These 6 countries have the highest unemployment rates in Africa
Business Insider Africa presents 6 African countries with the highest unemployment rates. Unemployment is a menace across Africa, and some sources have described it as a global concern. A common feature of Africa's unemployment is that it affects mainly the youthful pop
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Fossil fuel addiction subverts every single sustainable development goal
1st JUNE 2022 - As the UN commemorates 50 years since the first international summit on the environment, a new report exposes the critical dangers that fossil fuels pose to all 17 sustainable development goals.
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IEEFA: India's renewable energy journey: Two steps forward, one step back
Renewable energy now forms a quarter of India’s total installed power capacity – 110 gigawatts (GW) as of March 2022 – and accounts for 13% of the country’s electricity generation.
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Canada Can Hit 100% Zero-Emission Electricity by 2035 Without Nuclear, CCS, Report Finds
Canada can achieve 100% zero-emission electricity by 2035 with an electricity system that prioritizes renewable energy, storage, energy efficiency, and interprovincial transmission and avoids the pitfalls of nuclear generation, fossil gas, carbon capture and storage, and carbon offsets, the David
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IEEFA: ExxonMobil benefits from loophole requiring Guyana to pay for costs of decommissioning wells
New report shows ExxonMobil will receive $3.2 billion for decommissioning costs May 26, 2022 (IEEFA) – ExxonMobil is going against industry standards in Guyana by receiving $3.2 billion for decommissioning costs that is not required to be set aside for d
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IEEFA: Guyana is paying for oil costs 20 years in the future, with no guarantees that money will be there when needed
Two analyses identify loopholes in Guyana contract to benefit ExxonMobil and partners May 24, 2022 (IEEFA) – Guyana government officials face a decision on a request from ExxonMobil to renew an environmental permit for offshore oil operations that will c
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G7 nations pledge to end coal but do not commit to exit by 2030
Ministers from the world's richest democracies agreed on Friday to work to phase out coal-powered energy, although they failed to set a date for doing so, and said the energy crunch brought on by Russia-Ukraine war should not derail efforts to fight climate change.
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Analysis: Banks hold $681 billion of potentially stranded fossil assets
Individuals in rich countries face huge financial losses if climate action slashes the value of fossil fuel assets, a study shows, despite many oil and gas fields being in other countries.
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People in US and UK face huge financial hit if fossil fuels lose value, study shows
Individuals in rich countries face huge financial losses if climate action slashes the value of fossil fuel assets, a study shows, despite many oil and gas fields being in other countries.
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We cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientist
The world cannot adapt its way out of the climate crisis, and counting on adaptation to limit damage is no substitute for urgently cutting greenhouse gases, a leading climate scientist has warned.
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At least 91 dead in Brazil floods and landslides with many more missing
The death toll from floods in north-eastern Brazil could rise to more than 100 after authorities in Pernambuco state confirmed 91 deaths with many more people missing.
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Greenhouse gas removal ‘not a silver bullet to achieve net zero’
Many of the UK’s top scientists working on carbon capture technologies do not believe they will be developed and scaled up in time to reach net zero and
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Linking nitrous oxide to climate risk is yet another example of the disdain shown to women’s pain
When a new report suggested that people who use nitrous oxide when giving birth
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Beekeepers and communists: how environmentalists started a global conversation
The world’s longest serving environment correspondent explains the origins of a slow and continuing journey It all began with Högertrafikomläggningen, Swedish for “the right-hand traffic reorganisation”.
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There could still be time to fix climate – but not with UK’s nuclear plans
With the weather changing dramatically across the world, will politicians finally take the climate crisis seriously? With a concerted effort, there could still be time.
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The village that stood up to big oil – and won
On 10 October 2004, Eric Dooh received an urgent call from one of his father’s employees: the waterway surrounding their houses was running black with oil.
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Sunak’s UK oil subsidy could have insulated 2m homes, says thinktank
Billions of pounds given away in a tax break for UK oil and gas exploitation could have permanently cut the energy bills of 2m homes by £342 a year if invested in insulation measures, according to a green thinktank.
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AGL’s coal implosion shows what a disorderly transition to clean energy looks like
The spectacular implosion at AGL Energy, Australia’s biggest corporate greenhouse gas polluter, has been years in the making and should have ramifications across Aust
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Sooty hands and damaged lungs: the toll of Nigeria’s illegal refineries
Several clusters of thick black soot clasp to the lungs of a 24-year-old man in a photo taken while he was being operated on by Iboroma Aku Shed in the oil-rich Nigerian city of Port Harcourt.
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Do wood burners add to air pollution in cities? Yes, say citizen scientists
Like many parts of the country, Bristol has experienced a huge rise in the number of houses installing wood burners over the past decade.
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