We have every tool we need to tackle the climate crisis. Here’s what some key sectors are doing
The climate emergency is the biggest threat to civilisation we have ever faced. But there is good news…
Pakistan's power plans favour hydro, slashing support for solar and wind
Several coinciding events are putting the spotlight on Pakistan’s power sector plans. At Glasgow’s COP26 climate conference,…
Report says countries must strengthen climate ambitions after wasting chance to build back better after Covid
The world is squandering the opportunity to “build back better” from the Covid-19…
Indonesia could become a world leader in clean energy with further reforms to mobilise investment in renewables and energy efficiency, according to a new OECD report.
There has been criticism of the number of world leaders and other delegates who have travelled to the COP26 summit in private jets.
How much environmental damage do they do - and did leaders have…
Nearly all internationally available development financing is now committed to reducing or ending investment in coal-fired power after moves by China and the G20 to stop supporting new projects…
Accompanied by songs, stories and a stash of lentils, a group trekked from London, connecting with their faith, the countryside and the people they met along the way.
While most delegates deliberate…
Statkraft has been awarded a tender of public lands in Chile to host a wind power project and Total Eren is developing a 1GW wind power project in Kazakhstan: both would be paired with large-scale…
Today, as delegates gather in Glasgow for the second day of COP26, real economy leaders join Heads of State on stage at the city’s SEC centre to launch new partnerships that will catalyze finance and…
Actor and environmental campaigner Leonardo DiCaprio has arrived in Glasgow for the COP26 summit.
The Hollywood star, who is a UN climate change representative, was seen at the Kew Carbon Garden…
Change in Canadian policy could have major implications for U.S. coal market
The border between the United States and Canada is currently open for vaccinated travelers—but it may soon be closed to…
Obtaining insurance for oil and gas companies just got a little harder after AXA SA, a global French insurance company, said it would exclude most greenfield exploration and projects involving oil…
The coal and gas works, if approved, would result in a nearly 30% increase in emissions within Australia.
Australia has more than 100 fossil fuel developments in the pipeline that could result in…
Cop26 countries must take action to stop record heat becoming an annual event, say experts
The heatwaves and wildfires that caused devastation in Europe this summer would not have happened without…
World Economic Forum says taxing carbon emitters would cost less than economic fallout from climate crisis.
Creating an international price for carbon emissions could reduce global greenhouse gases…
Climate activist Greta Thunberg had some choice words for the world leaders inside the Cop26 conference in Glasgow. Joined by some of the many activists rallying around the climate change meeting,…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said his Bezos Earth Fund will spend $2bn (£1.5bn) restoring landscapes and transforming food systems.
He told the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow that he had…
The deluge extinguished smoldering fires – but the west may not get the wet winter it desperately needs.
Over the span of two days, dramatic scenes of dried landscapes and wildfires that have…
From extreme weather obliterating homes to rising sea levels ruining crops, climate breakdown is a terrifying daily reality for many.
Throughout the 2021 United Nations climate change conference,…
National plans to cut carbon fall far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change, according to the UN Environment Programme.
Their Emissions Gap report says country pledges will fail…