31/07/2026
🚗 Electric cars outsold petrol in the UK for the first time ever
In the 12 months to May 2026, UK drivers bought 516,490 new battery-electric vehicles, edging past the 504,010 new petrol cars sold. A tipping point years in the making, and a sign the transition is now consumer-driven.
Source: Carbon Brief, June 2026 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04qDqGc0
🌳 Italy has more forest than farmland for the first time since the Middle Ages
Woodlands now cover around 155,000 square kilometres of the Italian peninsula, overtaking agricultural land. Denser forests are delivering record carbon storage, cleaner air and water, and safer habitat for wildlife like the critically endangered Marsican brown bear.
Source: UNCEM report, June 2026 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04qDtGb0
🐢 Loggerhead turtles are thriving in Cabo Verde
Nest numbers on Boa Vista, the country's third-largest island, have increased 80 times over after years of dedicated conservation work, reversing a decade of steady decline.
Source: Good Good Good, June 2026 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04qDvyj0
🐄 Colombia passed the first national law tracing beef back to its origins
The landmark law targets deforestation linked to cattle ranching, one of the biggest drivers of forest loss in the Amazon, and could become a model for the wider region.
Source: Inside Climate News, June 2026 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04qDtW80
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