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A sharp rise in gas prices linked to the war in Iran is driving a sudden surge in demand across the Netherlands for heat pumps, solar panels, home batteries, and used electric vehicles, with installers reporting being overwhelmed and some companies seeing demand spikes of up to 100 percent, Trouw reports. Installers and retailers across the country are experiencing rapid increases in inquiries and sales, according to industry groups the Dutch Association for Sustainable Energy (NVDE) and Techniek Nederland, as well as multiple companies reporting directly to Trouw. At Feenstra, an installation company, applications for products such as solar panels increased by 30% last week compared with pre-war levels. In Purmerend, auto wholesaler Johan Meure reported selling nearly twice as many used electric vehicles as usual during the same period. Hoppenbrouwers Installation Group said interest in home batteries is rising strongly, especially for emergency backup power in crisis scenarios.

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Wildfires that blazed around the world in 2024 helped to drive a record annual leap in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, surprising scientists. The data shows humanity is moving yet deeper into a dangerous world of supercharged extreme weather. The CO2 level at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii jumped by 3.6 parts per million (ppm) to 427ppm, far above the 280ppm level before the large-scale burning of fossil fuels sparked the climate crisis. The Mauna Loa observations, known as the Keeling curve, began in 1958 and are the longest running direct measurements of CO2. The sharp rise resulted from burning forests adding to continued emissions from coal, oil and gas, which also set a record in 2024. The natural El Niño climate cycle also contributed, by delivering hotter and drier conditions in the tropics. A record rise would probably have occurred even without El Niño though, the scientists said. The global average temperature also set a new record in 2024, worsening the extreme heatwaves, storms and floods that affected billions of people. This meant the planet passed the 1.5C (2.7F) level agreed as a target by the Paris climate agreement for the first time. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, blamed the fossil fuel industry for pocketing profits while their products “wreak havoc”.

Greenhouse gas levels surged to a new record in 2023, committing the planet to rising temperatures for many years to come, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Carbon dioxide (CO2) is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence, rising by more than 10% in just two decades. In the course of 2023, large vegetation fire CO2 emissions and a possible reduction in carbon absorption by forests combined with stubbornly high fossil fuel CO2 emissions from human and industrial activities to drive the increase, according to the WMO’s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. The globally-averaged surface concentration of CO2 reached 420.0 parts per million (ppm), methane 1 934 parts per billion and nitrous oxide 336.9 parts per billion (ppb) in 2023. These values are 151%, 265% and 125% of pre-industrial (before 1750) levels, it said. These are calculated on the basis of the long-term observations within the Global Atmosphere Watch network of monitoring stations. “Another year. Another record. This should set alarm bells ringing among decision makers. We are clearly off track to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2°C and aiming for 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. These are more than just statistics. Every part per million and every fraction of a degree temperature increase has a real impact on our lives and our planet,” said WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo. The 2023 increase of CO2 in the atmosphere was higher than that of 2022, although lower than that of the three years before that. The annual increase of 2.3 ppm marked the 12th consecutive year with an increase greater than 2 ppm.

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