Top Stories of the Week: June 26-July 2

                                    A roundup of this week's top stories

• The Long and Winding Road (to Net-Zero)

  Much of Europe is now, tentatively, beginning to emerge from this year’s extended winter cold, much of which was spent under lockdown, and things are starting to resemble a kind of normal, with vaccinations finally being rolled out, shops, bars...

• Is carbon capture essential for sustainable aviation?

  The aviation sector and airliners, in general, have been noted as some of the worst contributors to global carbon emission levels and utilising carbon capture technology may be essential in lowering emissions in the sector, according to a recent...

• Billionaire space race counts down to liftoff

  Virgin Galactic has been given the go-ahead to launch its maiden voyage from US regulators which has sent the so-called billionaire space race into its next stages as Richard Branson and main rival Jeff Bezos, alongside his new company...

• Global steel sector may face $70bn in stranded assets burden

  The global steel industry may find itself saddled with up to $70 billion (€58.9 billion) in assets over the coming years and decades because it is still constructing new coal-powered blast furnaces which will become redundant as the world...

• New Zealand to phase out single-use plastics by 2025

  New Zealand has vowed to ban single-use plastics and some unnecessary "problem plastics" by July 2025 as it attempts to further green causes and live up to its reputation as a "clean green" country.

• Novozymes to participate in Copenhagen carbon-capture project

  Global biotech company Novozymes is to take part in a project to establish a carbon capture facility at the Amager Bakke waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen, Denmark...

• Dow Benelux to build green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands

  Dow Benelux outlined its plants to reduce current CO2 emissions from its Terneuzen, the Netherlands, on its path to achieve net CO2 neutrality by 2050...