Nuclear power is “indispensable” to decarbonizing Japan, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Tuesday, a sign that the new government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will push hard to restart the…
More and more economies across the globe will use natural gas as a transition fuel on the way to lower-carbon renewable energy sources, putting upward pressure on Henry Hub gas prices for the next…
Vital fiscal and environmental queries in optimising role of gas in transition to clean energy for cooking and mobility
India’s strategy to cover unmet energy requirements by creating dual…
European banks are beginning to drop clients that pose a climate risk rather than face the possibility of higher capital requirements, according to the watchdog overseeing the development.
Banks…
Shell has signed deals with two UK solar developers to support development of utility-scale solar projects exceeding 800MW.
Shell has signed a framework agreement with the renewable energy developer…
The airline industry’s main lobby group adopted a target of eliminating carbon emissions on a net basis by 2050, a goal that will require balancing the fight against climate change with the need to…
The world’s top miners on Tuesday committed to a goal of net zero direct and indirect carbon emissions by 2050 or sooner, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said.
“ICMM members’…
Only 1 in 20 of Europe’s largest 1,000 listed companies will achieve their net-zero pledges unless they speed up emissions cuts in the next decade.
Almost one-third of those companies have committed…
Amazon and Microsoft also supporting groups fighting legislation despite promises to combat the climate crisis, analysis finds.
Some of America’s most prominent companies, including Apple, Amazon, …
Amid the international energy crisis, lack of rain means Nordic countries face soaring bills
Just days after the world’s longest under-sea power cable began transferring hydroelectric energy from…
UN Climate Change News, 7 October 2021 – The dates have been announced for the launch of the first-ever Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW) in 2022. The event, designed to kick off a…
Young climate activists have denounced Italian police for temporarily detaining delegates who protested peacefully inside their Milan conference before Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s speech
Young…
The company will tie executive pay to emissions reduction and eliminate deforestation through its supply chain
The chief executive of Mars, one of the world’s largest consumer products companies,…
Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and hunger to East Africa, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people…
The most comprehensive study of the health of the world's coral reefs to date shows that warming temperatures driven by the human-caused climate crisis wiped out a staggering 14% of the diverse…
Rising temperatures heated by the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels like oil and gas are melting permafrost — land previously frozen year round — and causing problems for Russia's oil and gas…
Winners ‘laid foundation of our knowledge of Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it’.
Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on climate and complex…
Trillions of dollars a year are ‘adding fuel to the fire’ of the climate crisis, experts say
The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute, according to analysis by the…
A Cop26 insider from a developing nation on why the richer world needs to meet its funding targets
One of the biggest issues at Cop26 is climate finance, the funding that is supposed to be provided…
Ambition set out in run-up to crucial COP26 summit in November
All electricity in the UK should be produced from clean sources by 2035, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.