Suzhou Hongruida New Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. established an Enterprise Science and Technology Association and held a founding/unveiling ceremony at its Changshu headquarters on November 12, 2025.

• Main announcement: The company officially launched the Hongruida Science and Technology Association, unveiled by Chairman Lu, Director Yang and Chairman Hu; the association will build an exchange platform for scientific and technological workers and support industry-university-research integration, talent training and technological innovation. Key attendees included Lv Tingjun, Yang Jin, Hu Hao, and local science and technology association leaders; the event included visits to the company’s exhibition hall, R&D center, and production workshop.
• Background and details: The High-tech Zone Science and Technology Association and the Science and Technology and Intellectual Property Office expressed full support and expect the association to assist regional science and technology ecology; the association commits to the “four services” responsibilities and a twelve-character policy: “building platforms, promoting mass entrepreneurship, promoting collaboration, and cultivating talents”.
  • Date: November 12, 2025
  • Location: Suzhou Hongruida New Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. Changshu headquarters
  • Agenda/subject: Visit exhibition hall, R&D center and production workshop; symposium and unveiling of the Enterprise Science and Technology Association.

Makerere University hosted a high-level roundtable with EfD-Mak, GRO Foundation, and the Bank of Uganda to discuss expanding climate finance, market readiness, and institutional capacity building.

• Main announcement/action: The roundtable launched deeper collaboration between EfD-Mak and GRO Foundation to mobilize private-sector climate finance; GRO Foundation pledged US$1 billion per year for five years, cited a track record of US$1.5 billion mobilized, and stated an ambition to reach US$10 billion in the coming year.

  • Event details:
    • Date: 5 December 2025 (article publication date)
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    • Location: Makerere University roundtable ( Kampala, Uganda )
    • Agenda/subject: “Building Capacity and Market Readiness for Green and SDG-Linked Financing Mechanisms through Private Sector Mobilisation Towards Achieving the 10-Fold Economic Transformation (ATMS)”

• Background and specifics: Speakers (EfD-Mak, Bank of Uganda, GRO, Ecobank) emphasized capacity building, ESG integration, data and institutional strengthening, and a need for a pipeline of bankable green projects; the article noted Uganda estimates US$228 billion is needed to implement its NDCs and highlighted concrete reforms under BoU’s 2022–2027 strategic plan (ESG frameworks, climate-related financial risk guidelines, sector training).

HungaroMet Nonprofit Zrt. opened the exhibition “A légkör titkai nyomában – 155 év magyar meteorológiai öröksége” at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) and the opening coincided with the start of the 51st Meteorological Scientific Days conference.

• Main announcement: The exhibition is open at the MTA headquarters Dec 1–19, 2025, with a ceremonial opening on Dec 4, 2025 featuring speeches by Haas János, Raisz Anikó, Szanka Gábor Gyula, and Lakatos Mónika; the display covers 155 years of Hungarian meteorological history, from early instruments (HungaroMet Meteorológiai Muzeális Szakgyűjtemény) to modern monitoring and forecasting systems.
• Background & related activities: The event ran in parallel with the 51st Meteorological Scientific Days (conference).
  • Conference details:
    • Date: Dec 4–5, 2025
    • Location: MTA large hall (MTA székház nagyterme)
    • Agenda / subject: “A meteorológia válasza a környezeti kihívásokra” (Meteorology’s response to environmental challenges)
  • The exhibition highlights ongoing projects including DIMOP_PLUSZ-2.3.1-23-2023-00001, which will deliver a meteorological database and station network and a portal to support preparedness for climate change by end of March 2026; digital models such as Destination Earth and the KLIMADAT system were also featured.

SINTEF (with NORCE and UiO) announced research findings via the HyStorm project that make hydrogen storage in decommissioned oil and gas reservoirs more actionable by assessing rock integrity and leakage risks.

• Main finding & scope: Researchers tested rock samples and modelled behaviour under hydrogen exposure; they found caprocks (typically shale) largely retain strength while reservoir sandstones can weaken. Norway has ~23 decommissioned and publicly available gas fields with a combined capacity of 642 TWh, compared with national annual energy use of less than 250 TWh. The research was carried out under the HyStorm collaboration (SINTEF, NORCE, UiO).
• Technical details & operational guidance: Experiments measured changes in pore space, mineral content, strength and stiffness, and examined effects of repeated injection/production cycles. Researchers recommend not emptying reservoirs completely after each cycle to avoid progressive deformation and potential leakage paths. No concrete deployment timeline or commercial contracts were reported.

The Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia) Assistant Governor Suhaimi Ali urged scaling Islamic finance to fund Malaysia’s net-zero transition and support strategic national priorities during his KLIFF 2025 keynote (18 November 2025).

• Main announcement: Assistant Governor Suhaimi Ali called for actionable scaling of Islamic finance to support NETR net-zero transition financing needs of RM1.2–RM1.3 trillion, and to mobilise capital for halal economy, high-value industries, and MSMEs under RMK13; he emphasised embedding Value-Based Intermediation (VBI) into measurable outcomes and product design.
• Background and details: He reported sector metrics: Islamic banking = 47% of total financing, takaful = 25% of net contributions, Malaysia holds 36% of the world’s outstanding sukuk, and SRI assets = RM11.9 billion in 2024 (ninefold since 2017). He highlighted initiatives and instruments including myWakaf, iTEKAD, i-CITA, mudarabah, musharakah, and recommended digital tools (blockchain, big data, AI) and stronger impact measurement; the keynote was delivered at KLIFF 2025 on 18 November 2025, published 05 December 2025.