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06 Sep 2024, 13:32
Julian Wettengel
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In brief | 6 September '24

Copernicus: Summer 2024 – Hottest on record globally and for Europe

During the past three months of 2024, the globe has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest boreal summer on record, said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). “This string of record temperatures is increasing the likelihood of 2024 being the hottest year on record.”

Bloomberg: Germany cracks down on China green fraud in deepening scandal

Authorities have rejected carbon credits linked to China-based projects with ‘irregularities,’ while Berlin public prosecutor investigates 17 people on suspicion of ‘commercial fraud.’

Bloomberg: Volvo joins VW in backing off bold EV targets

Europe is stalling for time in the electric car race as the region’s automakers struggle with the transition and politicians become wary of fuelling voter frustrations.

Euractiv: Car industry pours cold water on von der Leyen’s ‘lead markets’ plans

Boosting demand for green steel by mandating minimum quotas for carmakers is not the right way to decarbonise steel production, automotive associations said, while environmentalists consider the sector to be “uniquely placed” to work as a lead market for green steel.

Bloomberg: How Greece is learning to live with wildfires

Wildfires have always affected Greece, yet they have now become a staple of the summer across southern Europe as climate change creates more extreme weather patterns.

Bloomberg: Madrid to ban e-scooter rentals, following lead set in Paris

Madrid will ban shared electric scooters starting next month, joining Paris in kicking the vehicles from its streets and addressing complaints of them cluttering the sidewalks.

Euractiv: Czechia offers alternative should gas transit via Ukraine be disrupted

Czechia has sufficient gas network capacity to support other countries in case of disruption of Russian supplies via Ukraine, Czech industry minister Jozef Síkela wrote in a letter to EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson.

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