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Update right now with narrow corridors for flights still operating around Iran and avoiding Russia. Most are West Europe to India. Lower corridor are flights to and from UAE.

Yes they will get revenue!

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Iran war chaos squeezes world’s airlines through ‘eye of a needle’ — The Telegraph Thousands of flights are being funnelled into a small gap over Azerbaijan and Georgia

Iran war chaos squeezes world’s airlines through ‘eye of a needle’ avoiding Russia and Iran. Flight volumes passing through Azerbaijan’s skies are up almost 75% since 2019, according to its air traffic control, a source of revenue.
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‘Stability risk’: US faces rising concern as global debt soars to record high Global debt accumulation ‘accelerated sharply’ in 2025, driven by surging investment in the US, China and Europe, report finds.

“China’s economy is now relying more on domestic consumption and tech innovation, rather than solely on investment projects, for growth”. Details of China next 15 year plan emerge. www.scmp.com/economy/chin...

Celebrating all women today around the world and your courage and achievements in a sometimes difficult world 🎉🥰

The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
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Just that I have not flown within Europe for 10years. Always use the train or EV and if it costs too much I zoom instead. Furthest I have been by train are Prague and Zagreb.

I have been vegetarian since 1975.

Now you know the impact of deforestation on rainfall, maybe you might make better food choices?

Intriguing New Environmental Books for the Young and the Young-at-Heart • The Revelator These books offer guidance on maintaining forests, growing plants, building hope, and enjoying wildlife.

Intriguing New Environmental Books for the Young and the Young-at-Heart https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-march2026/

Making profits from vertical farms has been a problem because of high energy costs but new technology and a focus on micro-greens and berry production seem the way forward in USA for innovator Aerofarms www.ceagworld.com/vertical-far...

World’s tallest indoor vertical farm, costing $80 million, opens in Singapore Discover Singapore's Greenphyto, the world's tallest indoor vertical farm, leveraging AI and automation to produce 2,000 tonnes of greens annually. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitst...

Greenphyto, the world's tallest indoor vertical farm, has opened in Singapore, using AI, robotics and automation to produce 2,000 tonnes of greens annually at full capacity. www.straitstimes.com/singapore/en...

Yes I think so. The impact can be felt a long way away too. It is thought that deforestation in Siberia is partly responsible for drought in Central Europe.

Rainforests are rain-making machines worth tens of billions of dollars to farmers. A new study puts a price tag on forest-generated rainfall, making the economic case for protecting tropical forests as deforestation rises.

By absorbing water and then transpiring it into the atmosphere, a single hectare of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon can generate approximately 2.4 million liters of rain per year, enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool, www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/02/rain...

It is the Chi

I think it will be steel columns with concrete composite floors and cladding.

The Oasia Hotel Singapore facade is a red, porous, aluminum mesh screen that supports the growth of creepers, which over time allows the green, organic elements to dominate the red.

Nanjing Vertical Forest - Stefano Boeri Architects Nanjing Green Towers, promoted by Nanjing Yang Zi State-owned National Investment Group Co.ltd, will be the first Vertical Forest built in Asia. Located in...

Nanjing vertical forest project in China world-architects.com/en/architect...

Buildings Sprout Living Walls by Green Over Grey White Rock, a small surburb outside of Vancouver, Canada can now boast to having the largest green wall in North America thanks to Green Over...

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Kampung Admiralty - WOHA

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It is the Kampung Admiralty public housing complex in Singapore. The roof is a communal park and farm.

Good question! From my experience in Singapore and Chinese cities, where it is combined with beautiful planting in parks and roadsides with mature trees it does feel like nature, and birds and insects love it.

Vertical green facades have become increasingly popular in urban environments over recent decades. Leonard Ng attributes their emergence to good intentions, such as counteracting the diminishing presence of nature as cities develop and expand. www.ecogradia.com/podcast/chal...

China and France agree to help de-escalate US-Israeli conflict with Iran The world must not return to the law of the jungle, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang tells France’s Jean-Noel Barrot.

China and France agree to help de-escalate US-Israeli conflict with Iran and to engage with UN to uphold international law. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Thankyou so much

I chair a trustee board of a charity that helps people who are suffering fuel poverty so I do know the problem- it is difficult.

There is a thread which answers this in the feed.

Thankyou Steve and Ciaran. So beautiful

Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet Yet another war, and yet another argument for an end to oil

According to The Economist, Cuba’s imports of Chinese solar panels grew by a factor of 34 last year, faster than anywhere else in the world

They're trying to prepare for the inevitable next attack from Trump
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