HSBC investors reject plan to split bank in meeting disrupted by climate protest
HSBC has defeated an attempt to split up the bank after a majority of investors rejected a plan backed by its largest shareholder at the bank’s annual general meeting, which was heavily disrupted by climate protests.
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April Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate crisis
The record-shattering temperatures that hit the western Mediterranean last week would have been “almost impossible” without the climate crisis, according to scientists.
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Students occupy schools and universities across Europe in climate protest
A wave of student occupations has shut down schools and universities across Europe as part of a renewed youth protest campaign against inaction on climate breakdown.
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Fire and concrete: will France’s model of radical climate protest catch on?
In the UK, when climate activists want to block a road, they sit down on it.
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Climate protesters rework Spice Girls song to disrupt Barclays AGM
Barclays’ annual general meeting was disrupted by climate activists deploying Shakespeare-inspired quotes and reworked lyrics of a Spice Girls hit to condemn the bank’s role a
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Pro-Putin businessman emerges as pick to chair Italy’s biggest energy firm
An energy industry veteran who nurtured close ties with Vladimir Putin and has criticised sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has emerged as the frontrunner to c
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To buy or not to buy: Europe’s joint gas purchasing
The long-awaited joint gas purchasing platform finally opened for business last week, matching EU buyers to international sellers, a little like online dating for Europe’s energy needs.
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Hydrogen industry slams commissioner over ‘counterproductive’ statements
European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager has been criticised by the European hydrogen lobby group, Hydrogen Europe, following her remarks on the future role of hydrogen, in a letter seen by EURACTIV.
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Energy crisis drives EU institutions to cut down on energy use, go solar
The energy crisis and pressure to reduce consumption following the invasion of Ukraine have driven further demand cuts as EU institutions join efforts to cut energy use and emissions.
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Power Market Integration, Key to a Resilient and Low Carbon Future
If the past three years – and particularly following the invasion of Ukraine – have revealed anything, it’s that security of energy supply and ensuring flexibility (the ability to match supply and demand) are vital to maintaining energy system stability in the face of uncertain and even unprecede
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Industry launches ‘Energy Storage Coalition’ to help decarbonise power grid
A new industry coalition launched on Thursday (4 May) aims to promote sustainable energy storage technologies that will increase the resilience of Europe’s power grid and open the door for more renewables.
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Which material will become Europe’s future construction mainstay?
his article is part of our special report Is there a role for concrete in sustainable construction?.
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German foreign minister: Global renewables, energy efficiency targets needed
Internationally-agreed targets to expand renewable energies and increase energy efficiency are needed to put the world back on track towards limiting climate change to 1.5 °C, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, reports Clean Energy Wire.
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Future houses to become material ‘banks,’ experts explain
This article is part of our special report Is there a role for concrete in sustainable construction?.
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Also decarbonising the high-hanging fruits
Electricity is key to decarbonise most sectors of the economy. But, for some of them, such as aviation and maritime transport, electricity alone will not be appropriate.
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French government outlines energy and climate summer ‘roadmap’
The French government presented some 20 milestones that need to be reached on the environment and energy front by the end of the summer before more intensive discussions with local authorities can be launched in autumn.
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Is it too late to halt deep-sea mining? Meet the activists trying to save the seabed
For almost 30 years, much of what went on at the secretive-sounding International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica was unreported and scarcely noticed.
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$209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations. We want that paid
The truth is out, and it lays bare big oil’s plunder of the environment for commercial greed.
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Tidal barrier proposal for Lincolnshire and Norfolk sets off wave of opposition
Plans for a renewable energy tidal barrier linking Norfolk and Lincolnshire have sparked fierce debate between scientists, wildlife charities and a port company CEO who is lead
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Green belts once served a vital purpose, but now they are squeezing the life out of cities
Imagine a reservoir of wealth, worth very many billions of pounds, a latter-day North Sea oil, lying underneath the country. One that, what’s more, is public property.
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