Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four times as high as the payoff required from renewable energy projects to justify the risk of investing in fossil…
A group of U.S. electricity companies wrote to President Joe Biden this week saying it will work with his administration and Congress to design a broad set of policies to reach a near-term goal of…
Natural gas is falling out of favor with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal did, catching some power generators unaware and potentially leaving them stuck with…
Further reliance on coal and LNG will lead to ever larger and unsustainable fossil fuel subsidies.
“Gas is over”, proclaimed chief of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer, at the…
Over the last few decades, African governments have removed restrictions on and privatised their mining industries, attracting significant foreign direct investment.
One of the major factors hindering productivity within Africa’s agricultural sector is the use of outdated production technologies and practices. This is where companies like Farmforte come in, by…
A farmer in Zimbabwe shares how an Oxfam initiative helped build resilience against the effects of changing rainfall patterns.
Sarah, 55, is a farmer in Nyanyadzi, Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. For nearly…
African nations aim to double funding for climate change adaptation projects to $25 billion over five years as they look to foster a green recovery from the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus…
South African startup Sun Exchange has completed the crowdsale for a 510 kilowatt solar-plus-storage installation to solar power packhouse and cold store facilities for Zimbabwean agriculture leader…
Kenya has given an ultimatum to the UN refugee agency to present a plan over the closure of the Dadaab and Kakuma camps housing more than 400,000 people.
Terrifying, shocking, a rejection of…
A pair of Indigenous land defenders locked themselves to equipment at a fossil fuel pumping station in British Columbia on Saturday, vowing to continue resisting a government-owned oil pipeline that…
Το Μάιο του 2019, συμμετείχα στην πρώτη διεθνή συνάντηση εργασίας που οργάνωσε η Διεθνής Υπηρεσία Ενέργειας του Οργανισμού για την Οικονομική Συνεργασία και Ανάπτυξη (IEA/OECD), σε συνεργασία με το…
Rejection comes as company criticised over plans to split its business in two as part of a move to clean up its emissions profile.
The Victorian government has rejected on environmental grounds a…
Green plan unveiled as part of plan to overcome Saudi Arabia’s economic reliance on oil.
Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s largest oil producers, has announced ambitious proposals for a “green…
JOHANNESBURG - A pandemic has blanketed the planet. Economies have cratered. Across the world, people are scared, anxious and unsteady about the future.
And you want to talk about climate change…
Aviva has launched the Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund, an actively managed equity fund for workplace pension schemes that invests in the shares of companies globally who are…
British Airways has invested in ZeroAvia, a leading innovator in decarbonising commercial aviation, in an effort to accelerate the development of 50+ seater aircraft capable of running on zero…
A new study pushes the permanent rise of oxygen in the atmosphere to 100 million years later than previously believed.
Earth's transition to permanently hosting an oxygenated atmosphere was a…
Ade Adepitan travels to the Pacific to see how the climate emergency is shrinking the land and killing the future – and to ask what, if anything, can be done to halt the destruction.