Germany’s carbon dioxide emissions fell to 640 million tonnes in 2025, a 1.5 percent year-on-year decline that places the country 49 percent below its 1990 baseline. On paper, the national target under the Climate Change Act was met. In practice, the slowdown in emission reductions compared with 2024 signals a more fragile trajectory, driven less by structural decarbonization and more by weak industrial output and favorable solar conditions, according to Agora Energiewende’s annual review of Germany’s energy year.
LAB7, the venture building arm backed by Saudi Aramco, has taken a strategic stake in U.S. startup Homeostasis to explore an alternative production route that converts carbon dioxide into synthetic graphite.
The world’s oceans absorb roughly a quarter of annual anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, according to long established climate assessments, making them a central stabilizing force in the global climate system.
As the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters its fully operational phase on January 1, the policy is shifting from a theoretical deterrent to a real cost line item for exporters of emissions-intensive goods.
China has inaugurated its first million-tonne near-zero-carbon steel production line in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, signaling a significant step in the decarbonization of the steel industry.
AM Green and Mitsui & Co have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore collaboration and potential investment across a low carbon aluminum value chain, positioning India as a test case for whether renewable powered smelting can scale without eroding cost competitiveness.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping global electricity demand, with recent estimates suggesting that AI systems alone could soon consume power on a scale comparable to that of the United Kingdom.
Frontier, the carbon removal initiative backed by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, McKinsey, and other corporate partners, has signed a $44.2 million offtake agreement with Canadian biowaste specialist NULIFE GreenTech to remove 122,000 tonnes of CO₂ between 2026 and 2030.
The European Union is moving to broaden its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to include manufactured goods such as car parts, household appliances, and construction equipment, signaling a shift from targeting raw materials to addressing embedded emissions deeper in global supply chains.
Drax has confirmed it will cut more than half of its global carbon capture and storage (CCS) division, eliminating around 100 roles across its core business and its CCS-focused subsidiary, Elimini, in the UK and the United States.
