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1. **Solar power growth accelerated by the Paris Agreement:**
– Solar energy is now the fastest-growing source of electricity globally.
– Since the Paris Agreement was signed about a decade ago, solar’s share in global electricity generation has jumped from 1% to 9%.
– The agreement reduced financial and regulatory barriers, lowered costs, and set emission targets.
– Developing nations have seen particularly rapid solar growth, such as China (more than 20-fold increase), India, and Brazil (70% annual growth since 2015).
– The report by Ember highlights the Paris Agreement’s role in enabling this trend, coinciding with the COP30 summit in Brazil.
2. **Scottish rewilding project progress:**
– Glen Affric National Nature Reserve has joined the UK’s largest rewilding initiative, Affric Highlands.
– The project aims to restore 200,000 hectares of natural habitat, including expanding the remaining fragments (<2%) of Caledonian forest.
- It also seeks to boost tourism and improve local biodiversity.
- Stephanie Kiel, executive director, highlighted the importance of the project for both nature and community.
3. **Bird recovery in France after neonicotinoid ban:**
- After the EU banned neonicotinoid pesticides in 2018, a small recovery in insect-eating bird populations has been observed in France.
- Neonicotinoids are widely used insecticides harmful to pollinators and linked to bird decline.
- Early studies suggest bird abundance has increased by approximately 3% at previously affected sites.
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