Group with total portfolio of $5tn seek cuts of 29% from companies they invest in.
Thirty of the world’s largest asset owners, with portfolios worth a combined $5tn (£3.8tn), have committed to…
Governments are not doing enough to prevent rapid rebound, says agency’s report.
The coronavirus pandemic is expected to cause a record 7% decline in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions…
Real-time data show huge side effects of international confinements, curfews and quarantines
As countries around the world first grappled with the unfolding Coronavirus pandemic and initiated mass…
A draft version of the European Commission’s methane strategy, due to come out on Wednesday (14 October), doesn’t set limits on methane emissions from fossil fuels, instead setting the stage for that…
The first eight months of the year saw global methane emissions rise by 32 percent, according to Paris-based data firm Karryos, as Reuters reported.
The rise in the harmful greenhouse gas is notable…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment, adding his voice to calls for the economic…
SINGAPORE - China’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2060 would require investments of more than $5 trillion, which would include renewable power generation capacity, consultancy Wood Mackenzie…
Dr Robin Russell-Jones on China’s carbon emissions, Kit Hill on renewables, and Penny Kent on the Guardian’s climate promise.
Re Barbara Finamore’s article (What China’s plan for net-zero emissions…
The world is, on average, 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer today than it was in 1850. If this trend continues, our planet will be 2 – 3 degrees hotter by the end of this century, according to the …
Backing for law demanding 60% reduction from 1990 levels puts capitals under pressure.
EU capitals have been put under pressure to agree to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030 compared…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to bar from his transition team any "leaders" of fossil fuel companies, a pledge environmentalists cautiously applauded while urging the…
The flagship report ‘CCUS in Clean Energy Transitions’ was published by the autonomous intergovernmental organisation and argues for the need to invest more in CCUS in order to achieve net zero.…
The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the rest of the UK catch up?
While some say CO2 capture is part of the problem, big projects are being invested in as a part solution to the climate crisis.
As the world dices with the climate emergency, businesses and…
Rising emissions of nitrous oxide from farming are putting world on track to exceed 2C heating.
The spread of intensive farming is threatening to jeopardise the world’s chances of meeting the terms…
Energy experts say record rise in new gas boilers installed shows UK going in wrong direction
Ministers must come forward with stringent new plans for low-carbon heating, as targets to insulate…
Country will need to kick addiction to coal and build eye-watering amount of wind and solar capacity.
China’s President Xi Jinping stunned climate action observers in a speech at the United Nations…
Release of CO2 from UKCS rigs was much greater than Norwegian and Danish regions.
Britain’s oil and gas rigs are the most polluting in the North Sea oil basin, according to industry data, with…
An Unearthed and HuffPost investigation identified at least eight trade associations the companies failed to disclose in transparency reports.
Earlier this year, oil giants BP and Royal Dutch Shell…