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The British Council has today opened applications for its Alumni UK Grant Programme, offering UK alumni in Australia up to £5,000 ($9,600 AUD) to turn climate action ideas into reality. The call comes as Australia holds the Presidency of COP31 Negotiations, with this year’s Australian grants focused exclusively on Climate Action and Sustainability.

DEWA International launched as a wholly owned independent subsidiary of DEWA to develop global energy and water projects (Photo: AETOSWire) Dubai Electricity and Water Authority HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, announced the establishment of ‘DEWA International’, a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).

Pair of Numbat siblings at Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary. © Julie Kern Decades of conservation efforts have improved the outlook for Australia’s unique termite-eating Numbat, which changed today from Endangered to Near Threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species™.

On 9 July 2026, Volvo Group Australia officially opened its new Sydney Parts Distribution Centre located in Minto in Sydney’s south-west. The new centre replaces the previous one Volvo Group Australia built in Minto, which has  supported national operations since 1975, and embodies the many technological advances  in logistics of the last five decades.

A panoramic view of the Huaxin Diwei Cement facility in Chongqing, southwest China. [Photo: CGTN Radio] Standing inside a cement factory in Chongqing, one of China’s major industrial hubs, the first thing that strikes visitors is not what they see, but what they don’t. There is no thick smoke drifting from chimneys. No dust hanging in the air. Instead, birds fly between trees planted throughout the factory grounds, while workers oversee production from enclosed control rooms.

Aerial view of EDP APAC’s commissioned 3.3MWp solar photovoltaic system for an all-weather sports complex at Tzu Ming High School. Credit: EDP The 3.3 MWp facility stands as Taiwan’s largest solar PV installation integrated into a single site for an all-weather sports complex. The project strengthens EDP’s dual-use infrastructure strategy in Taiwan.

The end of confinement for laying hens and better welfare for chickens raised for meat, as well as pigs, are finally within reach, as the European Commission (EC) revealed its long-awaited EU Livestock Strategy, with a strong political commitment to reveal legislative proposals by the end of this year. Eurogroup for Animals welcomes this news, following years of advocacy for concrete legislative plans that truly protect the billions of animals farmed for food each year.

The XVI edition of Terra Madre Salone del Gusto returns to Turin (Italy), 24–27 September 2026 As wars disrupt food supplies, climate shocks intensify and the cost of living continues to rise across the world, one reality is becoming increasingly clear: food is no longer a sectoral issue. It lies at the heart of some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity.

Pilbara Barking Gecko Credit: Robert Audcent Monash University New research from Monash University has provided the first comprehensive assessment of the Pilbara barking gecko (Underwoodisaurus seorsus) and revealed the species is facing a heightened risk of extinction under a rapidly warming climate. The Pilbara barking gecko is one of Australia’s most little-known and poorly understood reptile species, and is endemic to the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Lead author Associate Professor Biplob Pramanik. RMIT University RMIT University researchers have tested a more effective way to capture microplastics from wastewater, using a combination of microbubbles and nanobubbles to achieve removal rates of more than 90%. The dual-bubble approach can be adopted by wastewater treatment plants without major infrastructure changes by optimising existing operating conditions, including air pressure, saturation time and bubble size.