EU declares it’s ready to abandon Russian gas as imports from Russia sharply decrease since Ukraine war (RBC Ukraine)

EU plans to increase electricity supplies to Ukraine as difficult winter approaches (RBC Ukraine)

Declassified document indicate the leaders of China hold a deep-seated distrust of Russia despite public unity displays (Dagens.com)

UK announces US$780 million aid package for Ukraine (RBC Ukraine)

Hamas ready to implement US ceasefire agreement without new conditions; pressure grows on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to accept a deal and bring back hostages (France 24)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges BRICS countries [Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa] to seek cooperation and peace strategies amid global unrest (CGTN)

Great Britain: Live animal testing falls 3%, lowest since 2001, new data shows (Evening Standard)

California: After 9 years, the Chumash people become the first indigenous co-stewards of a National Marine Sanctuary in the contiguous United States (Good News Network)

Missouri [US]: Scientists warn of pandemic risk after H5N1 bird flu spreads without animal contact (Daily Mail)

Hanoi [Vietnam]: Floods and landslides continue, several districts remain inundated (Reuters)

Nigeria: One million affected by floods after dam collapse in Borno State (Al Jazeera)

Climate change threatens the Gulf Stream current. If this vital ocean system collapses, it could disrupt tropical monsoons for at least 100 years, new study finds (Live Science)

California [US]: 16 wildfires rage, tens of thousands evacuated amid erratic winds and extreme heat (KameraOne)

Analysis: Human exploitation of nature is a form of authoritarianism, threatening ecological collapse and species extinction globally (The Guardian)

Brazil: “Apocalyptic” drought hits Amazon, nation experiencing worst dry spell in 70 years, devastating protected habitats (Daily Express)

40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to curbing climate change has not been granted special government protection, new data reveals (Reuters)

Climate change has turned Gulf of Maine [US] into a sea life “ghost town” as ocean life has disappeared, documentarian says (CBS News)

Climate change: “Graveyard of glaciers” in Iceland lays bare existential threat of melting ice (UN)

UK: Climate change disrupts plankton seasons, negatively impacting entire marine food web (Marine Technology News)

Two-thirds of global methane emissions now come from human activity, researchers warn (Euronews)

Analysis: Pressure from US and other big meat and dairy countries is weakening UN commitments to address antimicrobial resistance in animal factories (U.S Right To Know)

Great Britain: 2,477 dogs among 2.6 million animals harmed in lab experiments in 2023, government report reveals (Animal Aid)

UK National Farmers’ Union president: Individual solar farms don’t threaten food security, but “best, most versatile land” should still be saved for farming (Evening Standard)

Randers [Denmark]: Architecture studio CF Møller creates flood defense system that doubles as a nature park beside the Gudenå river (Dezeen)

Florida [US]: Man aims to plant 1 million mangrove trees by 2030, combating coastal threats (WFOR)

Belgian artist makes furniture out of tennis balls that otherwise would take 400 years to decompose in landfills (Good News Network)

MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology] [US] scientists recreate the quantum Hall effect using ultracold sodium atoms, advancing energy research and the potential for new useful materials (Popular Mechanics)

Motivational quote of the day: “Knowledge is like the carrot. Few know by looking at the green top that the best part, the orange part, is there. Like the carrot, if you don’t work for it, it will wither away and rot.” – The Venerated Mullah Nasruddin Hodja [vegetarian] (A-Z Quotes)

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