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This year elections are taking place across the globe, covering almost half of the world’s population. It is also likely to be, yet again, the hottest year recorded as the climate crisis intensifies…

Keir Starmer has admitted he used a private jet to travel to a campaign rally in Scotland where he promised to create “tens of thousands” of clean energy jobs with a new publicly owned energy…

For Scott King, last week’s announcement by the New South Wales government to extend the giant Eraring power station for at least another two years was a mixed blessing.

Republican governors gathered in the fossil-fuel rich state of Louisiana on Monday to rail against the Biden administration’s climate agenda and lay out plans to “unleash American energy”, alarming…

As the water tanker drove into a crowded Delhi neighbourhood, a ruckus erupted. Dozens of residents ran frantically behind it, brandishing buckets, bottles and hoses, and jumped on top of it to get…

Now is the “moment of truth” for climate action, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres as he laid out a sweeping blueprint for cuts in emissions, strengthening resilience, reforming financial…

At its 2024 Annual Meetings, which have just ended in Nairobi, Kenya, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced that it was joining the African Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI). The aim is to…

Faced with increasing overexploitation and destructive practices, small-scale fishing in Africa, particularly in Cameroon, is facing major challenges that threaten the sustainability of fish stocks.…

There is an obscure mechanism by which fossil fuel companies maintain their global domination even as their products are destroying our futures. Most rank-and-file climate activists haven’t heard of…

Initial action on scaling up MDB financing and rechannelling SDRs provides momentum to deliver SDG Stimulus   NEW YORK, 5 JUNE 2024 – With many developing countries reeling from repeated economic…

The unusually intense, prolonged and extensive flooding that has devastated southern Brazil was made at least twice as likely by human burning of fossil fuels and trees, a study has shown. The…

Donald Trump’s brazen pitch to 20 fossil-fuel heads for $1bn to aid his presidential campaign in return for promises of lucrative tax and regulatory favors is the “definition of corruption”, a top…

A study by the UN children’s agency has found that developing resilient energy systems to keep the power on in health facilities in Pakistan could prevent more than 175,000 deaths in the country by…

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Baku Azerbaijan, 5 June 2024 – The incoming COP29 Presidency, Azerbaijan, will partner with IRENA on the monitoring of progress towards tripling renewable energy…

Coldplay has announced that they have reduced their touring carbon footprint by 59% compared with their previous world tour – via some creative methods that include kinetic dancefloors that allow…

The city of Maputo now has municipal officers who can interpret air quality data. Their training, which lasted a month in Barcelona, Spain, will help to step up the fight against air pollution in…

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU fishing) on 5 June 2024, Afrik21 spoke to Elie Badai, head of the fisheries control and…

While the cost of buying an electric vehicle can sometimes approach €170,000, depending on production costs and the model, German carmaker Volkswagen has announced that it will be manufacturing and…

South African mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has signed an agreement to purchase 140 MW of privately-owned wind power to power and decarbonise its extractive operations in the Rainbow Nation.…

Saudi company Acwa Power has signed an agreement with the Tunisian authorities for the development and production of green hydrogen in the country. This energy will be destined for the European…