Climate news on November 1, 2026

1. 0118:01 UTC

   Two Point O Capital raises $10 million for clean energy financing

   4 outlets · first: The Times of India Funding

   Machine summary Two Point O Capital raised $10 Mn (nearly ₹95 Cr) in a Series A round led by Transition Venture Capital, with existing backer Omnivore and two angel investors participating, Inc42 reported. The startup finances distributed clean energy assets, rooftop solar, battery energy storage systems and wastewater treatment, for commercial and industrial customers, and says it targets project sizes that traditional banks and NBFCs overlook. According to Business Standard, the firm intends to move into battery energy storage while growing its solar, energy efficiency, and wastewater treatment operations.

   1. Two Point O Capital raised $10 Mn (nearly ₹95 Cr) in a Series A round led by Transition Venture Capital (TVC), Inc42 reported
   2. The round saw participation from existing backer Omnivore, as well as angel investors Chiranjeev Singh Saluja, plus Sudhir M Reddy.
   3. The company, which Karan Bhutani, Archit Mehrotra, Manya Ranjan, and Shashidhar Reddy launched in 2024, had previously secured more than $6 Mn through both equity and debt.
   4. CEO Karan Bhutani told Inc42 that capital has flowed into utility-scale, grid-scale projects while decentralised energy projects for industries and buildings saw insufficient inflows
   5. Business Standard reports plans to enter battery energy storage and expand the solar, energy efficiency and wastewater treatment businesses

   Reported by Inc42, Business Standard and The Times of India.

   • Battery Energy Storage Systems
   • Rooftop solar
   • Omnivore
   • Transition Venture Capital (TVC)
   • Two Point O Capital

2. 0202:00 UTC

   Study suggests human warming halted a glaciation already underway

   2 outlets · first: ScienceAlert Sustainability

   Machine summary A study published in Science suggests the next glacial period may have begun around 2,000 years ago and then stopped as a result of human-driven climate change, ScienceAlert reported. The researchers reconstructed the Laurentide Ice Sheet's retreat into the Barnes Ice Cap using cosmogenic beryllium-10 dating of rock, the report states. Study first author Nicolás Young of Columbia University said the glaciation was underway and then ceased.

   1. A study published in the journal Science suggests the next glaciation may have begun around 2,000 years ago and was halted by human-driven climate change, ScienceAlert reported.
   2. Nicolás Young, a geochemist employed by Columbia University and first author on the study, remarked regarding the nascent glaciation that it had only just begun, conditions seemed entirely ordinary, and the next glaciation was nearly due, but the process stopped.
   3. The Laurentide Ice Sheet covered much of the northern US and Canada from about 95,000 to 20,000 years ago, extending at its maximum from the Arctic Circle to Illinois under up to 3 kilometers (2 miles) of ice.
   4. The report puts the Laurentide Ice Sheet's overall ice volume at the equivalent of around 80 meters (260 feet) of sea-level change.
   5. According to the report, the researchers suggest the Laurentide Ice Sheet shrank into the Barnes Ice Cap, which the study characterizes as a remnant of that glacial period.

   Reported by ScienceAlert.

   • Columbia University
   • Science
   • Laurentide Ice Sheet
   • Barnes Ice Cap
   • ScienceAlert

3. 0310:00 UTC

   Coverage recordToronto Star: “$10,000 for rooftop solar? No, thanks. Why homeowners are rejecting an Ontario rebate that ‘doesn’t make any sense’”

   2 outlets · first: thestar.com Renewable energy

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   Reported by thestar.com and Toronto Star.

   • Toronto Star

4. 0412:45 UTC

   Ghana presidency says Russia backed a 2,000MW nuclear plant plan

   2 outlets · first: modernghana.com Renewable energy

   Machine summary Ghana's presidency said President Mahama secured Russian support for a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant during talks with President Putin in Moscow on 30 October 2026, on the margins of the Third Russia-Africa Summit. A statement from the Jubilee House, reported by Ghanamma, also described agreement on six cooperation areas including defence, agriculture and education, plus the revival of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation.

   1. Ghana's Jubilee House said Mahama secured Russian support for a 2,000-megawatt nuclear power plant during talks with Putin in Moscow on 30 October 2026, as reported by Ghanamma.
   2. Mahama and Putin agreed on six areas of cooperation, with Ghanamma naming defence relations, agriculture and education among them.
   3. Russia is said to have pledged to increase scholarship opportunities for Ghanaian students for academic and professional training.
   4. The two sides agreed to revive the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation as the forum for coordinating and implementing bilateral agreements, Ghanamma reported.
   5. The Modern Ghana commentary traces Ghana's nuclear ambitions to first president Kwame Nkrumah and describes the effort as begun more than six decades ago.

   Reported by Ghanamma and modernghana.com.

   • Russia
   • Ghana
   • Jubilee House
   • Third Russia-Africa Summit
   • Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation

5. 0518:43 UTC

   APC and ADC dispute Tinubu's record on electricity supply

   1 outlet · first: punchng.com Regulation

   Machine summary The APC Presidential Campaign Council said President Bola Tinubu's 2023 pledge of stable electricity remains on course, while the African Democratic Congress campaign council said Nigerians have yet to see results. The APC said Tinubu identified estimated billing as a major challenge and pledged to address it alongside other power-sector problems.

   1. The ADC-PCC statement quoted the pledge as: "Don't vote for me for a second term if I fail to deliver electricity," and said Nigerians were entitled to assess the administration against it.
   2. Dele Alake, spokesperson for the APC PCC, said Tinubu named estimated billing a significant problem for households and firms and committed to dealing with it along with other issues in the power sector.
   3. The ADC-PCC criticised tariff classifications under Bands A, B and C, saying consumers did not receive supply reliability commensurate with the amounts they paid.
   4. The ADC-PCC claimed rising electricity costs forced some hospitality operators to ration power to guests during daytime hours to reduce operating expenses.

   Reported by punchng.com.

   • Bola Tinubu
   • Electricity

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