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WMO DROUGHT IMAGEUN Secretary-General António Guterres is warning that the world is facing climate breakdown in real time - climate change impacts gripped the globe in 2024, with cascading impacts from mountain peaks to ocean depths and on communities, economies and the environment.

SOLAR PANELS COUNTRYSIDE 1Yorkshire Water is progressing plans for a solar photovoltaic (PV) farm development located on land next to Thornton Steward Reservoir, between Leyburn and Bedale in Wensleydale.

MARINE ENERGY WALES CONFERENCE MAY 25Wales’ leading marine energy conference, hosted by Marine Energy Wales, will take place in Cardiff next year following two hugely successful years at Swansea Arena.

COP29 AZERBAIJANA group of prominent scientists, economists.business leaders, policy leaders and former heads of state have issued an open letter to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Secretariat Simon Stiell as world leaders gathered in Baku for COP29.    

COP29 CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY 11 NOVThe Conference of the Parties (COP) officially opens today - the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference.is being hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11th to 22nd November.

UNEP EMISSIONS REPORT OCT 2024The UN is warning that nations must close the current huge emissions gap in new climate pledges and deliver immediate action - or continuation of current policies will lead to a catastrophic temperature rise of up to 3.1°C.

ELECTRICITY PYLONS 1The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has offered advice on the level of the country’s 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UK Government, at the request of Secretary of State for Energy, Ed Miliband.

ORBITAL MARINE POWER TIDAL ENERGY CONVERTERRenewable energy certification body Lloyd’s Register (LR), has signed an agreement with Scotland-based Orbital Marine Power to start the certification process for what is described as the “world’s largest” tidal energy converter (TEC).

SCOTTISH WATER Newbridge WWTW SOLAR SCHEMEScottish Water has completed work on a £1.4m solar scheme at a site near Edinburgh which is set to save 221 tonnes of carbon a year.

Wednesday, 11 September 2024 09:25

Wales unveils new mine water heat opportunity maps

Mine heat opportunity in South WalesThe areas of Wales best equipped to benefit from innovative mine water heat schemes have been revealed by the Coal Authority in a new open access map, available on the ‘DataMapWales’ website.

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