Unwanted Russian oil and gas poses ‘environmental conundrum’ over methane emission risk
Exclusive: ‘This crisis keeps emphasising the problems with fossil fuels,’ Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit expert says.
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Sydney floods: No point tackling climate in Australia if emissions keep rising in developing world, PM says
Flooding is among ‘most extreme disasters in Australian history’, says major environmental assessment.
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Pilot scheme to trial electric vehicles as home generators for California’s rolling blackouts
The first tests involving vehicle-to-home charging will begin later this year in California.
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Climate change is like war, California’s former governor Jerry Brown says
Former California Governor Jerry Brown is living off the grid in retirement on a rural stretch of land his family has owned since the 19th century.
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German government rejects more nuclear power as alternative to Russian gas
Extending lifespan of nuclear plants would be costly and pose ‘constitutional and security risks’, state warns
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Commentary: Is Singapore’s new focus on a fairer, greener society in line with what youths want?
Budget 2022 has granted things long advocated for by youth activists, but whether all young people are fully on board remains uncertain, says NUS undergraduate Ng Chia Wee.
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Australian billionaires put more money into US$15 billion solar power export project
SYDNEY : Australia's two richest men joined a A$210 million (US$152 million) capital raising for an ambitious project to supply Singapore with s
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Mainstream Renewable, Aker take stake in Japan floating wind project
LONDON : Wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind have closed a deal which will give them a 50per cent stake in a 800 megawatt (MW) floating offshore wind project in Japan, the companies said on Monday.
Read MoreMicrosoft cuts its direct footprint, but its supply chain emissions went up in 2021
Despite Microsoft's commitment to be carbon negative by 2030, Scope 3 emissions are difficult to control.
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Randolph Kirchain on how cool pavements can mitigate climate change
MIT research scientist explores how cool pavements can offer climate change solutions in more than just the summer.
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Investors launch global standard for corporate climate lobbying
LONDON (REUTERS) - Investors stepped up pressure on corporate climate lobbying on Monday (March 14), launching a new 14-point action plan for companies to stick to or risk having their actions put to a shareholder vote.
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Having Contributed Essentially Nothing To Climate Change, Easter Island Is Struggling Against Its Threats
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a 14-mile-long triangle of land that sits 2,300 miles west of Chile, making it one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. The island is famous for its 900 monumental stone statues, ranging from 2 meters (6.5 feet) to 20 meters high.
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Climate Change Leads to Higher Prices for Chocolate
Chocolate makers are expected to raise prices this year because of higher costs of cocoa from exporters like Ivory Coast. The West African country is the world's largest cocoa producer.
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Billionaire investor predicts energy crisis will spur green spending boo
Billionaire hedge fund founder Sir Christopher Hohn expects the greatest “demand disruption” for oil since the 1970s shock to trigger a surge in renewable energy investment.
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Nature must have equal footing in climate change policy, experts tell CDP Awards
Nature and its preservation must be placed at the centre of policies to tackle climate change, experts stressed at the annual CDP Europe Awards 2022.
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Investors push 10,000 companies to disclose environmental data to CDP
LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - Investors managing over $130 trillion in assets have written to more than 10,000 companies calling on them to supply environmental data to non-profit disclosure platform CDP.
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UNEA Launches Negotiation of Plastic Pollution Treaty, Science Body on Chemicals
The UN Environment Assembly made history at its resumed fifth meeting, through decisions to undertake negotiations on two critical processes: an internationally legal binding instrument by 2024 to end plastic pollution and an agreement to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals and waste an
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PH, EU ink pact to strengthen disasters, climate change resilience
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) have officially launched the National Copernicus Capacity Support Action Program for the Philippines (CopPhil) to strengthen resilience to natural disasters and climate change.
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Somalia's worst drought in four decades means millions need aid
BAARDHEERE, Somalia, March 15 (Reuters) - It has not rained on Habiba Maow Iman's farm in southern Somalia for two years. Her animals are dead; her crops failed.
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Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says
Prof Terry Hughes says he believes bleaching is under way as the Australian government conducts monitoring flights over 2,300km reef.
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