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Top news environmental
Recent top environmental stories in the world press have centered on climate cooperation, plastic-pollution control and the energy transition. Among the most notable developments:
China becomes the world’s top clean-energy producer:
Xinhua Silk Road reports that China has overtaken all other nations to become the largest global producer of clean energy, a milestone that could exert far-reaching economic influence while creating fresh momentum for worldwide climate action.
EU and India poised to deepen clean-tech cooperation
A leading British think-tank notes that both the European Union and India are pursuing greater self-sufficiency in clean-energy technologies, presenting a timely opportunity for the two powers to expand collaboration in the clean-tech arena.
ASEAN–China–GCC Summit heralds new climate-cooperation paradigm
The ASEAN–China–Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2025, is being hailed as a potential turning point, signaling that Global South nations may take a far more proactive role in shaping their own clean-energy transitions.
UN calls for an end to plastic pollution
On 9 June 2025, the United Nations issued an urgent appeal to “end plastic pollution.” With global output exceeding 400 million tonnes of plastic each year—less than 10 % of which is recycled—about 11 million tonnes end up in the oceans annually. Marking World Environment Day, the campaign spotlights plastic-waste solutions, and governments from South Korea and China to the European Union have already rolled out targeted initiatives.
Great Barrier Reef hit by new mass bleaching
9 News reports that the latest marine heatwave has triggered the Great Barrier Reef’s fifth mass-bleaching event in just eight years, underscoring the severity of the global coral crisis.
New Jersey’s surging electricity prices test its climate ambitions
Inside Climate News reports that a 20 % spike in power bills—driven by PJM grid-operator delays and soaring demand from data centers—threatens the state’s 2035 clean-energy targets and is sparking a political backlash.
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