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• Green energy push helped India save $100bn over last 15 yrs: IEA

  Rapid capacity additions across solar, wind, and bioenergy have shielded India from massive fossil fuel expenditures while accelerating its clean transition. With 300 gigawatts currently online, the country achieved its 50% non-fossil capacity milestone five years ahead of schedule. Continued expansion is poised to curtail future reliance on foreign coal and natural gas even further by the decade's end.

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• ‘The world we know is over’ without urgent climate action, Marshall Islands president tells Cop31

  Island and developing nations issued dire warnings at the Cop31 summit in Turkey, urging wealthy governments to drastically scale up recovery financing and reverse dangerous emissions trajectories. Rising temperatures on track for 2.8C now jeopardize the physical existence of low-lying countries through rapid reef bleaching and catastrophic coastal erosion. However, the diplomatic push faced major headwinds due to notable absences from key superpower leaders and contradictory fossil fuel developments among the hos…

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• Rare albatross pair raise five chicks after 10 seasons together near Hawaii

  The decade-long partnership of George and Geraldine on Sand Island represents the only established mating pair of their vulnerable species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Conservationists view their ongoing reproductive success as vital for establishing a secondary breeding colony away from active volcanic hazards on remote Japanese islands. Expanding to Midway Atoll provides essential resilience for a seabird population historically devastated by feather hunting.

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