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Climate change is speeding up — the pace nearly doubled in ten years Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds.

Here is what the journal Nature has to say about our paper on the increasing rate of #globalwarming:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Climate action and accountability for survival - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int Strasbourg 9 March 2026

In particular, we call on Council of Europe Member States to lead by example by:
✅ Sponsoring and securing the resolution
✅ Advancing a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment
Read: www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Amerikkalaisteknologia kaipaa rajoja:

"In an alarming investigation, Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten revealed that highly sensitive videos recorded by users’ Meta Ray Ban smart glasses are being sent to the company’s subcontractors in Nairobi, Kenya, for data annotation."

Applicable also beyond UK.

Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue. ...

Vaikuttaakohan tämä bruttokansantuotteeseen?

phys.org/news/2026-02...

Näkökulma: Likaisen tekoälypilven äärellä – miten datakeskusbuumista tuli fossiilibuumi? Tekoäly nostaa nyt datakeskusten sähkönkulutusta ennennäkemättömällä tavalla, kirjoittaa Suomen Luonnon toimituspäällikkö Antti Halkka.

Tekoäly nostaa nyt datakeskusten sähkönkulutusta ennennäkemättömällä tavalla.

Lisäkysynnän vaikutus sähkön hintaan on kuumentanut tekoälykeskustelua. Sen varjoon ovat jääneet vaikutukset ilmastoon, kirjoittaa Suomen Luonnon toimituspäällikkö Antti Halkka.

"The Arithmetic Of Climate Failure". my response to a series of questions posed by Alma Asfalto & published last week.

A link to the publication (with abridged answers) and including my full answers is at: climateuncensored.com/the-arithmet...

Climate change: Doom versus gloom Should we hope for the best and prepare for the worst when tackling climate change?

"Thinking through the implications of 4C warming shows that the impacts are so significant that the only real adaptation strategy is to avoid that at all cost because of the pain & suffering that is going to cost. There is no science on how we are going to adapt to 4C warming" @neiladger.bsky.social

Transparency provisions in the AI Act or the GDPR are not working.

IA : une start-up de San Francisco veut bâtir un « scientifique artificiel » pour « guérir toutes les maladies » Edison Scientific a conçu un agent IA capable de réaliser en quelques heures un objectif de recherche qui aurait demandé six mois de travail à des doctorants en biologie.

AI scientifique, could it deliver? www.lemonde.fr/article-offe...

Irish Data Protection Commission was asked today in Committee: have you ever taken a GDPR decision on Google?

Answer... No.

Ireland is responsible for supervising Google's data use across the whole EU. It has produced no decisions.

Kudos @sineadgibney.bsky.social for asking the question.

Digital Omnibus Report V3: Analysis of Select GDPR and ePrivacy Proposals by the Commission Version 3 of our report includes specific recommendations for the EU legislator on each of the most important articles, including on whether to reject or maintain proposed changes

📃🚌 We have just published the third version of our report on the #DigitalOmnibus, which now also includes comments on the joint statement issued by the #EDPB and the #EDPS on 11 February 2026.

Read the report here 👉 noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds Wood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution Air pollution from home wood burning is estimated to lead to 8,600 premature deaths in the US each year, according to research. Just 2% of US homes use wood for primary heating. Another 8% burn wood for pleasure, aesthetics or supplementary heating, but combined they produce 21% of the country’s wintertime particle pollution. Continue reading...

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds

The Link Between Air Pollution And Alzheimer's Is Now Clearer Than Ever Tiny air pollution particles may be doing more than harming our lungs.

What is done to us...

Mexico city even teens show signs of Alzheimer...

Protecting the planet means protecting the people. Human rights are environmental rights. 💚

Planetary Health, OneHealth

Europe ‘not prepared’ for four-degree warming, EU advisors warn Fragmented planning is leaving EU countries exposed to a growing number of fires and floods

Europe ‘not prepared’ for four-degree warming, EU advisors warn

Temperatures are rising and earth systems are destabilising faster than expected.

INTERVIEW: Data rules are a shield against uncertainty, says Anu Talus Chair of privacy watchdog warns against damaging the GDPR in an interview with Euractiv on the EDPB's opinion on the Digital Omnibus

INTERVIEW: Data rules are a shield against uncertainty, says Anu Talus

Letter to the informal European Council meeting: Under pressure, Europe’s industry needs direction, not deregulation - CAN Europe As Europe’s biggest industrial players gather first in Antwerp and the informal European Council meets the day after in Alden Biesen castle, the dominant message is clear: roll back climate and enviro...

Deregulation is not an industrial strategy.

Our message to the informal European Council meeting this week is that under heavy pressure, Europe’s industry needs direction, not deregulation.

Industrial policy driven by deregulation has failed before - let's not repeat the mistake.

This week EU leaders double down on the so-called “simplification agenda” — one of the EU’s most self-defeating bets on competitiveness.

Ten omnibus packages won’t magically save €15bn/year, but they will fuel legal uncertainty, weaken protections, and erode EU strategic autonomy. #EUCO

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

"I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants. "
By Pedro Sánchez

Wood burners may treble children’s exposure to pollution in homes, study finds Research in Wales found that home, not outdoor travel, was largest contributor to children’s daily exposure

#arkikehu sille, että ei polta pienhiukkasia tuottavaa puuta, vaikka miten haluaisi olla säästäväinen. Kulut siitä kuitenkin lopulta massiiviset yhteiskunnalle ja yksilölle.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...

Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...

Denmark taking the lead in women’s health.

Granskade ögondroppar giftigare än man trott – kan vara skadlig för levern Oroväckande resultat av ny forskning: ”Borde krävas mer tester innan den här typen av ämnen godkänns”

Oroväckande resultat av ny forskning: ”Borde krävas mer tester innan den här typen av ämnen godkänns”

PFAS pollution: French citizens take on chemical giants Case billed as Europe's largest ever class action lawsuit over contamination by 'forever chemicals'

PFAS pollution: French citizens take on chemical giants

In 2024, the Danish DPA sought the EDPB's opinion on Article 28 GDPR. The EDPB clarified that controllers must keep current records of all processors and sub-processors. The Danish DPA just published its decision on the use of Google's products in primary schools. www.datatilsynet.dk/afgoerelser/...

Campaigners press EU to lead push for cleaner Arctic shipping Proposal targets black carbon emissions and polar ice melt

Campaigners press EU to lead push for cleaner Arctic shipping

Studie: Luftföroreningar kan öka risken för ALS

– Vi ser en tydlig koppling trots att nivåerna av luftföroreningar i Sverige är låga jämfört med många andra länder, säger studiens förstaförfattare Jing Wu, forskare vid Karolinska Institutet.