torsdag 30 juli 2026
Climate Threat Global Challenges
Less than Half of China's Electricity Comes from Coal Power
For the first time ever, coal power accounts for less than half of China's electricity production, writes Bloomberg.
During the first six months of the year, the share was 49.7 percent. Renewable energy has risen from 40 to 41.2 percent, while nuclear power and natural gas account for the rest.
China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but is clearly less dependent on coal than India.
Earth's renewable resources are expected to run out this year
Humanity has used up this year's renewable natural resources, according to calculations by the Global Footprint Network.
This year's Earth Overshoot Day – the day when humanity has exhausted the amount of resources that would have been sustainable – falls on July 30. Resource extraction is therefore 73 percent faster than the recovery of ecosystems.
– We consume as if we had almost two globes, says Karoline Andaur at WWF to Nettavisen.
Sweden had already exhausted its estimated quota on April 4. The worst is Qatar, which used up its ration on February 4.
In recent decades, Earth Overshoot Day has come earlier and earlier in the year. In the early 1970s, the global day only fell at the end of December.
Political situation in Peru
Peru has a new president - begins the first big battle
Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as the new president of Peru. The 42-year-old ran for office on the promise of defeating crime in the Latin American country, and on her first day in office she is asking Congress to approve some of the measures the government wants to take.
She wants to deploy soldiers in areas with extensive drug trafficking, writes AFP.
- I am sure that the opposition will support this request, says Foreign Minister Carlos Espa.
Political situation in Peru
Blackmail victim: Hope she can see our needs
Peru is facing its biggest security crisis in decades, writes AFP in connection with the conservative Keiko Fujimori now taking power.
Extortion is one of the biggest problems, with individuals and companies exposed to pressure from both domestic and foreign criminal networks. Roxana Quispe, who works as a baker, has been subjected to it several times and wants to see change.
– I hope she comes here and sees our needs.
Food vendor Luzmari Anaya expresses skepticism.
– I don’t think she’s fulfilling all her campaign promises.
Russian invasion Security in Europe
Analysis: This is why Poland is sending missiles
The fact that what is probably a Russian cruise missile hit Poland on Thursday morning is a reminder that the war in Ukraine is also Poland's fight, writes Artur Bartkiewicz in an analysis in the daily Rzecspospolita.
"If anyone is still wondering why Poland is donating air defense missiles to Ukraine, they got the answer on the morning of July 30".
In Wyborcza, Bartosz T Wieliński writes that the events of the night undoubtedly represent an escalation, even though Russia fires missiles of the current type at Ukraine almost daily.
“This is the fourth time since the start of the war that Russia has violated Polish airspace. But this is the first time that a warhead has exploded.”
Ukraine: Russian cruise missile crossed the Polish border
A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed the Polish border last night. This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha on X.
“This is another clear example of the urgency of strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses now and that it serves as a guarantee for the protection of the entire Euro-Atlantic community,” he wrote.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote, according to Reuters, that everything indicates that the missile came from Russia, but that it is not yet “100 percent confirmed” what type it is.
Polish military analyst Jaroslaw Wolski believes that everything indicates that it is precisely a Kh-101.
“The chance that it was something else is basically zero,” he writes on X.
According to Wolski, the unidentified object flew too low to be a Ukrainian drone. Witness accounts from the area also rule out it being a Shahed drone, which emits a characteristic buzzing sound before impact
Middle East Crisis Iran War
New US attack night against Iran after Trump's warning
The US has carried out a new wave of attacks on several locations in southern Iran, CNN reports, citing military data. Among other things, several command centers are said to have been hit, the US military command Centcom said on X.
"The attacks are a powerful response to yesterday's attempted Iranian attacks on American forces stationed in the Middle East," Centcom wrote.
The night's attack comes after President Donald Trump threatened Iran with retaliatory attacks on Wednesday after the country attacked Jordan. Trump said, among other things, that Iranian targets would be "hit hard."
The extent of the attacks has not been reported, but there are reports that explosions have been heard in several locations. Reports of attacks include in the cities of Abadan, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, as well as on the island of Qeshm, according to Al Jazeera.
Jordan shoots down five Iranian missiles
Jordan has shot down five Iranian ballistic missiles in connection with an attack on a US base in the country, reports the AP.
There are currently no reports of injuries.
The US attacked a large number of targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard overnight, including command centers and missile and drone facilities. Iran says two people were injured on the island of Qeshm.
The war creates a shortage of weapons in the US: Fewer than 1,000 Patriot missiles in stock
Many of the US's weapons stockpiles are gaping empty after five months of war with Iran, reports CNN. For example, the country is said to have fewer than 1,000 missiles for the Patriot air defense system in stock.
Now the Pentagon hopes that defense startups in Silicon Valley can help fill the void, according to the Washington Post. However, experts are skeptical that the relatively new companies have the necessary skills.
“It’s one thing to build something ... it’s another thing entirely to mass-produce it,” says Jerry McGinn of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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