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Eurostat: EU road freight tonnage fell 0.7% in 2024
Tonnage declined 0.7%, while tonne-kilometre performance rose 0.7%.
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IMF: Digital financial transactions rose to 251 per adult
The IMF’s 2025 Financial Access Survey reported that digital transactions, including mobile money and mobile and internet banking, rose from 55 per adult in 2017 to 251 in 2024.
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OECD: Business AI adoption differs widely across countries
In OECD’s 2025 analysis, 13.9% of businesses in the OECD area and 13.5% in the EU-27 used AI solutions in 2024.
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UNEP: a 42% emissions cut by 2030 is needed for 1.5°C
Annual greenhouse-gas emissions need to fall 42% by 2030 and 57% by 2035 from 2019 levels.
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WIPO: Global patent filings reached 3.7 million in 2024
WIPO’s 2025 indicators report counted 3.7 million patent applications worldwide in 2024, a 4.9% annual increase.
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WMO: 2024 set a global temperature record
Surface temperature was 1.55 ± 0.13°C above 1850–1900. WMO cautioned against conflating a single year with the long-term threshold.
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WMO: Africa was 0.86°C above average in 2024
Annual surface temperature exceeded the 1991–2020 average by about 0.86°C. North Africa’s anomaly was 1.28°C.
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WMO: Asia was 1.04°C above average in 2024
Asia’s mean temperature was about 1.04°C above 1991–2020. Record ranking varies by dataset.
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WMO: about one third of services were at essential level
About one third of meteorological and hydrological services provided essential climate services in 2024; a similar share was advanced or full.
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World Bank port index compared 403 container ports
The 2025 index covers 403 ports and over 175,000 vessel calls during 2020–2024.
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World Bank: Internet data use diverges by income group
The World Bank’s 2025 digital progress report says internet penetration in lower-middle-income countries reached 68% in 2024, up from 64% in 2022.
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Private infrastructure commitments reached $100.7bn in 2024
The World Bank PPI report recorded $100.7bn across 315 projects in low- and middle-income countries, versus $87.1bn in 2023.
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