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Crocodile Economics Comes to Africa: Trade, Solar, and the New Energy Map

10 min read

When I was invited onto UK energy regulator Ofgem’s eight-part Inside Energy podcast to discuss where the next great shift in the global energy system might come from as part of the closing episode, due to drop in January, the hosts likely expected an answer rooted in Europe or Asia. … [continued]

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Analysis: Record UK Wildfires Have Burned an Area Twice the Size of Glasgow in 2025

4 min read

Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK — an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow. This is already a record amount of land burned in a single year, far exceeding the previous high, Global Wildfire Information … [continued]

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Fossil-Fuelled Heat Has Caused Tropical Birds to Decline by “Up to 38%” since 1950s

8 min read

An uptick in heat extremes, driven by human-caused climate change, has caused tropical bird populations to decline by up to 38% since the 1950s, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis. The study combines ecological and climate attribution techniques to trace the fingerprint of fossil-fuelled climate change on declining wildlife populations. It … [continued]

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