences to run a fusion power plant
Helion just got the world’s first licences to run a fusion power plant

Helion has become the first company in the world licensed to operate a fusion power plant. On 16 June, the Washington-based firm said it had received two licences from the state’s Department of Health, clearing a regulatory bar no fusion company has re…

Lower-Cost Desalination May Be On The Way

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at GM’s push to develop data center batteries and turning to street lights to boost EV charging options.

Forget Elon’s Data Centers In Space. This Startup Wants To Float Them At Sea

Panthalassa sees data centers powered and cooled by the ocean as a cheaper alternative to the orbiting server farms Musk is pitching to SpaceX investors.

How Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Shaping AI And Global Growth

Sovereign wealth funds like Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala are quietly becoming the architects of AI and energy infrastructure—and reshaping global economic power.

Pulse Check: Living Soils 2026

The World Living Soils Forum meeting in Provence this month found winemakers and agriculture in general struggling to define and meet the expectations of regenerative agriculture.

New Fashion Innovation Hub Unveiled By PDS And Future Fashion Assembly

Fashion brands struggle to adopt new technologies despite constant innovation. PDS and Future Fashion Assembly aim to bridge the gap between solutions and implementation.

FIFA WORLD CUP: Climate Is The Loser – Highest Impact Ever

The FIFA 2026 World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada has highest climate emissions ever. Here’s why – and positive examples on how football and soccer can be greener.

Mississippi residents file a 10,000-strong class action against Musk’s xAI and SpaceX over data-centre noise
Mississippi residents file a 10,000-strong class action against Musk’s xAI and SpaceX over data-centre noise

The backlash against AI data centres has reached a new stage: a class-action lawsuit. Residents of Mississippi have sued Elon Musk’s xAI and SpaceX, claiming a gas-fired power plant that feeds nearby data centres blasts “omnipresent and inescapable” no…

Our Financial System Is Working On A False Assumption That Nature Is Stable

Climate and nature loss are driving systemic risks to trade, supply chains, and financial stability, exposing flawed assumptions about environmental stability in economic models