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Climate Adaptation and Resource Scarcity

Stat: Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

A new study warns that ‘feedback loops’ – nature-based events that add to global warming – are amplifying the climate crisis beyond what current models account for.

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Sustainability

Stat: Environmental priorities are rising among British consumers

New Ipsos polling finds that 44% prioritise protecting the environment over economic growth, up from 38% in November 2024.

Energy Vault and SOM designed four innovative gravity-based energy storage systems, US
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Global Drivers

Global Drivers 2027+: Climate Adaptation and Resource Scarcity

More frequent extreme weather and the lived reality of climate change are creating new risks for states, businesses and people, while positive tipping points are being met with fragmented, uneven approaches to systems change itself.

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Sustainability

Stat: Heatwaves put £4.4bn ($5.99bn, €5.14bn) strain on UK economy

Repeated heatwaves have cost the economy an estimated £4.4bn ($5.99bn, €5.14bn) in lost output from May to the end of July 2026, according to green think tank Verdant.

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Retail

Stat: UK consumer confidence hits highest point in nearly two years

Consumer confidence in the UK economy reached a 21-month high in July 2026, rising six percentage points to 30%, according to Barclays’ Consumer Spend report, which draws on hundreds of millions of card transactions.

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Design

Japanese vending machine manufacturer creates human refrigerator

Japanese vending machine manufacturer SDRS has developed the Do Hiemon Box, a one-person cooling booth designed to protect workers and event-goers from extreme heat.

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Travel & Hospitality

Foresight Friday: Alice Crossley, principal strategic foresight analyst

Every Friday, we offer an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, principal strategic foresight analyst Alice Crossley unpacks how the climate crisis is turning up the heat on the travel industry.

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Travel & Hospitality

Stat: How climate awareness is altering travel behaviour

According to Booking.com’s Travel & Sustainability Report, travellers are rethinking where, when and why they travel as extreme weather reshapes holiday planning.

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Fashion

Global Fashion Summit 2026: Sustainable practices as operational resilience

At the Global Fashion Summit 2026, leaders from across the value chain gathered at The Copenhagen Concert Hall for a series of keynotes, panels and workshops aiming to advance the industry’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.