Bridge engineer-land use planner-innovator-sustainable development-systems modelling-solutions focussed. Volunteer for last 15 years. Keen gardener and nature lover. Chair of several charity Boards. https://resiliencebrokers.org/about/team/
Six out of ten new EU city buses were zero-emission (ZE) in 2025. If the growth rate observed in 2023–25 persists, we could reach 100% ZE city buses by 2028, seven years ahead of the 2035 target. www.transportenvironment.org/articles/pas...
Past the inflection point: electric now clearly dominates the city…Proving heavy vehicles can electrify fast across Europewww.transportenvironment.orgExtraordinary data from Bordeaux on the extreme heat in 2026
Nahel BelgherzeBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
NIST set out cause of partial collapse of Champlain Towers South building on June 24, 2021, which killed 98 people. Collapse began in early June 2021, when 2 connections between garage columns & pool deck failed. These column failures led to larger catastrophic collapse. www.nist.gov/news-events/...
NIST Releases Technical Findings on What Caused the 2021 Partial Collapse of Champlain Towers SouthIn an investigation that began just days after the tragedy, the team examined two dozen possible scenarios for where and why the collapse started.www.nist.govMargaret Wang-Aghania’s mission is to make it easy for every educator, at every grade level and in every subject, to teach climate change, justice, and action as part of their existing curriculum, not as an add-on. www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka...
The Most Underfunded Climate Solution? The Classroom.A former teacher turned founder, Margaret Wang-Aghania is reimagining—and pushing to fund—climate education. She spoke with us about why it matters now.www.forbes.comGreen steel production in Sweden. Green hydrogen from Europe’s largest electrolyzer plant, using electricity from renewable sources, with water taken from the Lule River. The hydrogen replaces coal in the direct reduction process of iron ore. www.interregeurope.eu/unifhy/news-...
UNIFHY | Hydrogen for Fossil-Free Steel Production in the Sweden | Interreg EuropeInterreg Europe brings regional and local governments together to share innovative and sustainable solutions to regional development challenges.www.interregeurope.euInsurance firms in EU are hiking prices & even pulling out of some at-risk areas, leaving gov’s & individuals to bear cost of uninsured losses from climate related disasters like wildfires. In EU, 75% of the damages related to natural disasters are not insured. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmareFrequent, expensive natural disasters are testing Europe’s ability to protect itself against the cost of global warming.www.politico.euParis replaced their City Hall paving with an urban forest. Such urban forests help reduce the urban heat island effect, improve air quality, absorb rainwater, support pollinators, and create healthier public spaces for people to live, work, and connect. www.linkedin.com/posts/green-...
#urbanforests #climateaction #naturebasedsolutions #greencities #urbanplanning #biodiversity #sustainability #climateresilience | Green Buildings for TomorrowWhen Cities Choose Trees Over Concrete
What if the most powerful climate technology wasn't a machine—but a forest?
Paris is proving that climate resilience can begin at street level. By transforming...www.linkedin.comLarge car parks in France over 10,000 m² must be fitted with solar systems by July 1, 2026 with 50% area coverage. Car parks between 1,500 and 10,000 m² must comply by July 1, 2028. Penalties: Non-compliant operators face annual fines of up to €40,000 www.pveurope.eu/e-mobility/f...
France rules on mandatory solar for car parksMandatory solar canopies in French car parks: Paris 2023 decree details regulations & penalties for non-compliance.www.pveurope.euResearchers from the Chinese Academy of Forestry are introducing bamboo-based barriers and trays to stabilize shifting sands. It could offer an eco-friendly alternative to existing sand-fixing methods in the Great Green Wall. interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China uses fast-growing bamboo barriers to fight desertificationResearchers from the Chinese Academy of Forestry are introducing bamboo-based barriers and trays to stabilize shifting sands.interestingengineering.comNew commercial, office and public buildings in France over 500sq metres must have 40% roof area solar and/or green planted, rising to 50% next year. www.linkedin.com/posts/winai-...
France has introduced a new policy for new commercial, office, and public buildings larger than 500 square meters, asking them to partially cover rooftops with solar panels or greenery. Coverage… | Wi...France has introduced a new policy for new commercial, office, and public buildings larger than 500 square meters, asking them to partially cover rooftops with solar panels or greenery. Coverage start...www.linkedin.comTree planting in green corridors of the city of Medellin has been remarkably effective in reversing the heat island impact of urbanisation , with a 2C temperature reduction measured across the city. Air quality improved too. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The city that went green to keep coolMedellín's green corridors have been lauded for their cooling and environmental benefits. How well is the project working and what can other cities learn from it?www.bbc.comThe nutrient content of our crops has been declining. The way soil is treated by modern farming may be part of the problem. Ploughing & heavy use of chemicals disturb the soil’s mycorrhizal networks, which allow plants to pull in nutrients from the earth. www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ju...
Nutrients in our food are declining. Can regenerative agriculture save it?Approach focuses on rebuilding soil health, increasing biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystemswww.theguardian.comHuge growth in solar energy production in Africa in 2026 because it is cheaper! www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinm...
Africa's official solar statistics have already broken their annual record. On top of that, the real market is probably far larger.
The chart shows annual grid-connected solar additions. By the e...Africa's official solar statistics have already broken their annual record. On top of that, the real market is probably far larger.
The chart shows annual grid-connected solar additions. By the end o...www.linkedin.comA plasma pyrolysis breakthrough turns soggy spent coffee grounds into coal-grade biochar without pre-drying—opening the door to distributed waste-to-energy systems www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/scie...
Scientists turned coffee grounds into biochar fuel in 90 secondsA plasma pyrolysis breakthrough turns soggy spent grounds into coal-grade biochar without pre-drying—opening the door to distributed waste-to-energy systemswww.anthropocenemagazine.orgFastNet is not yet operational but tests on Hurricane Ian (2022) and Storm Ciarán (2023) showed more realistic storm core structure, improved pressure-wind relationships, higher & more accurate peak wind speeds www.meteorologicaltechnologyinternational.com/news/artific...
Met Office and Alan Turing Institute research shows AI can produce physically realistic weather forecasts | Meteorological Technology InternationalNew research from the Met Office and the Alan Turing Institute suggests that guiding AI weather models to better preserve physical consistency during training could address key limitations in AI-gener...www.meteorologicaltechnologyinternational.comChina’s grid-scale battery storage went from 2.4 GW in 2020 to 144.1 GW in 2025. The US went from 3.2 to 56.6 GW over the same stretch. This is what a complete four-hour utility-scale battery system costs right now. → China: $65 per kWh → US: $230 to $320 per kWh www.linkedin.com/posts/jamie-...
Everyone’s about to look at this chart and see China out-engineering the world on battery storage. That’s not what happened.
What happened is a price war so aggressive that Beijing’s own industry… | ...Everyone’s about to look at this chart and see China out-engineering the world on battery storage. That’s not what happened.
What happened is a price war so aggressive that Beijing’s own industry min...www.linkedin.comClimate we had in 20th Century 'has now gone' say UK Met Office. For example the number of days over 30C and nights over 18C has more than quadrupled for Greater London in the period 2016-2025, compared to 1961-1990. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Climate extremes are becoming the new ‘normal’ for the UK“What we used to think of as extreme, we increasingly consider as normal.” That is the summarising comment from Mike Kendon, the Met Office lead author of the latest edition of the State of the UK Cli...www.metoffice.gov.uk