Amsterdam draws up new rules to tone down its Christmas lights.

City council keen to maintain a good balance between calm streets and illuminations from next year.

Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past.

Snowy winters could become a thing of the past as climate change affects the UK, Met Office analysis suggests. It is one of a series of projections about how UK's climate could change, shared with BBC Panorama.

Last Month Was the Hottest November Ever.

The month’s global temperature puts 2020 closer to being the hottest year on record. This past November was the hottest ever recorded, another global temperature milestone in a year that’s one step closer to surpassing 2016 as the warmest on record.

UN: Virtual Climate Dialogues: A Successful Milestone on the Road to COP26.

UN Climate Change News, 4 December 2020 - The Climate Dialogues, a series of virtual events to help pave the way towards next year’s climate change conference (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, wrapped up today.

MOCK COP COMPETITION

IRENA and African Development Bank Partner to Scale up Renewables Investments in Africa.

The Bank’s partnership with IRENA will support Africa’s energy transition and our goal to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy in Africa by 2030.” – Bank VP Kevin Kariuki

Court Rejects Trump's Arctic Drilling Proposal in 'Huge Victory for Polar Bears and Our Climate'

Climate action advocates and wildlife defenders celebrated Monday after the U.S.

GRIDSERVE opens UK’s first Electric Forecourt to support mass market EV charging

UK-wide network of over 100 Electric Forecourts® powered by net zero carbon energy will solve EV charging concerns and pave the way to mass EV adoption well ahead of 2030 petrol and diesel ban.

Our global fire crisis is the sign of a dying biosphere. But we can take action

The unprecedented fires aren’t just caused by the climate crisis. Land use –especially real estate and animal husbandry – have a lot to answer for

Most Japan firms say government unlikely to meet carbon neutrality goal by 2050 - Reuters poll.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is unlikely to meet its goal of eliminating greenhouse gases by 2050, a majority of firms in the country said in a Reuters poll, underscoring the challenges Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faces as he strives for a greener society.

Greenhouse gas emissions transforming the Arctic into 'an entirely different climate.

Warmest temperatures since 1900 have all occurred within the past seven years, according to Noaa’s annual Arctic report card.

Ending UK’s climate emissions ‘affordable’, say official advisers.

CCC recommendation includes half of cars being electric by 2030, gas boilers phased out and 10,000 wind turbines.

Peak oil

Peak oil is the year when the maximum rate of extraction of petroleum is reached, after which it is expected to enter terminal decline.[2]

Kenya’s Sokowatch launches commercial electric tuk-tuks in Uganda.

Kenyan e-commerce platform Sokowatch has added electric tuk-tuks to its delivery fleet in Uganda, making the vehicles the first to be used commercially in East Africa. 

Richest 1% in UK produce 11 times the carbon emissions of poorest 50%, says study.

Oxfam calls for higher taxes on private jets and SUVs to curb pollution by top earners.

The World Is Headed for 3 Degrees of Warming This Century, U.N. Report Warns—But a Green Pandemic Recovery Could Offer Hope.

Dense U.N. reports may not make onto anyone’s must read list for the holidays, so think of the United Nations Environment Program’s 2020 Emissions Gap survey as a warning letter from Santa, on behalf of the planet.

Take action to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Sahel.

To: President Cyril Ramaphosa, Chairperson of the African Union – Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission – Cristina Duarte, UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Africa We beseech you, as our leaders, to make ‘climate action’ the spearhead of your policies

Saving Senegal's Forests: Group Turns Straw Into Fuel.

DAKAR - Wood and charcoal burning account for 50% of Senegal’s household energy consumption, contributing to air pollution and deforestation.

World’s biggest mammal migration under threat.

Experts say near-threatened fruit bats, crucial for restoring forests in Africa, are in danger.

The last days of the Empire.

Appalachian frackers report $504M in