Gautam Adani, a billionaire from India, and seven others are accused of hiding bribes to Indian officials from U.S. investors in a solar energy scheme worth billions of dollars.
Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.
For most of the storms — 40 of them — the extra oomph from warmer oceans made the storms jump an entire hurricane category.
Climate change minister Simon Watts at COP 29. Climate change minister Simon Watts reaffirmed his commitment to New Zealand’s emission reduction targets at the global climate summit at the same time as the country...
As Cop29 in Azerbaijan reaches final stages, countries try to shore up support for conference where question of limiting global heating will be key Australia is locked in a standoff with Turkey over which will host vital UN climate talks in 2026, where the question of whether the world can limit global heating in line with scientific advice is likely to be decided. Australia’s government wants to host the summit in partnership with Pacific nations, which are among the countries most threatened by climate breakdown. Continue reading...
Models can accurately predict the future migration routes of animals and extend the shelf life of corridors, researchers found.
A Hilcorp oil field in Alaska’s Arctic is set to host a tech firm that wants to use natural gas-fired power to mine digital currency.
Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common? Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast What is “The Real Cost of Net Zero” asked political journalist Chris Uhlmann this week, after weeks of trailing his new documentary on Sky News Australia. Uhlmann is no fan of Australia’s shift to renewables, and in a preview published in the Australian said politicians and governments “pushing ambitious renewables targets” were “breathtakingly, stunningly energy illiterate.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Graham Readfearn is Guardian Australia’s environment and climate correspondent Continue reading...
Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis Two giant, mirrored walls are set to rise out of the sands of the Arabian desert. They will run parallel for more than 100 miles from the coast of the Red Sea through arid valleys and craggy mountains. Between them, a futuristic city which has no need for cars or roads will be powered completely by renewable energy. This engineering marvel, its creators say, will usher in “a revolution in civilization”. It’s the jewel in the crown of a $500bn Saudi government project known as Neom , turning a vast scrubland into a techno-utopia and world-class tourist and sporting destination. Perhaps a harbinger for the end of oil , it will supposedly put the powerful...
Migration is growing as the planet gets even hotter. Climate change is fuelling a migration crisis and millions of people in vulnerable nations are continually being uprooted from their homes. The climate and migration nexus are undeniable and the global community has turned to the Baku climate talks for urgent and sustainable solutions. Ugochi Daniels, […]
Preliminary data in the last quarter showed that global oil inventories declined by about 1.16 million barrels a day — significantly more than the IEA projection.
A draft rule could land in January, the outgoing administration's last gasp bid to reshape the offshore fossil fuel program.
Two hurricanes, Debby and Oscar, likely would have remained tropical storms in a world without global warming.
The idea includes compelling the National Academies to put together a team of researchers to debate the reality of climate change.
Thailand will aim to further reduce its emissions of harmful gases because a follow-up on the 2015 Paris climate agreement shows the country’s efforts are falling short of its target to help control the rising temperature of the planet, according to Chalermchai Sri-on, the minister of Natural Resources and Environment.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Power has unveiled its Sustainability Strategy, aimed at integrating sustainable business practices into its operations.
[Premium Times] Dozens of climate groups from across the continent under the aegis of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), asked world leaders to refrain from increasing the continent's debt burden with loan instruments disguised as climate finance.
Aligning climate action with major economic initiatives is essential to cutting emissions while promoting sustainable development.
Organized labor has a plan for how to keep New England’s renewable energy momentum going.
A new analysis finds that the storms’ wind speeds increased by up to 28 miles per hour, boosting their destructive power.
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of the federal government with the People's Republic of China.
Coming hot weather prompts Australian Energy Market Operator to predict shortfall in electricity supplies for NSW and Queensland Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast South-eastern Australia will endure its first big heatwave of the season in the coming days, elevating fire risks and potentially straining the power grid in some states. Dean Narramore, a senior Bureau of Meteorology forecaster, said day and night temperatures would be as much as 8-14C hotter than usual for this time of year. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
Day nine of the climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, begins as negotiators work against the clock Away from Cop29 my colleagues at the Guardian have pulled together a striking article outlining the real world consequences of the escalating climate crisis. Outlining the extent of rising temperatures and more extreme rainfall it is essential reading – and a stark reminder of why rapid action is needed to rapidly reduce emissions. Argentina to stay in the Paris agreement - foreign minister Continue reading...
Nick McKenzie had no idea his response to a mysterious letter would lead him on one of the largest ever international bribery investigations into the oil industry.
The world is at a turning point, CO2 emissions could soon stop rising thanks to a renewable energy boom. But according to a new climate protection ranking, countries aren't doing enough to move away from oil and gas.
[UNOWAS] During the COP29, UNOWAS, in collaboration with its partners, organized two important meetings to raise awareness and to mobilize public and private players on the impact of climate change on peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel.
[Liberian Observer] The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has welcomed a high-level African Union (AU) delegation, led by H.E. Ana Nembe, to engage in collaborative efforts aimed at helping Liberia enhance its climate change mitigation efforts. The courtesy visit, held on Monday, November 18, 2024 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marks a significant step towards strengthening cooperation between Liberia and the AU on pressing environmental issues.
Australia and Turkey are both lobbying to host Cop31, the world's annual United Nations climate change negotiations planned for 2026. The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, said Australia wants to co-host Cop31 'in partnership with our Pacific family'. Bowen also announced a $50m contribution to loss and damage caused by the climate crisis. Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035 Chris Bowen makes last-minute diplomatic stop in Turkey as Australia ramps up bid to host Cop31 Continue reading...
From my perspective as a 12-year-old, it’s devastating that the protest is getting such a negative reaction from the NSW government Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast All year, I have been looking forward to the People’s Blockade of the Newcastle coal port . I’ve been so excited to see the colourful array of kayaks and get to swim and paddle in the harbour with my friends to make our voices heard, and let the government know that we need to do everything we can right now to stop the climate crisis. I know that Rising Tide has been working incredibly hard to make the blockade a fun and safe experience for everyone, but it feels like instead of listening to our concern about the climate crisis, the...
“When sea water floods the road, children are either stranded in their homes or forced to wait for the water to recede so that vehicles that transport them to school can access the road,” she said.
STATEMENT: Global Clean Power Alliance Launched at G20 Leaders Summit darla.vanhoorn… Tue, 11/19/2024 - 16:58 At the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, leaders of the United Kingdom and Brazil officially launched the Global Climate Power Alliance, an alliance of countries that will work together and share expertise with the goal of meeting the COP28 commitments to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency. The effort will involve “missions” to address critical energy transition challenges. Brazil, Australia, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Tanzania, the African Union are the first countries to sign up to its first mission. Following is a statement from Jennifer Layke, Global Energy Director, World...
As China emerges as a climate leader, the US can still be a reliable partner by staying in global agreements and making progress at home.
As concern mounts that Argentina might leave the Paris Agreement, DW takes a look at what the course is doing to address climate change and the course that this may take under climate-skeptic President Javier Milei.
The new document allows Putin's strategic forces to deploy their devastating weapons if Russia or Belarus is threatened by a non-nuclear nation supported by a nuclear power
[This Day] The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, recently witnessed a transformative milestone in renewable energy deployment. With the unveiling of a ₦900 million, 240KW solar car park donated by Azura Power West Africa, Precious Ugwuzor writes that the company is setting an example for energy sustainability in Nigerian institutions and transforming its landscape
Chris Bowen also pledges A$50m to a fund to help the world’s most vulnerable people to repair the damage from climate breakdown Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has declared the landmark Paris agreement “is working” as it had brought the world back from “the brink of catastrophic 4C warming”, but argued countries must set the most ambitious emissions targets possible for 2035 to limit worsening global heating. Giving Australia’s national statement on the conference floor at the Cop29 summit in Azerbaijan, he also pledged A$50m (US$32.5m) towards a global loss and damage fund to help the world’s most vulnerable people to repair the damage from climate breakdown. The funding was welcomed by climate...
[Daily Maverick] As you gather in Rio for the G20 Leaders' Summit, you do so at a critical moment for our planet, humanity and the future of every young person alive today and those yet to come. This letter is addressed to you not only as heads of government but as mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers - people who care deeply about the well-being of your children and grandchildren.
Despite president-elect’s vow, energy companies focus on managing resources to be profitable, not pumping more oil At the Republican national convention in July, Donald Trump pledged to cut gas prices by boosting domestic oil production. “We will drill, baby, drill ,” he declared. Despite the president-elect’s promise , oil and gas companies probably have other ideas. For the past few years, US energy producers have focused on keeping costs down to stay profitable, balancing between producing enough oil to satisfy global energy needs and paying shareholders big dividends, according to energy experts. That’s unlikely to change soon. Continue reading...
Clean energy tax breaks, pollution rules and America’s participation in the Paris climate agreement could all be on the chopping block once Donald Trump returns to office.
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report " Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles " written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Below is the blog post version of rebuttal #3 based on Sabin's report. The amount of waste that solar panels are expected to generate over the next few decades is trivial compared to the amount of waste that will be generated by fossil fuels. A study published in Nature Physics in October 2023 found that “35 years of cumulative PV module waste (2016-2050) is dwarfed by the waste generated by fossil fuel energy and...
Refurbishing an old building is subject to full VAT, but it isn’t if you build a polluting new one. The government’s priorities are all wrong You can damn oil companies, abuse cars, insult nimbys, kill cows, befoul art galleries. But you must never, ever criticise the worst offender of all. The construction industry is sacred to both the left and the right. It may be the world’s greatest polluter, but it is not to be criticised. It is the elephant in the global-heating room. It’s hard not to feel as though we have a blind spot when it comes to cement, steel and concrete. A year has now passed since the UN’s environment programme stated baldly that “the building and construction sector is by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases”. The industry accounts for “a staggering 37% of global...
Kremlin raises stakes after decision to allow Kyiv to use US long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has signed a decree lowering the threshold for using nuclear weapons, as the Kremlin intensified its rhetoric over Joe Biden’s decision to permit Kyiv to use US-made long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia. The revised nuclear doctrine declares that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. Continue reading...
Romina Khurshid Alam, the Coordinator to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Climate Change, praised the resilience of the people of her country in the face of climate disasters and has put her faith into diplomacy to achieve climate justice. Speaking to IPS against the backdrop of a rising environmental crisis and unfulfilled promises by […]
As global leaders gather at COP29 to address the urgent challenges posed by climate change, Saad Abdulla Al-Hitmi, Director of the Climate Change Department at the Government of Qatar, highlighted the nation’s ambitious goals in an interview with IPS, stressing its commitment to balancing environmental stewardship with economic growth. Qatar’s Vision for Climate Action Qatar’s […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03419H, Paper Ciyu Ge, Qi Xu, Dayu Liu, Wenjiang Ye, Yongxin Zhu, Peiyan Zhang, Jiakuan Yang, Guang-xing Liang, Ling Xu, Ying Zhou, Haisheng Song, Chao Chen, Jiang Tang Vacuum-assisted technology, favored for its low cost, environmental friendliness, and scalability, is widely used in perovskite solar cells and is a preferred choice for commercialized production. However, strong solvent extraction... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
During his historic visit to the Amazon rainforest, US President Joe Biden emphasized the irreversibility of the clean energy revolution and the urgency of climate action. Biden's visit coincided with the UN climate conference and faced criticism from Russian media, highlighting the global significance of climate change and the political challenges ahead.
As day eight begins in Baku, leading economists say finding the required $1tn a year ‘is feasible’, even as negotiators run into a ‘valley of death’ amid deadlock in climate talks Cop29 negotiations aren’t moving fast enough, according to one of the Pacific leaders attending the summit in Baku. Surangel Whipps Jr , the president of the republic of Palau, has written an op-ed for the Guardian in which he describes the relentless invasion of his country’s coastlines by rising seawater and calls for bolder action by negotiators. He says: The importance of these issues to Pacific countries cannot be understated. Around the world, conversations on global security often revolve around invasions, acts of terrorism and threats to peace. For us, the climate crisis is our invasion. It’s a relentless...
But upfront capital investment needed to shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energy is a major hurdle for heavy industry.
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who is also the energy minister, said 11 suspects have been detained in connection with the Nov. 11 pipeline blast and other similar attacks targeting facilities that supply 80 percent of the nation’s natural gas.
Congressional Republicans and the president-elect could embrace carbon tariff legislation.
Experts say mix of taxes with development bank and private funding can provide $1tn a year needed by 2030 Raising money needed to tackle the climate crisis need not be a burden on overstretched government budgets, leading economists have said. The sums needed – approximately $1tn a year by 2030 – are achievable without disruption to the global economy, and would help to generate greener economic growth for the future. Continue reading...
[New Times] As climate impacts intensify and hit the world's poorest, the Adaptation Gap Report 2024 has found that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts to curb devastating floods, longer-lasting droughts, extreme heat and others.
STATEMENT: G20 Summit Reaffirms Support for Inclusive, Just Climate Action alison.cinnamo… Tue, 11/19/2024 - 00:40 BAKU (November 19, 2024) – Today, Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies issued a joint statement , as the COP29 negotiations enter their final stretch. G20 countries reaffirmed the goals of the Paris Agreement, reiterated the outcome from the Global Stocktake in Dubai and agreed to reform Multilateral Development Banks and scale up climate finance. G20 countries account for 85% of the world's economy and are the largest contributors to multilateral development banks helping to steer climate finance. Following is a statement from Ani Dasgupta, President and CEO, World Resources Institute: “The G20 Leaders’ Summit has reaffirmed that just...
Sustainability-focused inclusive income formula accounts for non-monetary factors overlooked in GDP, says ONS For generations, the economy’s progress has been measured by a single figure: gross domestic product (GDP). But the UK’s official number cruncher, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), is developing an alternative way of judging what constitutes economic growth, with a view to declaring whether the way we are doing business is more or less sustainable than the previous year. The rival metric to GDP supplements all the money transactions in the economy with everything from housework to renewable energy’s knock-on environmental benefits, according to the ONS. Continue reading...
[Africa Renewal] A stronger Africa is essential for the world to effectively build resilience against the impacts of climate change. The Africa we want is the Africa the World needs
The U.S. has some of the toughest environmental laws in the world and has been content to let other countries mine, and buy many of its critical minerals on the global market. In recent years, there's been a push to get them at home with China and Russia dominating that market.
During the G20 Summit in Brazil, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the resumption of free trade agreement talks with India. Both leaders aim to bolster economic ties and strategic cooperation in areas like security, technology, and climate change. The potential deal seeks to build upon the existing £42 billion bilateral trade relationship.
President Joe Biden made a historic visit to the Amazon rainforest, becoming the first sitting US president to do so. During his visit, he pledged $50 million to Brazil's Amazon Fund and delivered a speech emphasizing the importance of combating climate change. However, his departure from the press conference, where he didn't take questions, sparked humorous reactions online.
New report highlights policy lessons for Florida to stabilize insurance markets, protect communities, and build resilience against growing climate risks.
The cold corridors of South Africa's once-mighty Komati coal-fired power plant have been quiet since its shutdown in 2022 in what was trumpeted as a pioneering project in the world's transition to green energy.
[Ethiopian Herald] Ever since the conferences on the environment have been held at the international level Ethiopia has been an active participant because along with other African countries more or less like Ethiopia, it realizes that climate change has hurt it a lot causing extensive and prolonged damage to its subsistence rain-reliant farmers.
Sherry Rehman says rich nations should pay ‘internationally determined contributions’ to help poorer and worst-affected countries Amid the endless politicking and inscrutable arguments at the UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, this month, it can be hard to remember what is at stake. That’s why Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former climate change minister, is calling on global leaders to “keep an eye on the big picture”. “We’re here for life and death reasons,” Rehman said. Continue reading...
Leading researchers warn that relying on "passive" carbon sinks such as forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions will doom the world to continued warming
Autocratic Azerbaijan is drawing criticism as COP29 host for its stance on fossil fuels, with President Ilham Aliyev calling them a “gift of the God.”
Athletes have not been spared the impact of climate change, with high temperatures, pollution, weather events and dirty water affecting performance
The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US helen.morgan@wri.org Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:00 Editor’s Note: This article was updated with new findings as of October 2024 from WRI’s Electric School Bus Data Dashboard , which is updated monthly and contains the most recent data on electric school bus adoption. Previous versions of this article are available for download at the bottom of this page. More than 21 million children ride the bus to school in the U.S., and over 90% of these school buses run on fossil fuels, primarily diesel, putting children’s health at risk every school day. Diesel exhaust is a known carcinogen , with proven links to serious physical health issues as well as cognitive development impacts . But with...
President Biden made a historic trip to the Amazon on Sunday to reiterate the urgency on climate change but it was his odd exit that got social media users talking.
Communities living in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) pay the price of climate change in lives, livelihoods, and stunted sustainable development. Representatives from Caribbean islands have repeatedly expressed this ongoing concern at COP29. Dr. Colin A. Young, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (CCCCC), reemphasized the catastrophic outcomes of the failure to […]
The tweaks hinge on the growing effects of climate change and aim to more closely conserve old-growth stands across more than 24 million acres.
[SAnews.gov.za] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - South African human rights and climate justice activist, Kumi Naidoo, has warned about the dangers of catastrophic climate change, calling on the Group of 20 (G20) leaders to urgently adopt clean energy solutions.
As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the theatrics,” get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy transition.
Biden set new efficiency rules for dozens of appliances to cut greenhouse emissions and energy bills. Despite his rhetoric, Trump has few real ways to gut them.
Public support for nuclear power is the highest its been in more than a decade as the nation struggles to reduce its reliance on planet-warming fossil fuels.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States’s blossoming emergence as a clean energy superpower could be stopped in its tracks by Donald Trump, further empowering Chinese leadership and forfeiting tens of billions of dollars of investment to other countries, according to a new report. Trump’s promise […]
[SAnews.gov.za] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the importance of considering the livelihoods and jobs of ordinary people, as the energy sector transitions towards renewable sources.
It is a hectic week for UN environmental conservation talks with simultaneous meetings occurring around the world: Climate change negotiations are entering their second week in Baku, Azerbaijan and the G20 takes place in Rio de Janeiro November 18-19—so, it’s understandable other important issues could get lost in the mix. But that doesn’t mean they […]
Antonio Guterres said the spotlight was on G20 countries, which account for 80 per cent of global emissions.
Chris Wright is a passionate proselytizer for fossil fuels who has said "there is no climate crisis."
Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten called Ilham Aliyev’s remarks “inappropriate,” given his role hosting the annual climate summit.
Halfway through the negotiations there is plenty of frustration. But, according to our environment editor Fiona Harvey, there is also still hope Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal There are reports from AFP that the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday called on the G20 leaders who are gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue the stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing “leadership” on cutting emissions. “A successful outcome at COP29 is still within reach, but it will require leadership and compromise, namely from the G20 countries,” Guterres, who will attend the summit of the world’s biggest economies starting Monday, told a press conference in Rio. Continue reading...
The $8 billion Summit Carbon pipeline would move carbon dioxide gathered from 57 ethanol plants across the Upper Midwest.
City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s mayor says she hadn’t received correspondence about storage or disposal before or after bill passed federal parliament Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Plans to dispose of low-level nuclear waste from Aukus submarines at an Adelaide naval facility have been unanimously opposed by the local council for the area, who say they weren’t consulted. The Osborne naval shipyard, 25km north of Adelaide CBD, and HMAS Stirling at Garden Island 50km south of Perth in Western Australia, have both been designated as “radioactive waste management facilities” for nuclear waste from Aukus submarines under the Australian naval nuclear power safety bill, which passed parliament in October...
At a time when the COP29 summit is primarily focused on climate finance as a tool to cool catastrophically high global temperatures and reverse consequences for all life on earth, delegates—alarmed and concerned by the state of world peace and stability—are seeking ways to enhance safety.Delegates at a side event organized by Soka Gakkai International […]
[New Times] With finance at the top of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) agenda in Baku, Azerbaijan, the International Trade Centre (ITC) unveiled its newly developed guidelines to help countries incorporate micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) into the upcoming cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company was sentenced Monday to nearly 18 years in jail for cheating banking giant HSBC out of millions of dollars in one of the country's most serious cases of fraud.
Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Donald Trump’s nomination for energy secretary has connections to fracking operations for gas in the Beetaloo basin in the Northern Territory. Chris Wright is the chief executive of Liberty Energy, a company that provides services to the oil and gas industry across North America. Continue reading...
Trudeau acknowledged pushback to the policy, but he said it's being fueled by what he called propaganda ... that affordability issues and fighting climate change are in opposition.
The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company will be sentenced Monday for cheating banking giant HSBC out of millions of dollars in one of the country's most serious cases of fraud.
Americans of a certain age tend to throw around the term “Orwellian” willy-nilly. But the expression really suits in describing the behavior of our felonious, twice-impeached president-elect. In George Orwell’s classic novel 1984, a dictatorship represented by the all-powerful “Big Brother” dictates the reality its citizens must adhere to, however topsy-turvy. Official slogans include “ignorance […]
Solar power may be the energy of the future, but in the present there are lots of solar scammers trying to take your money. Here's how to tell.
Manufacturers want ministers to ease EV mandate, which would mean energy firms losing out Big UK businesses including Ovo, SSE and BT Openreach are urging the government to stick to current electric car targets as struggling carmakers pile pressure on ministers to relax the rules before industry talks this week. The businesses said the zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate , which forces carmakers to sell greater numbers of electric cars each year, is an essential part of the plan to reduce the carbon and air pollution emissions caused by vehicles on Britain’s roads. Continue reading...
Learning how to change your vehicle's oil can be a great way to save money, but if you own one of these cars, it may be best to take it to a certified mechanic.
Jochen Flasbarth called on Cop29 delegates to press on as world faces increasing crises and drop in solidarity Governments meeting to forge a global settlement on climate finance must get over their differences this week and come to a deal – because if talks carry on until next year they stand little chance with Donald Trump in the White House, the German development minister has said. Jochen Flasbarth, one of the most influential ministers at the UN Cop29 summit , said that if the final days of the summit did not produce a breakthrough countries would face a much tougher prospect. Continue reading...
Unlike traditional methods that retrieve one ingredient from an emulsion, study outlines system that saves both.
The environmental group is selling three new products on its online store in a bid to earn more cash to support its relentless campaign against the use of fossil fuels.
Biggest air strike in months raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter months The exiled Russian opposition will hold its first major demonstration against the invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin on Sunday afternoon. The Russian opposition lost its main figurehead in February, when Putin’s rival Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison in mysterious circumstances. Continue reading...
Taylor Sheridan's latest series is pretty much Yellowstone, but with oil.
The Department of Corrections (DoC) has partnered with the Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE) to implement the "Green Prison" initiative, which involves the use of black soldier fly larvae to dispose of organic waste in jail.
Japan’s progress in shrinking its domestic carbon footprint is being offset by its aggressive LNG development drive in South and Southeast Asia.
As the world grapples with ongoing armed conflicts, from Ukraine to Gaza, advocacy for a more proactive approach to understanding and effectively responding to the needs of children affected by both armed conflict and climate-induced crises is growing. A paper published in 2023 confirmed the link between climate insecurity and grave violations against children in […]
Even before Donald Trump’s election, global climate action faced challenges.
Conservationist Jane Goodall on the urgent need to turn the tide on climate change and nature loss.
A group of prominent figures, including Ban Ki-moon and Christiana Figueres, are urging a major overhaul of the UN climate process. They argue that while 28 COPs have established policy frameworks, the process needs to shift from negotiation to implementation to achieve rapid change and phase out fossil fuels.
Oilfield services exec denies climate crisis and is expected to support Trump’s plan to maximize oil and gas production Donald Trump said on Saturday that Chris Wright, an oil and gas industry executive and a staunch defender of fossil fuel use, would be his pick to lead the US Department of Energy. Wright is the founder and CEO of Liberty Energy, an oilfield services firm based in Denver, Colorado. He is expected to support Trump’s plan to maximize production of oil and gas and to seek ways to boost generation of electricity, demand for which is rising for the first time in decades. Continue reading...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of hypocrisy after the sheer scale of the UK delegation sent to the COP 29 conference in Azerbaijan was revealed.
Trillions of dollars are needed to make poorer nations more resilient to climate change, and studies have estimated that every $1 invested today will save at least $4 in future.
Protesters have said the conflict in Gaza and the climate crisis are 'inextricably linked' as around 1,000 demonstrators marched through central London .
In a swaggering press conference at COP29, House Republicans delivered an aggressive message in support of oil, gas, and coal — but kept their options open.
Wealthy nations are yet to offer the hundreds of billions of dollars that economists say are needed to help the developing world cut emissions Leaders of the world’s biggest economies meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Monday must agree to provide the finance that the world’s poorest need to tackle the climate crisis or face “economic carnage”, the UN has warned. The G20 nations are about to gather in Brazil for two days of talks, while many of their ministers remain in Azerbaijan where crucial negotiations at the Cop29 climate crisis summit have stalled. Rich countries’ governments have not yet put forward the offers of hundreds of billions of dollars in financial aid that economists say are needed to help poorer countries cut their greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the impacts of extreme...
US President-elect Donald Trump nominated fracking magnate and climate change skeptic Chris Wright as energy secretary on Saturday, tasking him with "cutting red tape" which the new administration hopes will drive investment in fossil fuels.
If confirmed, Wright will be tasked with approving billions of dollars for renewable energy, carbon capture, gas, direct air capture and hydrogen projects.
Donald Trump's Republican allies in Congress showed up at UN climate talks to tout natural gas and nuclear energy, but they tiptoed around the elephant in the room: a looming US withdrawal from the Paris agreement.
African environmental activists at the ongoing climate summit (COP29) in Baku have called on climate financiers to stop suffocating poor countries with unbearable loans in the name of financing climate adaptation and mitigation on the continent. Just a few months ago, a wave of protests by young people rocked the East and West African regions, […]
French President Emmanuel Macron will stress the importance of international action on climate change at talks Saturday with his right-wing Argentine counterpart Javier Milei who pulled his country out of the COP29 climate talks.
More lobbyists for the controversial technology were present this year, despite debate about its viability At least 480 lobbyists working on carbon capture and storage (CCS) have been granted access to the UN climate summit, known as Cop29, the Guardian can reveal. That is five more CCS lobbyists than were present at last year’s climate talks , despite the overall number of participants shrinking significantly from about 85,000 to about 70,000. Continue reading...
As COP29 negotiations continue in Baku, agricultural leaders are pitching the need for climate-resilient and data-driven solutions to support marginalized farmers and low-income communities. In an exclusive interview with Inter Press Service (IPS), Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), discusses the impact of digital tools, precision agriculture, and low-emission food systems […]
As we head into winter, it's unlikely Canadians are thinking about heat waves. But before we know it, summer will be upon us again, as will more extremely hot days. The challenge is, how do we stay cool in the future without contributing to climate change?
With longer, hotter summers and barely-there winters, it’s time to start thinking about how to keep homes comfortable during oppressive temperatures Change by Degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprint Got a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.com Get ready for a hot summer. Predictions say this one could be among the hottest on record and, due to climate change, it might be one of the coolest in the next few decades. With longer, hotter summers and barely-there winters, it’s time to start thinking about how to keep our homes cool and comfortable against the oppressive temperatures. Here are some easy, effective ways to beat the heat and stay chill this season...
Securing the Future of U.S. Industries with Decarbonization wil.thomas@wri.org Fri, 11/15/2024 - 16:16 With carbon border adjustments like in European Union taking effect and gaining traction globally, industries around the world will be expected to produce lower carbon products and reduce their emissions or pay import fees to the recipient country based on their emissions. While this trend is in its infancy, it is likely to grow as countries around the world increase efforts to mitigate climate change. The United States must leverage existing federal provisions and put in place new, innovative policies to reduce emissions from its industrial sector to secure the future of American industries and ensure their continued competitiveness in global markets. The heavy...
Austria has long been heavily dependent on Russian gas, but its environment minister Leonore Gewessler insisted the energy supply was secure.
STATEMENT: Multiple Countries Commit to 6x Global Energy Storage and Modernize Grid to Advance Clean Energy Economy darla.vanhoorn… Fri, 11/15/2024 - 14:16 BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (November 15, 2024) – At COP29, countries including UK, Uruguay, Belgium and Sweden committed to increasing the amount of global energy storage sixfold compared to 2022 levels, or 1,500 Gigawatts of capacity by 2030. The commitment comes a year after 133 countries committed at COP28 to tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling rates of energy efficiency by 2030. Following is a statement from Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy, World Resources Institute: “Energy storage and the power grid are essential for clean energy delivery but for too long they were not on the political...
Revealed: more than 100 executives given special guest badges as activists challenge role of oil and gas firms at talks The host country of this year’s UN climate summit, Azerbaijan, has rolled out “red carpet” treatment to fossil fuel bosses and lobbyists, the Guardian can reveal. At least 132 oil and gas company senior executives and staff were invited to the Cop29 summit , and had special badges denoting they were guests of the presidency. Continue reading...
Several groups say North Dakota governor will sacrifice public lands on the ‘altar of the fossil fuel industry’s profits’ Donald Trump ’s nomination of North Dakota ’s Republican governor, Doug Burgum, as the interior secretary has prompted swift backlash from environmental advocacy groups alarmed at the incoming administration’s plans to use federal lands for oil and gas drilling. Burgum, a former businessman, has been governor since 2016 of North Dakota, which is the third largest oil and natural gas producer in the country. Burgum, if confirmed by the Senate, would manage US federal lands including national parks and wildlife refuges, as well as oversee relations with 574 federally recognized Native American tribes. Continue reading...
The Energy secretary told reporters Friday that her department is close to wrapping up a study on liquefied natural gas exports.
Argentina has left UN climate talks and US President-elect Donald Trump plans to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. So far, only a handful of countries have updated their climate targets. So, where do we stand?
Prominent figures make appeal to the United Nations as Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer, hosts Cop29.
Kennedy’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services keeps the longtime environmentalist far from oil and gas policy.
[The Conversation Africa] These days, it's hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is contributing to extreme weather disasters, including the recent U.S. hurricanes. Aid agencies are increasingly worried about the widespread damage.
STATEMENT: Countries Commit to 6x Global Energy Storage and Modernize Grid to Advance Clean Energy Economy darla.vanhoorn… Fri, 11/15/2024 - 06:56 BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (November 15, 2024) – At COP29, countries including the US, UK, Brazil, the UAE and Saudi Arabia committed to increasing the amount of global energy storage sixfold compared to 2022 levels, or 1,500 Gigawatts of capacity by 2030. In addition, there was a commitment to add or refurbish 80 million kilometers of electricity grids by 2040. The commitment comes a year after 133 countries committed at COP28 to tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling rates of energy efficiency by 2030. Following is a statement from Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy, World Resources Institute: ...
The project has generated fierce opposition, with tribal members and environmentalists saying rerouting construction will damage the region’s watershed and perpetuate the use of fossil fuels.
[African Arguments] Global leaders should keep in mind that the benefits of climate financing far outweigh the costs of implementing them.
[Global Witness] Industry influx escalates calls to protect talks from Big Polluters
Climate change minister Simon Watts PHOTO: National Party The government seems to be planning to limit public consultation around its next international climate target, which must be set by early February.
US vice president Al Gore told AFP Friday it was "absurd" for petrostates such as Azerbaijan to host UN climate talks, saying the selection process should be overhauled.
At the U.N. climate summit, agricultural emissions are being sidelined — again.
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility accuses Australian oil giant of misleading and false claims in closing arguments Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Santos misled investors by positioning itself as a “clean fuels company” with a credible net zero plan, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has alleged in closing remarks to a world-first greenwashing case. Noel Hutley SC, representing ACCR, said the case was about protecting the public interest by “ensuring that commitments by Australian companies regarding climate change are reasonably based and not misleading”. Continue reading...
The choice of North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for Interior secretary underscores a commitment to increasing drilling access across federal lands.
Adding new nuclear energy has become a stronger bipartisan priority as rising power demand threatens to hobble the constrained power system and disrupt efforts to lower emissions.
Investigators concluded that flares combined with high winds and extremely dry weather and started a wildfire near the town of Keene and another near New Town.
Conservative challengers had argued that the rule makes it too easy for issues like climate change to land on shareholder ballots.
President Javier Milei met with Trump overnight as both countries explore leaving the landmark 2015 accord.
Countries providing aid also need strategies to address problems “causing the hunger in the first place,” whether climate change, war or other factors, one expert said.
Agency hopes tens of thousands of people will log details of their flatulence on an app to help researchers better understand gut health Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Heather knew she farted a lot but didn’t know just how often until she began to track her daily output. “I always thought that I just came from a farty family,” she said. “I’ll eat croissants or pasta or normal bread and I’ll end up having a sore stomach, and then I [would] just be tooting a lot after that.” Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
New analysis on the cost of decarbonising Australia’s power grid runs closely to the national market operator’s own – but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Friday’s front page in Murdoch media’s the Daily Telegraph, declaring a “$500B GREEN HOLE”, could mark the opening salvo of scary claims about the cost of climate action in the run-up to next year’s federal election. Similarly bold claims worked well in the US presidential election to confound or confuse voters. Expect a barrage of such reports, particularly around contested issues such as energy. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[Nile Post] The UN Secretary-General's High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities (HLEG) has issued a sharp warning to global policymakers, stressing that existing policies fall short of the 1.5°C climate target established by the Paris Agreement.
[Capital FM] Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has praised former United States Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman for fostering Kenya -US Bilateral relations in key sectors including security, trade, investment, Health , people's relationship and tech.
[UN News] UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to mobilise the world's forcibly displaced to join the fight against global warming.
[African Arguments] A coalition of African oil-producers is set to launch a $5bn oil bank. This is not just environmentally but economically misguided.
Oil executives descended on the COP29 talks in Baku for "energy day" on Friday as environmental groups denounced the presence of fossil fuel industry lobbyists at the UN climate talks.
Call for change comes after host country Azerbaijan's president calls oil and gas a 'gift of God'
Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and have stricter rules on fossil fuel lobbying, according to a group of influential climate policy experts. The group includes former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, the former president of Ireland Mary Robinson, the former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres and the prominent climate scientist Johan Rockström. Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 129, Issue 11, November 2024.
Kia is expanding its much-loved lineup of electric cars -- and has gone as far as to launch the Kia EV5 in Australia.
By Hiro Shirakawa As one of the world’s top five importers and financiers of oil and natural gas, Japan is uniquely positioned to influence methane emissions along the supply chain. Though Japan has been recognized for the climate-action leverage it can exert as a major global buyer of liquefied natural gas, a new Deloitte report […] The post Financing provides Japan another lever to reduce global oil & gas industry emissions appeared first on Energy Exchange .
Both Republican-backed bills received some Democratic support.
Negotiations at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan, COP29, are now picking up. Global leaders are tasked with deciding on a new goal for how much money will be provided to developing countries to take climate action. The New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance represents a critical opportunity to reshape how […] The post Getting Climate Finance Right at COP29: Key Issues to Address in Baku appeared first on Climate 411 .
Former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz has sought to abolish EPA, bolster the fossil fuel industry and cut back federal wetlands protections.
The group said climate-smart agriculture initiatives help farmers build resilience to harsh weather.
[263Chat] Global climate activists intensified their demands at COP29 in Baku, calling for developed countries to take accountability for climate change impacts that continue to devastate communities across the Global South.
“Though I come from a ‘no worries’ island, climate change is deeply worrisome for us,” Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told IPS in an exclusive interview at COP29 currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan. Asked how his country was recovering from Hurricane Beryl, Mitchell said the island in the last 24 hours “experienced flash flooding and […]
Concerns about Indonesia’s economy have emerged given Donald Trump’s distrust of multilateralism and climate change policies.
Krafla geothermal power station in Iceland. PHOTO: Ásgeir Eggertsson, CC BY-SA 3.0 The government is putting aside $60 million to investigate new geothermal energy generation technology, which has the potential...
The UK announced Thursday that it would introduce legislation to ban new coal mines, as the Labour government ramps up its plans to make Britain a clean energy leader.
Wealthy countries need to double the amount of public money being used to help poorer nations cope with a warming world, say experts. But will they do it? And how much has current financing helped already?
Taken together, the projects being financed would produce almost seven times the annual emissions of the United States.
Climate change and its impact on public health hasn’t made the top of the agenda even at a forum like the UN Climate Conference, but is should, say the health community. Understanding the gap, more than 100 organizations from across the international health and climate community came together as the Global Climate and Health Alliance […]
Join us for all the latest developments from day 4 of the climate summit in Azerbaijan Away from the Cop negotiations fossil fuel giant Shell was celebrating earlier this week when when it won an appeal against a landmark climate judgment that had ruled it must limit its emissions. But my as my colleague Isabella Kaminski reports the decision does not spell the end of climate litigation against the big companies driving the climate crisis. As negotiators get down to business this morning my colleague Ajit Niranjan has a sobering report which reveals that current policies would lead to a disastrous 2.7C of warming. This would cause a level of disruption that many scientists say will put human civilisation at risk. It adds that the expected level of global heating by the end of the century...
Chris Womack said that the Atlanta-based company’s target to be net-zero on carbon emissions by 2050 remains unchanged.
Today, November 14, is Finance Day at COP29. We caught up with Leslie Labruto, EDF’s Managing Director for Sustainable Finance, about what she’s watching for at COP29, the United Nations’ climate change talks in Baku, Azerbaijan. Follow Leslie on LinkedIn. Q: You’re in Baku for COP29. What key issues are on your radar? A: […] The post Climate Finance and Accountability at COP29 appeared first on Climate 411 .
[New Times] President Paul Kagame issued a rallying call on Wednesday, November 13, urging world leaders to fairly compensate the African continent for its "extensive contributions" to climate action, saying the continent is "the least responsible" for global emissions.
[Global Witness] As UN climate negotiations begin, a new Global Witness analysis shows that top oil and gas producers could pay for climate loss and damage in lower-income countries with their current profits. We share the stories of people around the world who have had to bear the cost instead
The climate crisis created the setting for Trump’s economy-first win and it’s the global south that will suffer most Donald Trump’s election is a triumph for the politics of the doomsday bunker, which is bad news for the world’s environment. This is the idea that in an age of climate disruption, nature extinction and ever wider social inequality, the best chance of survival for those who can afford it is to construct a personal shelter, where they can keep the desperate masses at bay. It is survival of the richest . Continue reading...
[Nigeria Health Watch] The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified climate change as one of humanity's most significant health threat, with significant impacts across Africa. Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall patterns are severely having an affect on human health, compounding risks to individuals and communities. Particularly concerning is climate change's effect on vector-borne diseases; Shifting weather patterns will alter disease dynamics, the spread of diseases to new geographic areas, and increases the
Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen has issued a defiant message over fears the US could pull out of the Paris climate agreement.
Developing nations need trillions in annual climate funding by 2030, according to a UN report released at COP28. The report estimates that these countries will require between $1.1 trillion and $2.4 trillion annually to meet their mitigation targets. This figure highlights the financial chasm between developed and developing nations in tackling climate change.
A group of climate change protesters have caused traffic chaos for thousands of Melbourne commuters today as they block off a key road.
Trump May Thwart Federal Climate Action, but Opportunities for Progress Remain christian.made… Wed, 11/13/2024 - 13:55 With President Trump’s recent election victory, the United States faces a shifting policy landscape. The potential negative repercussions for climate and environmental action are gargantuan. We’ve seen this show before: In his first term, Trump gutted federal climate initiatives while attempting to roll back 125 environmental protections critical to safeguarding people and the planet. While many of these attempts were overturned or halted in the courts, a second Trump presidency will likely be more successful in undermining laws and regulations designed to protect the climate, air, water and vulnerable communities. Some of the major setbacks we...
Climate campaigners are bringing a legal case they hope will halt drilling at two huge fossil fuel projects.
Countries Have Been Overlooking Their Biggest Climate Allies: Local and Regional Governments margaret.overh… Wed, 11/13/2024 - 12:39 Cities are home to more than half the world's population: 4.4 billion people commuting, working, eating, shopping, and using light, heat and air conditioning. As a result, cities collectively produce over 70% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions warming the planet. They are also on the frontlines of the climate crisis, experiencing the increasingly devastating effects of storms, floods, extreme heat and wildfires firsthand. Local and regional governments will play a central role in delivering solutions that can correct the world's climate trajectory — from electrifying public transport to reimagining parks and green spaces. Research...
Move adds to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement after the election in the US of Donald Trump Argentinian negotiators representing the government of the climate science denier Javier Milei have been ordered to withdraw from the Cop29 summit after only three days, adding to concerns about the stability of the Paris agreement. More than 80 representatives from the South American country are in Baku, Azerbaijan, for two weeks of negotiations about climate finance for the energy transition. Argentina’s far-right leader has previously called the climate crisis a “socialist lie” , and during his election campaign last year he threatened to withdraw from the Paris agreement, though he has since backed down . Continue reading...
To combat climate change, a lot of countries are spending billions on new and different kinds of nuclear reactors.
The Latin American and Caribbean region is a student with good grades in renewable energy, but not in energy efficiency, and has a long way to go in contributing to global climate action and overcoming the vulnerability of its population and economies. The recent energy crises in Ecuador and Cuba, with power outages ranging from […]
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev slammed the West's hypocrisy around emissions while hailing oil and gas as a "gift of God" during his opening remarks at COP29.
Riad Meddeb, Director of the Sustainable Energy Hub at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), stressed the urgency of finding innovative financial solutions during COP29. Meddeb was speaking to IPS in an exclusive interview at the conference. He said the negotiations were expected to focus heavily on finance—a core issue that has historically hampered climate […]
[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have agreed to forge a closer partnership to enhance women's participation in the oil, gas, and mining industries.
[ISS] More attention should be given to how remittances can help African countries withstand and adapt to climate change.
From olive oil to butter, extreme weather is pushing up the cost of living and having a dramatic political impact. Economists need a solution In the US, where Donald Trump swept the board last week, it was the experience of sharply increasing essentials prices, from food to energy, that glued together the Republicans’ new electoral coalition. About 75% of those voting Republican reported that they had faced “hardship” or “severe hardship” as a result of price rises; only 25% of Democrats said the same. When Trump asked if Americans felt better now than they did four years ago, the answer for most was a clear no. Price surges are having political impacts. In elections this year in three of the world’s largest economies, incumbent parties were hammered by voters angry about their helplessness...
The former and current premier were pictured together meeting Iraqi Kurdish leader Nechirvan Barzani at the event in Baku.
Researchers use community-submitted king tide photos to validate climate change models. This year's King Tides Project is scheduled for Nov. 15-17 and Dec. 13-15.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton If Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the Paris Agreement, it’s not likely other countries such as New Zealand will follow, according to...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Gitson Energy Limited has petitioned the Kenyan High Court to join the Law Society of Kenya's case challenging the KETRACO-Adani contract as an Interested Party.
Carbon emissions across the territory continue to rise, states the Yukon government's latest progress report on Our Clean Future, its climate change strategy. But per-person emissions have gone down.
A new European Space Agency-backed study shows that the extreme heatwaves of 2023, which fuelled huge wildfires and severe droughts, also undermined the land’s capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon. This diminished carbon uptake drove atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to new highs, intensifying concerns about accelerating climate change.
Once again, scientists issued a red alert by analyzing ongoing world’s weather and its impact on the climate. The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record, contributed by an extended streak of high monthly global mean temperatures. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s “State of the Climate 2024 Update” […]
[New Times] The UN annual climate summit is now underway in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, where thousands of world leaders, including representatives of governments around the world are converging for two weeks of negotiations over how to tackle the global climate crisis.
[Observer] The Conference of the Parties (COP) is a creature of Article 7 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), established as the supreme body of the convention.
Survey by Greenpeace Hong Kong and Baptist University shows most respondents oppose importing electricity from mainland China.
[263Chat] In Zimbabwe, a quiet revolution is taking root as smallholder farmers embrace traditional grains like millet and sorghum to secure their livelihoods and combat the growing threat of climate change.
Interconnectors are a key piece of Britain’s plans to reach a clean power grid by 2030.
[The Herald] Baku, Azerbaijan -- ZIMBABWE aspires to transition from a mere supplier of raw minerals to a key player in the global renewable energy sector and create green jobs as it industrialises, President Mnangagwa has said.
With COP29 underway, the climate crisis is in the spotlight. Here are the most important facts on how our planet is changing.
Opening speeches rarely contain such frank and unsparing political attacks, nor such open fossil fuel defenses.
Federal inquiry hears support for a nuclear industry in central Queensland even though local councillors say they were not consulted Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Queensland regional councils and utility companies were not consulted about plans to build a nuclear power plant in their area before it was publicly announced, an inquiry has been told. But the controversial energy technology could be welcomed by many central Queensland residents regardless, with business people and farmers telling MPs they preferred nuclear and coal to renewable energy sources. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
[Africa Renewal] At COP29, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for action to transform Africa into a global renewable energy leader, emphasizing the continent's untapped potential and the urgent need for investment and reforms
President-elect Donald Trump wants to increase oil and gas production and roll back the Inflation Reduction Act. We asked energy and climate policy expert Brian Murray what that would mean.
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Global leaders offered competing views on how to tackle climate change at UN-led talks Wednesday as a new report warned the world must reach carbon neutrality much sooner than planned.
Aussie owners of electric cars have been reminded of the dangers lithium batteries pose after a crash after a woman became trapped in her Tesla.
Despite nations’ pledges at Cop28 a year ago, the burning of coal, oil and gas continued to rise in 2024 There is “no sign” of the transition away from burning fossil fuels that was pledged by the world’s nations a year ago, with 2024 on track to set another new record for global carbon emissions. The new data, released at the UN’s Cop29 climate conference in Azerbaijan, indicates that the planet-heating emissions from coal, oil and gas will rise by 0.8% in 2024. In stark contrast, emissions have to fall by 43% by 2030 for the world to have any chance of keeping to the 1.5C temperature target and limiting “increasingly dramatic” climate impacts on people around the globe. Continue reading...
During the US time out, Australia and its allies must remain steady and seek to deepen cooperation among themselves The idea of open international exchange that framed the Australian reforms of the late 20th century and its subsequent economic success are being challenged in the 21st century. The challenge is intensified by the restoration of Donald Trump as president of the United States. He is committed to higher protection, tax cuts that will set record highs for budget deficits, a trade war with Australia’s largest trading partner with a risk of worse, and separation of the United States from the rules-based international trading system. He is also committed to withdrawal from international cooperation and domestic action to reduce climate-changing emissions of greenhouse gases. Global...
The US president-elect has repeatedly referred to climate change as a 'hoax' and has also vowed to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement
António Guterres says global heating is super-charging disasters, and Cop hears warning of ‘inflation on steroids’ This year has been “a masterclass in human destruction”, the UN secretary general has said as he reflected on extreme weather and record temperatures around the world fuelled by climate breakdown. António Guterres painted a stark portrait of the consequences of climate breakdown that had arisen in recent months. “Families running for their lives before the next hurricane strikes; workers and pilgrims collapsing in insufferable heat; floods tearing through communities and tearing down infrastructure; children going to bed hungry as droughts ravage crops,” he said. “All these disasters, and more, are being supercharged by human-made climate change.” Continue reading...
The prime minister announced more ambitious climate targets, charting a very different course from the United States, which is expected to roll back its energy transition plans.
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[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- Kenya's Environment Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, has stressed the urgency of addressing climate change and securing financial support for vulnerable nations at the ongoing COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged global leaders at the UN Climate Change Summit, COP29, to take stronger action to protect people from the impacts of the climate crisis, amid calls for a fair financial framework for compensation.
Azerbaijan's president said countries should not be blamed for having fossil fuel reserves.
[The Herald] In most parts of rural areas in Zimbabwe, it is common for small-scale farmers to discard over ripe bananas and other fruits such as mangoes and mulberries, or to just let them rot without any way to value-add to improve their livelihoods.
The final countdown to lowering carbon emissions has started, the UN chief said, highlighting three steps that urgently need to be taken
Negotiators at the summit in Azerbaijan fear that the return of Donald Trump will sap momentum for global climate action.
PM confirms target of 81% emissions cut at Cop climate summit but says ‘I’m not going to tell people how to live their lives’ Leadbeater introduces the next speaker, Nat Dye , who has terminal cancer. She says she thinks his views are the most important for people to hear at this press conference. He says he has known “positive” experiences of death. His fiance and his mother both had relatively peaceful deaths. He says palliative care can work for some people. Imagine I am dying and palliative care hasn’t improved. Well, I have no choice whatsoever: I die in pain or I die in pain. I see this as a chance just to act with kindness and a choice for people at their darkest hour. Continue reading...
Pro-Trump energy organizations have big plans for the president-elect’s second administration.
The Biden administration's signature program for tackling climate change through agriculture could be upended next year.
An appeals court in the Netherlands said the company has a responsibility to address climate change — but can’t be legally forced to do so.
Upon Donald Trump's return to the White House, only a clear, principled, and strategic approach will prevent North Korea from further embedding itself as a nuclear power.
CNN — The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized one of the Biden administration’s only outstanding climate rules, aimed at cracking down on leaks of methane — a potent planet-warming gas with an outsized impact on the climate. The rule, proposed nearly a year ago, was mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act, which could make it … The post Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be tricky for Trump to dismantle appeared first on Egypt Independent.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the “masterclass in climate destruction” that the world has witnessed in 2024.
Denmark’s Groundbreaking Agriculture Climate Policy Sets Strong Example for the World shannon.paton@… Tue, 11/12/2024 - 06:30 Denmark’s groundbreaking new agriculture and climate policy, which taxes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock production, restores nature and pays farmers to reduce nitrogen pollution, is the world’s most comprehensive national effort to address the environmental challenges of agriculture. Globally, agriculture and associated land use change contribute around one quarter of GHG emissions . To keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) — or even under 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) — governments must take ambitious action to reduce emissions from food systems . However, so far, governments have only devoted a fraction of...
On November 1, 2024 we announced the publication of 33 rebuttals based on the report " Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles " written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Below is the blog post version of rebuttal #2 based on Sabin's report. Roughly 40% of new solar panels in the United States and 5% of new solar panels in the world contain cadmium 1 , but this cadmium is in the form of cadmium telluride, which is non-volatile, non-soluble in water, and has 1/100th the toxicity of free cadmium 2 . Most solar panels, like many electronics, contain small amounts of lead 3 . However, the Massachusetts...
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized the fee on methane during the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Oil giant Shell emerged victorious Tuesday from a Dutch court where it was appealing a ruling ordering it to slash its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of the decade in line with the Paris climate agreement.
Nations have begun setting carbon-cutting targets for the decade ahead, and how ambitious these pledges are could make or break global efforts to avoid dangerous levels of climate change.
[RFI] African nations are pushing for a dramatic increase in climate financing at the UN's Cop29 summit that opened in Azerbaijan on Monday - calling for $1.3 trillion (€1.22 trillion) annually to help the continent transition to renewable energy, adapt to climate impacts and address damage from climate-related disasters.
Oil and gas company had challenged 2021 ruling that it must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 Shell has won its appeal against a landmark climate judgment by a Dutch court, which in 2021 ordered the fossil fuel company to sharply reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. A court of appeal ruled on Tuesday that, while Shell does have a “special responsibility” to cut its emissions as a big oil company, this would not be achieved by imposing a specific legal goal. Continue reading...
Record-breaking profits, trillions in investment and expansion plans that will push the planet beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius warming — what's driving this surge in fossil fuel projects?
A court throws out a ruling that the gas and oil giant cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
By Kae Tuitt and Lindsay Shigetomi Fleet electrification comes with unique challenges, yet fleets are finding ways to overcome these obstacles and put zero-emission vehicles on the road because the benefits are worth it. A zero-emission fleet leads to less air pollution, improved community health, new business prospects and financial savings such as lower maintenance […] The post Fleet stories on the road to electrification appeared first on Energy Exchange .
PNM says that a regional electricity market led by California could save millions of dollars in the transition away from fossil fuels.
The fee was created by the 2022 climate law to raise money and lower pollution from oil and gas operations. It might be rescinded.
[IFAD] Rome -- At a time when the transformation of food systems in the face of climate change requires unprecedented levels of funding and financial innovation, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a UN specialized agency and international financial institution, has both increased and exceeded its goals in concretely delivering financing to rural and vulnerable populations. As of today, IFAD has invested more than US$1.28 billion in projects supporting small-scale farmers to adapt to
[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- COP29 launched its Green Zone on the first day of the climate conference in Azerbaijan, establishing a hub focused on transforming climate commitments into real-world actions.
[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- The COP29 climate summit opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, with an early breakthrough as nations reached a consensus on standards for carbon credits under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement.
World leaders, including British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are scheduled to speak as this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference heads into its second day.
[UNFPA] Somali Region, Ethiopia -- Abeba Birhanu, a 46-year-old midwife, has spent more than half her life delivering babies at the Karamara Hospital in Jigjiga, the capital of Ethiopia's Somali region. Throughout those years, she has seen the impact of drought after drought on the women coming through her maternity ward.
[Global Witness] Following yet more revelations about fossil fuel lobbyists' influence at COP29, we're calling on COP to get on track and protect robust climate action
[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has outlined Kenya's priorities for the global climate finance system during the COP29 conference that kicked off on Monday.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02772H, Paper Shaojie Guo, Mengyu Yan, DongMing Xu, Pan He, Kaijian Yan, Jiexin Zhu, Yongkun Yu, Zeya Peng, Yanzhu Luo, Feifei Cao Zinc-based batteries, utilizing hydrogel electrolytes, present significant promise as power sources for next-generation flexible devices due to their stretchable nature and enhanced safety features. Nonetheless, the current hydrogel electrolytes require... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Global Climate Pledges: A Progress Report shannon.paton@… Mon, 11/11/2024 - 22:15 In the last few years, coalitions of countries, businesses, governments and other actors have announced increasingly ambitious commitments to address the climate crisis. These have included plans to dramatically ramp up renewables, phase down fossil fuels, green the financial sector, halt deforestation, reform food systems and agriculture, and more. A number of new pledges are expected to be unveiled at the current climate summit in Baku , such as those under the COP29 Presidency’s Action Agenda . But are parties actually following through on their promises? Here, we track progress towards some of the world’s biggest collective climate commitments: ...
Under different circumstances, you might expect to see someone like Gubad Ibadoghlu speaking at a United Nations conference on climate change. But as the world leaders gather at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the economist and outspoken fossil fuel critic is 30 kilometres away, locked inside his home, under 24/7 police surveillance.
Indian chair of Adani Group, worth about $85bn, accused of agreeing to pay bribes to obtain solar energy contracts Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, has been indicted in New York over an alleged multi-billion-dollar scheme to pay $250m in bribes and conceal the scheme from US investors. Prosecutors charged the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and two other executives of a renewable energy company with securities fraud and conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud. Continue reading...
California regulators just voted to ignore the long-term environmental and social costs of factory-farm incentives. Our climate solutions must not come at the expense of environmental justice.
Study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring about promised reductions.
Chile, a country rich in solar and wind energy and with huge photovoltaic power stations and wind turbines in its elongated territory, managed to change its grid by incorporating renewable energies, which account for an installed capacity equivalent to 43.8 % of its electricity production. However, it is woefully lacking in distributed generation projects, also […]
Come learn about the Tesla Powerwall and how it's pretty much necessary if you're installing a solar power system or own an EV vehicle from Tesla.
Charities worry it could block a crucial deal giving women more support in the face of climate change.
OECD complaint alleges top firm has increased investments in companies implicated in environmental devastation BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset management company, faces a complaint at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for allegedly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses around the world through its investments in agribusiness. Friends of the Earth US and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil accuse BlackRock of increasing investments in companies that have been implicated in the devastation of the Amazon and other major forests despite warnings that this is destabilising the global climate, damaging ecosystems and violating the rights of traditional communities. Continue reading...
At COP29, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the smallest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, stands as a beacon of climate action and renewable energy ambition. The Federation has set its sights on achieving 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, leveraging its natural resources of trade winds, solar radiation, and geothermal potential. Despite a modest 40 […]
With Donald Trump expected to take the United States again out of climate diplomacy, China, the world's largest emitter but green energy powerhouse, is seizing on the chance to project itself as the global leader.
The Independent Petroleum Association of America outlined its priorities as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
The aim is to make the homes more comfortable as they release less carbon pollution. The retrofits also allow them to better withstand extreme weather.
Career negotiators at the climate talks face working for a president who says global warming is a hoax, being reassigned or finding new jobs.
A trio of former Cabinet ministers today urged the new party leader to distance it from the president-elect's regime on climate change, warning that what works in the US does not work here.
François Poirier said the former U.S. president's re-election has been "top of mind" for the company, which has a network of natural gas pipelines in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
[New Times] Eight countries in the Horn of Africa region are set to receive more than usual rainfall leading to floods, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional bloc, said on Tuesday, November 20, Xinhua reports.
US embassy has received ‘specific information’ of potentially significant air attack; Russia spokesperson attacks Biden administration In a television interview in France, foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s approval of a new nuclear doctrine yesterday as rhetoric, and, Reuters reports, said “We are not intimidated.” The change in nuclear doctrine yesterday lowered the threshold for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, with a significant development being that Russia says it now considers a nuclear response justified if it is on the receiving end of aggression by a non-nuclear power that is being aided by a nuclear power. Continue reading...
ScottishPower’s customer business is leading the company’s strategy to help households decarbonise, either by supporting householders as they navigate and manage their energy needs via smart meters and green tariffs or by installing smart low-carbon technologies for their home such as heat pumps, EV chargers, solar panels and batteries.
The "Indian peach" survived genocide. Can it withstand climate change?
Communities across the United States face extreme weather, but some are prepared to thrive. Find out how your city ranks.
In today’s newsletter: Governments are clashing with the agricultural sector across Europe – it’s a complex battle that involves everything from the climate crisis to the far right • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Good morning. More than 10,000 of farmers descended on Westminster yesterday to protest against the Labour government’s changes to inheritance tax, which they describe as a “betrayal” that represents an existential threat to British family farming. Ukraine | Ukraine’s power network is at “heightened risk of catastrophic failure” after Russia’s missile and drone attack on Sunday, Greenpeace has warned, raising fears about the safety of the country’s three operational nuclear power stations. The strikes by Russia were aimed at electricity substations...
Targeting of substations connected to three working nuclear plants risks nuclear catastrophe in Europe, says Greenpeace Ukraine’s power network is at “heightened risk of catastrophic failure” after Russia’s missile and drone attack on Sunday, Greenpeace has warned, raising fears about the safety of the country’s three operational nuclear power stations. The strikes by Moscow were aimed at electricity substations “critical to the operation of Ukraine’s nuclear plants” and there is a possibility that the reactors could lose power and become unsafe, according to a briefing note prepared for the Guardian. Continue reading...
Education is under threat as multiple crises push children out of school and into harms way. COP29 Baku could break historical barriers that hold back education from playing a unique, critical role to accelerate the ambition of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, protecting people and planet from life-threatening risks of climate change. […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04803B, Paper Yimei Chen, Kaijie Zhang, Zhixiao Xu, Facheng Gong, Renfei Feng, Zhehui Jin, Xiaolei Wang The zinc-ion batteries are challenged by zinc dendrite, notorious side reactions, and poor performance at low temperatures. Here, we present a dual-salts tuned electrolyte exhibiting a wide temperature range (-60... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
[ANGOP] Rio De Janeiro -- The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, warned on Tuesday in Brazil of greater sensitivity of international partners with recognized financial, technological and scientific robustness, to engage more in the fight against climate change.
[Observer] World leaders and some more than 70,000 delegates from 170 countries descended on the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) that kicked off on November 11, running till November 22.
Without action on climate crisis, far greater numbers will also experience floods, wildfires and droughts, according to report Eight times as many children around the world will be exposed to extreme heatwaves in the 2050s, and three times as many will face river floods compared with the 2000s if current trends continue, according to the UN. Nearly twice as many children are also expected to face wildfires, with many more living through droughts and tropical cyclones, according to the annual state of the world’s children report. Continue reading...
From harnessing the power of lightning to make fertiliser to using yeast to produce forest-friendly palm oil, these start-ups are helping solve big environmental problems.
Marles said the Coalition’s attack on the government for not joining a US-UK civil nuclear deal is Peter Dutton ‘intentionally seeking to conflate two ideas’ and spreading ‘misinformation’. Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Oxfam reacts to Australia’s Cop29 pledge Oxfam Australia has welcomed the government’s Cop29 pledge of $50m towards a global loss and damage fund to help the world’s most vulnerable people to repair the damage from climate breakdown. If climate change losses and damages are not included in the new global climate finance goal, the new fund for responding to loss and damage risks becoming an empty vessel. The danger is that developed country governments will prioritise meeting the new and ambitious climate...
Plus: Blue state sanctuaries. Climate change. Trump the truth-teller.
Beijing is under pressure to fill the leadership vacuum, but the world’s largest carbon emitter is resisting calls to provide more funding.
President Joe Biden continued to push Tuesday that climate change is 'the existential issue humanity faces' amid the backdrop of Russia lowering the threshold to use its nuclear arsenal.
Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine allows for broader use of nuclear weapons, including against non-nuclear states supported by nuclear powers.
In a recent podcast appearance, Musk spread climate misinformation.
RELEASE: WRI Launches New Guidance for National Governments to Enhance Climate Ambition Through Partnerships with Cities, States, Regions darla.vanhoorn… Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:56 BAKU, AZERBAIJAN (November 19, 2024) – Today, at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, World Resources Institute (WRI) launched a new report offering practical guidance and recommendations for national governments to strengthen their climate commitments through strategic partnerships with cities, states and other subnational actors. With the 2025 deadline for updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) approaching, the report shows how to integrate multilevel partnership into the NDC updating process, highlighting improved collaboration as key to achieving climate goals. Created through...
The United States needs to invest in new technologies to trim emissions.
The World Health Organization estimates 600 million people a year already suffer from foodborne illnesses. The post Climate change is spoiling food faster, making hundreds of millions of people sick around the world appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Some are looking to Biden to make the designations before the arrival of an administration that has advocated for opening public lands to oil drilling and other development.
A rare oarfish, long associated with doomsday myths, has washed ashore in California for the second time this year, sparking speculation about climate change and natural disasters.
Video: 00:04:31 The double-satellite Proba-3 is the most ambitious member yet of ESA’s Proba family of experimental missions. Two spacecraft will fly together as one, maintaining precise formation down to a single millimetre. One will block out the fiery disc of the Sun for the other, to enable prolonged observations of the Sun’s surrounding atmosphere, or ‘corona’, the source of the solar wind and space weather. Usually, the corona can only be glimpsed for a few minutes during terrestrial total solar eclipses. Proba-3 aims to reproduce such eclipses for up to six hours at a time, in a highly elliptical orbit taking it more than 60 000 km from Earth. The two spacecraft are being launched together by India’s PSLV-XL launcher from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Follow the mission’s deployment...
As climate changes sends summer temperatures higher worldwide, new research finds most urban residents don't have a key source of cooling shade: trees.
Another year of wildfires, heat, hurricanes and floods linked to human-made climate change has raised the stakes about who should pay for the damage. Are fossil fuel companies contributing?
Alongside climate finance, COP29 currently being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, was expected to serve as an important platform for nations to demonstrate their intention to submit stronger national climate commitments, strengthen adaptation efforts, and show tangible progress and action on previous pledges. Halfway through the conference some key experts and leaders including UN Former Sec […]
Statement hopeful about ‘soft landing’ for global economy as its silence on North Korean support for Russia reveals China’s sway.
In the face of a growing climate crisis, the connection between housing and environmental sustainability is becoming increasingly urgent. Habitat for Humanity International, a global nonprofit operating in over 70 countries since the 1970s, is at the forefront of this challenge. By providing housing solutions for low-income families, the organization is tackling the twin imperatives […]
The president-elect may find success in slashing regulations and speeding up natural gas exports, while drilling and refining plans could be harder to change.
Congressional Republicans have attacked Robert Howarth's study linking U.S. natural gas exports with climate harm.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
Researchers who study tea report that in some regions around the world, tea cultivation could decrease by over half.
[Leadership] The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene has advocated accessible and equitable policies, including tax holidays and vocational grants to empower youth in renewable energy in African nations, especially in Nigeria.
[New Times] The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, has once again brought the world's attention to the urgent need for decisive action on climate change. As nations gather to discuss the future of our planet, African leaders, particularly Rwanda's representatives, brought a powerful message to the table: Africa is not just a victim of climate change but a proactive agent of change.
The global climate aid fund is not the only option discussed at the World Climate Change Conference (COP29). Imposing a new tax on cryptocurrencies and the plastics industry could help close the money gap needed to address the impacts of climate change, especially in the countries of the Global South. The pool of proposals presented […]
[ANGOP] Baku -- Angola has benefited from more than US$100 million in pilot projects to combat climate change since 2015, the National Director for Climate Action and Sustainable Development, Cecilia Bernardo, said on Saturday in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
[UN News] As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to "cut the theatrics," get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy transition.
Emissions from burning fossil fuels are still rising, but the rapid growth of wind and solar power offers hope
When the heat is on, the onus should be on the Coalition to explain why they don’t support measures to ensure their newly discovered battlers have access to rooftop solar Guardian Essential poll: almost half of Australian voters want Aukus reviewed after Donald Trump’s election win Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is facing the extreme risk of dangerous concentrations of high pressure and hot air this summer. There is also a strong likelihood of heatwaves. The return of the performatively anti-climate Donald Trump will see the world’s biggest per capita carbon polluter pull out of global targets , emboldening energy incumbents and their mouthpieces to amp up their attacks on renewables. Continue reading...
Northwest region of Pacific Ocean has generated 25 named tropical storms this year, up from 19 recorded during typhoon season in 2023.
G20 leaders met in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for talks on climate change, ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Lebanon, and more, at a forum that highlighted differences between world powers but also delivered some successes.
Final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between China and Russia completed seven months ahead of schedule.
[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change is defined as long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other components of the Earth's climate system. It is mostly caused by human actions, particularly the use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes that raise the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. These gases trap heat, causing the greenhouse effect.
UN climate chief addresses climate summit with no agreement in sight on how to help developing countries Countries meeting in Azerbaijan to discuss a new global financial settlement for tackling the climate crisis must “cut the theatrics” and get down to serious business, the UN has said. The UK and Brazil have been drafted in to try to break a logjam at the Cop29 climate summit , which entered its second week on Monday with no agreement in sight on the key issue of how to channel at least $1tn a year to developing countries. Continue reading...
By relying on natural carbon sinks such as forests and peatlands to offset emissions, governments can appear closer to goals than they actually are Relying on natural carbon sinks such as forests and oceans to offset continued fossil fuel emissions will not stop global heating, the scientists who developed net zero have warned. Each year, the planet’s oceans, forests, soils and other natural carbon sinks absorb about half of all human emissions , forming part of government plans to limit global heating to below 2C under the Paris agreement. Continue reading...
Singapore oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in jail for cheating HSBC Holdings Plc and instigating forgery in a case that has shaken the city-state’s commodity-trading community and left banks nursing hefty losses.
US climate envoy says Trump won’t derail progress as GOP argues for increasing oil and gas production at UN talks Throughout the UN climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijanin recent days, US officials have maintained a studiously sunny disposition, saying that Republican president-elect Donald Trump will not derail climate progress. US climate envoy John Podesta said the fight “for a cleaner, safer” planet will not stop under a re-elected Trump even if some progress is reversed. White House energy secretary Jennifer Granholm said: “The absence of leadership in the White House does not mean that this energy transition is stopped.” And Joe Biden’s climate and energy assistant Jacob Levine told reporters that the president’s climate policies have sparked an unstoppable clean energy “revolution”. ...
At the COP29 summit, diplomats are debating how to finance action on climate change – and what role the private sector could play.
Survey also reveals concern about Trump’s effect on economy and climate change – although 48% think hotter summers caused by ‘normal fluctuations’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Almost half of voters (48%) want the Australian government to review Aukus and the acquisition of nuclear submarines after the election of Donald Trump in the US. Those are the results of the latest Guardian Essential poll of 1,206 voters, which found Australian voters were concerned about the incoming Trump administration’s effect on the economy, peace and climate change. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
The president-elect’s energy team is pro-fossil fuel, skeptical of regulations and fiercely loyal.
Almost 5% of the world’s carbon emissions come from the healthcare sector. Rethinking how hospitals run can get this down. But healthcare workers say regulations stop them from doing this
[New Era] Katima Mulilo -- Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta expressed disappointment in developed nations for their unwillingness to provide adequate funding towards climate change.
[Premium Times] During the fifth and sixth days at COP, several initiatives and pledges to scale climate actions through energy efficiency and digitalisation were endorsed.
From the cost-of-living crisis to the impacts of war, cuts to social protection and even climate change, families worldwide are facing a combination of pressures that test their capacity to cope and care for children. As a result, millions of children and young adults are at risk of losing vital and formative family bonds, care […]
Scientists say goal to keep world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku The internationally agreed goal to keep the world’s temperature rise below 1.5C is now “deader than a doornail”, with 2024 almost certain to be the first individual year above this threshold, climate scientists have gloomily concluded – even as world leaders gather for climate talks on how to remain within this boundary. Three of the five leading research groups monitoring global temperatures consider 2024 on track to be at least 1.5C (2.7F) hotter than pre-industrial times, underlining it as the warmest year on record , beating a mark set just last year. The past 10 consecutive years have already been the hottest 10 years ever recorded. Continue reading...
Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay with officials from Switzerland, Costa Rica and Iceland sign the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS). Photo: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
During a historic visit to the Amazon rainforest, President Biden announced a $50 million pledge to Brazil's Amazon Fund, emphasizing the fight against climate change as a cornerstone of his presidency. Biden's visit included meetings with Brazilian President Lula and Indigenous leaders, focusing on collaborative efforts to combat deforestation and promote sustainable development.
The 29th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP29) currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a key global milestone for agreeing on a new compromise to reduce emissions and to provide to the Global South the much-needed finance to address the devastating consequences of the climate crisis. While these climate talks must aim at having […]
Empowering communities, fostering innovation and integrating socio-economic contexts into climate strategies are crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, says Srilata Kammila, Head of Climate Change Adaptation at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In an exclusive interview with Inter Press Service, Kammila shed light on the agency’s pioneering approaches to locally-led climate adaptation. “Locally-led adaptation isn’t […]
Their message about expanding U.S. gas production came at a global meeting that's focused on moving the world away from fossil fuels.
Energy experts say that the country will need to repurpose electric batteries, panels and turbine blades or risk creating millions of tons of waste.
State officials are seeking information by Dec. 16 from a long list of stakeholders.
Indian PM’s trip expected to focus on trade and investment as oil-rich Caribbean country’s economic boom continues India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, will make a “historic” state visit to the oil-rich Caribbean nation of Guyana this week when the two countries are expected to sign energy and defence agreements. Modi’s visit to the country, from Tuesday to Thursday, will be the first from an Indian prime minister since Indira Gandhi’s in 1968, two years after Guyana gained independence from Britain. Continue reading...
STATEMENT: United States Achieves Biden’s Climate Finance Goal alison.cinnamo… Sun, 11/17/2024 - 23:43 BAKU (November 17, 2024) - Ahead of the G20 Summit in Rio, the Biden administration confirmed that that U.S. international climate finance has reached over $11 billion a year by 2024. According to the White House , this includes a six-fold scale up of adaptation finance to over $3 billion per year and achieving record-levels of climate investments through the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and U.S. Export Import Bank. Following is a statement by Melanie Robinson, Global Climate, Economics and Finance Director: "It is very encouraging that the United States has surpassed its climate finance goal, providing over $11 billion a year towards...
[IPS] Baku -- African environmental activists at the ongoing climate summit (COP29) in Baku have called on climate financiers to stop suffocating poor countries with unbearable loans in the name of financing climate adaptation and mitigation on the continent.
Biden government pledged US$500 million to the Amazon Fund; Trump seems poised to scale back US commitment to combating climate change.
Having built a $20bn oil refinery, Aliko Dangote is now at the heart of a row in the murky industry.
Biden’s emphasis on climate change during his trip creates yet another contrast with Trump as the president prepares to leave office.
Labor government ‘not acting in good faith’ when it stands on global stage and promotes its climate credentials, special envoy at Cop29 says Pacific governments at a UN climate summit are criticising Australia’s plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas emissions than their island nations release in a year. As the Cop29 summit in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku begins its second week, representatives from Vanuatu and Tuvalu have called on Australia to stop approving new fossil fuel developments, including a proposal to extend the life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas facility until 2070 . Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing "leadership" on cutting emissions.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and other leaders must mount a strong offense as well as robust defense against attacks on environmental protection and climate change mitigation.
US President Joe Biden began an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change amid fears that Donald Trump will roll back his green policies.
It’s no secret that it takes longer to recharge an electric car than to fill up a gas tank.Read more...
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For people involved with research and advocacy about climate change, the results of last week’s presidential election sting. To get a sense of what’s to come and what’s needed to ensure domestic climate action continues, I spoke with Katharine […]
A listing of 33 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, November 10, 2024 thru Sat, November 16, 2024. Story of the week Our Story of the Week is completely "meta" (no, not that Meta). It's about our exploring how to improve the utility of the feature you're reading right now. Sharp-eyed or possibly even distracted regular readers of our weekly climate news roundup will have noticed some distinct differences in the prior two editions to this latest, compared with the past 634 releases. Typically our weekly listing of news and analysis centered on climate change has been displayed in chronological order, more-or-less following the sequence of original article publication dates. This is a perspective that sometimes...
The grim negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, have shown the need for reform of the UN annual global climate talks ‘Global emissions continue to increase, carbon sinks are being degraded and we can no longer exclude the possibility of surpassing 2.9C of warming by 2100.” It is a bleak assessment of our planet’s future and could have been made by just about any environmental organisation on Earth. In fact, they are the views of an international group of climate experts that highlight, in sharp detail, the manifest failings of the UN’s annual Cop climate summits, whose 29th iteration is now being staged in Baku, Azerbaijan. These talks, they said last week, are no longer fit for purpose and need an urgent overhaul. Continue reading...
Wright is a supporter of oil and gas development and a critic of the fight against climate change, as well as a Trump campaign donor.
“We cannot rely on capitalistic logic to serve our fight for liberation. More investments will not build houses after floods because it’s not profitable. Corporations will not overthrow the industrial-agricultural complex that is completing our assault.” So say the Alliance of Non-Governmental Radical Youths and People’s Rising for Climate Justice Youth that jointly led this […]
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Chris Wright, a fossil fuel executive and campaign donor, to lead the Energy Department in his second term. Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy, is a staunch advocate for oil and gas development, including fracking, aligning with Trump's goal of achieving U.S. energy dominance.
The pick will join the White House as staff secretary, the Trump transition announced.
Wright is expected to fulfil Trump's campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" and maximise US energy production.
Climate change is altering the landscape of Pakistan's mountain regions, and changing lives forever.
Despite repeatedly declaring that Britain needs to 'tackle the climate crisis', the Energy and Net Zero Secretary has taken multiple long-haul flights since July.
The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.
New research suggests that climate change is currently driving a surge in global dengue infections and that case rates could increase by 60% by 2050.
Denver-based oil executive Chris Wright could be the nation's next Energy Department secretary, President-elect Donald Trump announced on Saturday.
While driving through floodwaters is a bad idea no matter what, are electric vehicles particularly susceptible to water damage due to their battery packs?
Trump announced Chris Wright, the CEO of oil and natural gas fracking services company Liberty Energy, as his pick for energy secretary.
Chris Wright faced significant backlash last year when he denied the globe was facing a climate emergency.
Climate change is responsible for nearly a fifth of the record number of dengue cases worldwide this year, US researchers said on Saturday, seeking to shine a light on how rising temperatures help spread disease.
A sudden flurry of activity as Jagadish Vasudev, known widely as Sadhguru, emerges from an interview room in the COP29 media centre. It’s early days of the conference and there is energy and excitement at the venue in Baku. With his long flowing beard and blue turban, it’s clear that many journalists are keen to interview […]
The daily effects of strong winds, large waves, as well as rising sea levels — which are fueled by human-caused climate change — are causing beaches on the Outer Banks to wash away.
Plan International, a global leader in advocating for children’s rights and gender equality, sees the need for women and Indigenous people to be at the forefront of climate negotiations. Founded in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, Plan International has spent over eight decades working to improve the lives of children in some of the […]
A professor at Laurentian University will be putting honey bees to work to better understand how climate change is affecting different plants and pollinators across Ontario.
Recently, I chanced to be, once again, in the great and noble city of Dundee, drawn primarily by a sporting engagement at Tannadice.
Over 1,700 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to the UN climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, outnumbering delegates from almost every country except the host nation, Brazil, and Turkey. This presence of industry representatives overshadows that of delegates from the 10 most climate-vulnerable nations combined.
For the First Time, a Satellite Can Deliver a Full Picture of Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Over Wide Areas, Revealing the Sizeable Share Currently Unseen by
Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as both interior secretary and energy “czar” to oversee efforts to gut climate rules and expand fossil fuel production.
While the Chinese city was found to be worse than all of Colombia or Norway, a site in Texas ‘is the worst polluting site in the entire world’.
“If they were to target the energy sector again, this could be a tipping point,” said Matthias Schmale, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine.
The United Nations recently released the 2024 Nationally Determined Contributions synthesis report, just weeks before presidents, global leaders, climate scientists and activists convene in Azerbaijan for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The report reveals that current national climate plans are not sufficient. This is particularly alarming considering how many countries, including the United States, […]
At Cop29 the global south needs to unite for sustainable growth, leveraging resources and negotiating transformative climate finance pacts More than a century of burning coal, oil and gas has fuelled intense heatwaves, prolonged droughts, heavier rains and devastating floods. To prevent even more severe impacts, the UN global climate summit, Cop29 , must deliver tangible results to keep global temperature rises below 2C – the limit defined in the 2015 Paris agreement. Achieving this goal means human societies can only emit a finite amount of additional carbon dioxide, known as the world’s “carbon budget”. Developed nations have exceeded their carbon budgets, while developing countries remain within theirs. Carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for centuries, turning past unchecked...
Exclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition Cop29 climate summit – live updates Renewable energy is now “unstoppable”, and no government can prevent the shift to a global low-carbon economy, UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has said. He said the UK was acting out of national self-interest by taking a global lead on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and boosting financial help available to poor countries at crunch UN climate talks this week. Continue reading...
An oil field in Texas has been named the most pollutive site in the world at the United Nations climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.
Climate change minister’s effort to convince Ankara to drop out underlines push for ‘Pacific Cop’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, made a whistle-stop visit to Turkey on Friday night in an attempt to reach a deal for Australia to host tens of thousands of people at a major UN climate summit in 2026. Bowen visited the Turkish capital, Ankara, on the way to the Cop29 climate conference in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku. The two countries are vying to host Cop31, and the Albanese government hopes Turkey will exit the race in time for an announcement before next week. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
With billions sold each year, the battle is on to make the ideal electric car tire—one that offers the holy trinity of increased range, eco credentials and less noise. The results could benefit every vehicle on the planet.
President-elect Donald Trump wants to increase oil and gas production and roll back the Inflation Reduction Act.
[IPS] The United States just went through its most consequential election. While the outcome raises questions about what the re-election of Trump means for U.S. engagement in global climate talks moving forward (in view of his previous stunt), the game is still on, with or without him. Despite the challenges, local communities, cities, states, private actors, and the public more broadly have embarked on an unstoppable journey--upholding the spirit of the Paris Agreement.
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. America’s oil industry released its wish list for the incoming Trump administration on Tuesday, a five-point plan that would eliminate many of the Biden administration’s most far-reaching efforts to reduce climate pollution and limit the warming that is driving ever […]
[Global Witness] Responding to the call from climate leaders for urgent overhaul of UN climate processes, Dominic Kavakeb, Co-Director of Campaigns at Global Witness, said:
The United States just went through its most consequential election. While the outcome raises questions about what the re-election of Trump means for U.S. engagement in global climate talks moving forward (in view of his previous stunt), the game is still on, with or without him. Despite the challenges, local communities, cities, states, private actors, […]
Trillions of dollars are riding on whether major emerging economies like China will have to step up climate aid.
Directly destroying schools and learning materials, climate shocks are increasingly taking away the right to education. A staggering 400 million students globally experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022. As COP29 negotiations deepen, defining a sustainable financial path to learning for vulnerable children, particularly those caught up in crises and conflict, is critical and […]
[UN News] As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed solidarity with young climate advocates at COP29, who told him they are frustrated by the lack of political action on the crisis.
President-elect Donald Trump tapped a former GOP congressman to run an agency with a major say on carbon storage plans.
The negotiations continue with plenty of disagreement about the way forward, as we approach the halfway mark in Baku, Azerbaijan Meanwhile extreme weather events continue to batter different regions of the world. Carmela Fonbuena has written for the Guardian about the repeated typhoons which have been hitting the Philippines, one after another. Usagi is the fifth major storm to hit the Philippines in just three weeks , with a sixth forecast for this weekend. At least 160 people have been killed and nine million displaced, while the unusual frequency has left people already struggling with the aftermath of previous heavy rains and flooding little time to prepare for the next strike. Typhoon Yinxing tore off a quarter of Diana Moraleda’s tiled roof in Tuguegaro City in northern Philippines...
Oil consumption in China has contracted for six straight months and will grow this year at just 10 percent of the rate seen in 2023, a report said.
Voters stripped Vermont Democrats of their state House supermajority, which they have used to pass climate legislation over vetoes from the state’s Republican governor.
President-elect Donald Trump isn’t at COP29, but his rapid-fire personnel moves to dismantle Joe Biden’s climate legacy are being felt there.
The vote on eight crucial bills, which are meant to help Europe’s biggest economy cut its carbon emissions by two-thirds this decade while expanding renewables and lowering energy costs, will be pushed until after elections pegged for February.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will start looking into the legal aspects of a small modular reactor project this month to prepare Thailand for using nuclear energy as observers voice concerns over a decline in domestic gas supply and uncertainty surrounding Thai-Cambodian talks on joint petroleum production in the overlapping claims area (OCA).
[New Times] Existing national climate goals, commonly known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), are 'not nearly ambitious enough' to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI).
[Greenpeace] As COP29 discussions continue in Baku, Greenpeace Africa strongly opposes the push for unreliable market-based mechanisms as a solution to the climate crisis, warning that they undermine real climate action to address the growing crisis facing African communities.
A University of Dundee academic at COP29 calls for immediate practical solutions, such as sustainable housing projects to battle climate change.
[The Conversation Africa] The realities of climate change are hitting home for many people living in the global south. Food security, water access and health have been jeopardised by the increased temperatures, extreme weather events and sea level rise.
Burgum is an aggressive champion of the oil industry, but his views on climate policy may diverge from those of Trump.
Former US vice president Al Gore believes a second Donald Trump term in the White House may have little impact on the "momentum" of the world's fight against climate change.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE03483J, Opinion Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Xuan Gao, Haobo Dong, Chang Su, Yuhang Dai, Yiyang Liu, Ivan P. Parkin, Claire J Carmalt, Guanjie He Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) present a transformative avenue in electrochemical energy storage technologies, leveraging zinc anodes and aqueous electrolytes for safety and cost-effectiveness. The primary challenge of mitigating zinc... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
An independent expert group, tasked with proposing ways to finance climate action post-2025, has put forth some key figures. They suggest aiming for $1 trillion annually by 2030, increasing to $1.3 trillion by 2035, to support developing nations in achieving the Paris Agreement goals. Interestingly, this amount represents a mere 1% of the global GDP.
Voters in Washington state narrowly passed a measure to preserve “energy choice” and block the state from discouraging natural gas—delivering a significant blow to climate efforts in one of the country’s greenest states. After days of counting, the measure, I-2066, passed Thursday with about 52 percent support, according to the Associated Press. I-2066, as I […]
[Nile Post] The green energy landscape is undergoing a transformative shift through the Green Energy for Women and Youth Resilience in Uganda project.
And, Adam speaks to Climate Change Committee Chief Executive Emma Pinchbeck.
NASA’s Stennis Space Center has been awarded a highly competitive U.S. Department of Energy grant to transform its main administration building into a facility that produces as much renewable energy as it uses. Following an Oct. 29 announcement, NASA Stennis, located near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, will receive $1.95 million through the Assisting Federal Facilities […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan - Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday, as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather.
The ex-congressman clashed with the president-elect’s first administration over water funding and offshore drilling near his Long Island district.
An N.W.T. regulatory board has told the diamond mine it will need to run climate-change models beyond 100 years, or propose a timeline for doing so. Diavik says it's talking with partners to figure that out.
Anti-fossil fuel protesters have struck several historic sites.
When I spent time with a brand new electric car, the amount of similarities it shared with my phone were obvious, so I decided to review it like one.
Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role that cities, regions, businesses and financial institutions must play in driving the worldwide effort towards reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century.
The Middle East conflict has been inescapable at the COP29 climate talks.
Despite the urgent need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere to slow climate change, fossil fuel emissions are still rising, say scientists. Global heating projections have also 'flat-lined.'
At this year's U.N. climate talks, the Biden team hopes a push for one of the most controversial forms of zero-emissions power will be palatable to the president's successor.
Climate change exacerbates the difficulties already faced by indigenous communities, multiplying their vulnerabilities from political and economic marginalization and loss of land and natural resources. The ongoing climatic carnage is displacing indigenous communities at seven times the rate of the global population. Speaking on the sidelines of COP29, Charles Lokai Lonyamakan from the Youth Initiative […]
Oscar winners Mark Rylance and Olivia Colman among those writing to Rachel Reeves about excluding fossil fuels Leading British actors including Mark Rylance, Olivia Colman, and Benedict Cumberbatch have called on the chancellor to increase investment in clean energy by reforming pensions. Members of the performing arts union Equity have written an open letter to Rachel Reeves before her Mansion House speech on Thursday asking her to make “smart, strategic reforms” that could unlock £1.2tn from the pensions sector for growing clean energy and infrastructure in the UK. Continue reading...
Chris Wright is an oil industry executive who has been critical of plans to slash carbon emissions.
After nearly 30 years of holding global climate summits, the world has seen stunted action and accelerating damages.
Dutch appeal court ruled in favour of oil and gas company over judgment telling it to limit emissions A court ruling in favour of Shell does not spell the end of climate litigation against companies, legal experts have said. The oil and gas company celebrated on Tuesday when it won an appeal against a landmark climate judgment by a Dutch court. Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- President William Ruto says Africa's natural resources and biodiversity place it in a unique position to lead global climate solutions, highlighting the continent's role beyond participation.
[VOA] Nairobi -- As African farmers struggle with unpredictability caused by climate change, some are looking into contract farming, which involves growing a certain crop for a price set in advance.
Fossil fuel emissions have increased steadily for almost two centuries. Now, the world may soon reach an important turning point for climate change.
South Africa and other developing nations are pushing for a $1 trillion climate finance target
US president-elect Donald Trump's expected climate rollbacks will likely have a "small" impact on global warming, as long as other countries resist the temptation to slacken their own carbon-cutting efforts, new research found Thursday.
One expert says climate targets can seem abstract but matter because they serve as an ‘investment signal’ to cashed up investors Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The UK’s announcement of an 81% emissions cut below 1990 levels by 2035 shows the Australian government should set an ambitious climate target that will quickly drive investment and create clean industries, experts say. The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, was praised by campaigners and experts after confirming the pledge at the Cop29 UN climate summit in Azerbaijan, though they said it would need to be backed by clear plans. The UK is one of the first larger countries to announce a 2035 target before a UN deadline next February. Continue reading...
In submissions on the issue, four Indigenous governments argued in favour of the Sahtu Secretariat’s right to refer Imperial Oil to environmental assessment, while the Town of Norman Wells and Northwest Territories government supported Imperial Oil’s application to stop the assessment.
Gautam Adani, chairman of Adani Group, announced a $10 billion investment in US energy security and infrastructure projects following Donald Trump's presidential win. Adani also hosted EU diplomats, showcasing the Adani Group's renewable energy projects in Gujarat, including the upcoming Khavda Renewable Energy Park, planned to be the world's largest.
Exclusive: Mia Mottley, who has championed climate action, says she would seek common ground with US president-elect Mia Mottley, the climate-championing prime minister of Barbados, has invited Donald Trump to a face-to-face meeting where she would seek “common ground” and persuade him that climate action was in his own interests. “Let us find a common purpose in saving the planet and saving livelihoods,” she told the Guardian at the UN’s Cop29 climate summit in Azerbaijan. “We are human beings and we have the capacity to meet face-to-face, in spite of our differences. We want humanity to survive. And the evidence [of the climate crisis] we are seeing almost weekly now.” Continue reading...
At this year’s U.N. climate conference, world leaders are proposing a “global solidarity levy” on high-polluting industries.
The Florida Republican representative has said “climate change is real” and introduced legislation to abolish EPA.
[Premium Times] Equally significant to the NCDMB was the consideration that the project was in alignment with Federal Government's expressed commitment to net-zero emissions by 2026, and the campaign for cleaner alternative to kerosene and firewood as cooking fuel
Workers making way for NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, likely did not realize they were building something that would not only withstand the test of time but transcend it. Mosquitoes, snakes, hurricanes, and intense south Mississippi heat – early crews faced all with a spirit of resilience and adaptability that remains […]
Plans for the National Grid's LionLink and Nautilus interconnector cables to connect the UK to wind farms in the Netherlands and Belgium have now been approved by the regulator Ofgem.
[This Day] Angola intends to replicate its maiden multi-year licensing round for oil and gas acreage from 2026, a senior government energy official said, as the country looks to boost production and investment.
Despite the urgent need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere to slow climate change, fossil fuel emissions are still rising, say scientists.
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa is expected to address the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP29, as the global summit officially opens today.
Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential to producing electric vehicles and solar panels without triggering a “stampede of greed” that exploits local communities and crushes the poor.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Egypt is keen on adopting an integrated national approach to shift to sustainable development compatible with the environment. The prime minister further cited the launch of Egypt National Climate Change Strategy 2050 and Egypt’s Sustainable Development Strategy (Egypt’s Vision 2030), directing investments to green transformation projects, enhancing cooperation with … The post PM: Egypt adopts integrated strategy to shift to sustainable development compatible with environment appeared first on Egypt Independent.
The country is well-positioned in the global supply chain to increase exports and beneficiate raw materials for electric vehicle batteries
Progress roundup: Most of the world wants action on climate change, and would be willing to pay for it. Here’s where clean energy is making gains.
The race to develop artificial intelligence has spurred an emerging race for nuclear power to meet the technology’s intense energy demands.Read more...
[Octopus Energy] Octopus Energy's generation arm, in partnership with Idris Elba, has kicked off its first renewables project in Africa, a pioneering wind farm on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone.
Keir Starmer unveiled a pledge to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions by 81 per cent by 2035 at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan yesterday.
World leaders gathered at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer taking center stage. Starmer announced ambitious new climate goals for the UK, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 81% by 2035.
[New Times] The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change, at the ongoing 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, are pushing for a significant boost in climate financing and ensuring that adaptation measures, as well as addressing loss and damage, are given the same level of importance as mitigation actions.
[Nile Post] Uganda's delegation is taking a proactive stance at COP29 in Baku, presenting ambitious strategies in climate finance, sustainable energy, and climate adaptation--key areas for developing nations.
Unlike other aspects of the Biden climate agenda, goals to boost nuclear energy enjoy bipartisan support and could survive the incoming Trump administration.
Global Carbon Budget report finds emissions from fossil fuels will rise to another record high this year The first national leader to speak at Cop29 on Wednesday was Shina Ansari Hamedani, Vice President of Iran, and her speech was a heady mix of climate policy and geopolitics. Her key point was that the “illegal and unilateral” international sanctions against Iran prevent it accessing the finance to build a green economy. In this she included nuclear power, the development of which is a key reason for the sanctions. She also called the sanctions “unjustified and irrational”, before also condemning the war in Gaza calling Israel the “occupying Zionist regime”. Her final point struck a milder note as she appealed for global action: “Our shared environment is a common bond.” Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- At the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the need for substantial and immediate financial commitments to support developing nations in addressing the severe impacts of climate change.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security and its disaster agency said people aren’t driving temperature increases.
[Natural Justice] Baku, Azerbaijan -- The 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP29) has opened amid deep divisions over agenda items, fossil fuel lobbying by the host nation, and new carbon market rules that threaten to derail urgent climate action. Critical issues such as climate finance, just transitions, human rights, and the protection of Indigenous land and environmental defenders are already at risk.
[UN News] UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist developing countries affected by climate change.
He singled out the US, the world’s largest historic carbon emitter, and the EU for particular criticism, accusing them of double standards.
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE02903H, Paper Gongxun Lu, Xinru Wu, Miaofei Huang, Mengtian Zhang, Zhihong Piao, Xiongwei Zhong, Chuang Li, Yanze Song, Chengshuai Chang, Kuang Yu, Guangmin Zhou Self-adsorbing molecules stabilize electrode interfaces and inhibit solvent decomposition to ensure high-voltage stability of lithium metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Prime Minister announced the goal to reduce emissions at the UN climate summit Cop29 - but vowed that he would not tell people how to live their lives.
The warming impact of the vapour trails that emerge from airplanes is being discussed at climate gathering.
Countries promised to move away from coal, oil and natural gas at last year’s climate summit. New research shows they’re are burning more than ever before.
Residents living near the Okhla waste-to-energy plant in Delhi have reported severe health issues due to toxic emissions. Despite fines for pollution violations, the plant continues to operate, releasing hazardous pollutants into the air and soil, impacting the health of those in nearby areas like Haji Colony, Sukhdev Vihar, and Tajpur Pahari.
The head of one of the world's largest oil companies has had it with government flip-flopping.
Leaders at ongoing climate summit need to signal a renewed push for phasing out fossil fuels and mobilise finances to do so, analysts say.
Mike Smith cartoon on climate change and global wars.
King Felipe VI reportedly plans to revisit Valencia amid alerts for heavy rain, high waves and strong winds People in flood-hit Spain stacked sandbags and braced for new storms on Tuesday as the political repercussions from last month’s deadly climate disaster rumbled on. Amid fresh weather warnings, local media reported that King Felipe VI would soon return to the site of the flash floods, after he was pelted with mud and eggs on his first visit last week owing to local fury at the poor preparation and response of the authorities. Continue reading...
[Nile Post] As COP29 opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, global attention shifts to the widening gap between the ambitious pledges of past climate summits and the urgent action needed to address the climate crisis. Despite high-profile commitments from COP26, COP27, and COP28, many promises--especially those supporting developing nations--remain largely unfulfilled, leaving these countries increasingly vulnerable to escalating climate impacts.
Greenpeace and Uplift say Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were granted unlawfully by former Tory government Climate campaigners have urged a Scottish court to cancel the licence to drill the UK’s largest untapped oilfield, arguing it will cause “sizeable” and unjustified damage to the planet. Greenpeace and Uplift accuse the former Conservative government of having unlawfully given the Norwegian oil giant Equinor a licence to exploit the Rosebank oilfield, which sits 80 miles (130km) north-west of Shetland and holds nearly 500m barrels of oil and gas. Continue reading...
[The Herald] IT is becoming increasingly obvious that Zimbabwe needs to capture and use or store almost every drop of rain that falls on the country in this era of climate change to combat the ever more frequent droughts and ensure that there is enough water for the growing industries of our cities.
[New Dawn] Capitol Hill -- The School of Environmental Studies and Climate Change at the University of Liberia (UL) has launched a Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate Program in Climate Action.
Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents show. The warning , from the head of an industry-created group known as the Air Pollution Foundation, was revealed by Climate Investigations Center and published Tuesday by the climate website DeSmog. It represents what may be the earliest instance of big oil being informed of the potentially dire consequences of its products. Continue reading...
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that atomic power should also be allowed to tap into climate change funds.
Keir Starmer has confirmed the eye-watering target of slashing 81 per cent off emissions by 2035, compared to 1990 levels.
Climate change is creating an unpredictable future. As the world gathers for the climate summit, the Climate Generation is already showing how to adapt.
The solicitor general will argue against more expansive requirements for environmental analysis of a Utah oil railway.
They may be out of a job when Donald Trump takes office in two months, but US officials kept a busy schedule at UN climate talks, reminding jittery countries that global action had survived his first term.
The state-backed oil giant accused journalists of trying to tarnish CEO Igor Sechin’s reputation, sarcastically referring to him as “evil Sechin.”
JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to offer to international investors opportunities to build 75 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power in the country in the next 15 years, its climate envoy said on the sidelines of the COP29 summit.
[Namibian] Russian company Rosatom and South African AllWeld Nuclear and Industrial are joining forces to promote the sustainable development of nuclear energy in Africa.
The 29th session of the Conference of the Parties on climate change has officially kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan, with the promise of striking yet another historic global climate deal and finance adaptation, gender responsive action and financing, and forgotten issues such as food waste are top on the agenda as every action is as […]
PHOTO: Khortan, CC BY-SA 3.0 With the United Nations’ major climate summit kicking off in oil-rich Azerbaijan, New Zealand’s climate policy experts are divided over the value of the meeting.
Keir Starmer is one of the only premiers from the wealthiest nations in Azerbaijan for the COP29 gathering, although the Taliban has sent a representative.
The UK will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 81 percent on 1990 levels by 2035, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday, as his government ramps up its ambitions to help curb climate change.
'2024 – a masterclass in climate destruction.' That is how the UN secretary general, António Guterres , started his address to world leaders at Cop29 on Tuesday. 'Families running for their lives before the next hurricane strikes; workers and pilgrims collapsing in insufferable heat; floods tearing through communities, and tearing down infrastructure; children going to bed hungry as droughts ravage crops. All these disasters, and more, are being supercharged by human-made climate change,' he said Cop29: 2024 has been ‘masterclass in climate destruction’, says UN chief – live updates Critics say approval of ‘climate credits’ rules on day one of Cop29 was rushed Continue reading...
The original 2021 ruling ordered Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. The appeals court said there is "insufficient consensus" on a specific reduction percentage.
Can the world fight climate change without the US?
The nation which more than any other caused the climate crisis will leave it to the rest of the world to sort out the mess. That is a takeaway from the US election last week. The numbers are clear: US emissions up to today are 8 times the Chinese, 25 times the Indian and the […]
As COP29 gets underway while President-elect Donald Trump vows to boost oil production, the role of big oil companies in the future of climate action remains contested.
The Hague Court of Appeal ruled that while Shell has a responsibility to help fight climate change, it can do so by its own determined metrics.
[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Tuesday, November 12, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan where world leaders gathered for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).
Two environmental groups kicked off a legal challenge in Scotland on Tuesday to block the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea, with activists optimistic of success.
The world must more than double its renewable energy deployment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, the International Renewable Energy Agency says.
Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni and Mohammed bin Salman among the delegates expected to address the UN climate conference The UK is to announce its new NDC, or nationally determined contribution, at the conference today. My colleague Fiona Harvey revealed last night that it will commit to an emissions reduction of 81% on 1990 levels by 2035. The target is in line with the recommendation made by the government’s official advisers, the Climate Change Committee. Although campaigners have said the target should be considered the bare minimum the UK should commit to, privately many will feel relieved the target is not lower. Continue reading...
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin is a longtime Trump ally who conservatives say is willing and able to defend a "radical" rollback of climate regulations.
BP is a global force in fossil fuel drilling — and a major player with COP29 summit host Azerbaijan.
by April Ehrlich, Oregon Public Broadcasting, McKenzie Funk, ProPublica, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. On Earth Day in 2022, President Joe Biden stood among cherry blossoms and towering Douglas firs in a Seattle park to declare the importance of big, old trees. “There used to be a hell of a lot more forests like this,” he said, calling them “our planet’s lungs” and extolling their power to fight climate change. The amount of carbon trees suck out of the air increases...
[Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter] The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC) today published its Baseline Report, setting a foundation to help prioritize and track progress on emissions reductions made by the 54 oil and gas companies - representing almost 45 % of the global oil production, that have signed up to the Charter's ambitions.
PM says Britain can ‘win the race’ as Trump’s election casts doubt on global efforts to tackle climate change Britain has a “huge opportunity” to get ahead of other countries in the race for green investment after the election of Donald Trump as US president, Keir Starmer has said, as he arrives in Azerbaijan for the Cop29 summit. Trump’s election victory last week has cast doubt on global efforts to tackle climate change, which the president-elect has called a “hoax”. But as the most senior world leader attending the summit in Baku, Starmer said the global political turmoil could benefit the UK economy. Continue reading...
[Capital FM] Baku, Azerbaijan -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale are in Azerbaijan's capital Baku for COP29, where Kenya is presenting its ambitious climate agenda.
[New Times] Rwanda, aligning with the needs of developing countries, is advocating for a new global climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillion annually.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2024, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D4EE04741A, Paper Jie Yu, Lenan Zhang, Jintong Gao, Wenyu Han, Ruzhu Wang, Zhenyuan Xu Thermally localized solar evaporation has been recognized as an efficient and suitable pathway for desalination and brine treatment. However, the annoying salt crystallization inside the porous evaporator brings challenges for... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A series of earthquakes, including a 3.4 magnitude quake near Toyah, rattled West Texas on Monday, raising concerns over fracking and oil industry practices.