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01 10 2024 | 13:14

West Africa: Regional Consultative Workshop on the Draft Regional Plastics Management Plan and the Circular Economy

In Accra, from September 16 to 17, 2024, as part of the implementation of the regional environmental policy, ECOWAS is organizing the regional consultative workshop on the draft regional action plan…

01 10 2024 | 13:14

More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal

Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy of underinvestment, neglect and…

01 10 2024 | 13:12

High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

The UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years will not be allowed to go ahead after a ruling in the high court. On Friday morning, Justice Holgate ruled that plans to build the facility in Whitehaven…

01 10 2024 | 13:12

‘Not on my watch’: how windfarms became a key issue in NSW local elections

Part of what’s driving Mark Watson’s pitch for mayor is his opposition to a project he says is the talk of the town and the “biggest issue” in his coastal home’s history.

01 10 2024 | 13:11

Uganda: End Gender-Based Violence in honour of Fallen Athlete – Members of Parliament (MPs)

Parliament has paid tribute to Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance athlete and Uganda People’s Defence Force Sergeant who died after suffering severe burns after an arson attack by her lover on 01…

01 10 2024 | 13:09

36 Ugandan Chevening/Commonwealth scholars leave for the United Kingdom (UK)

Chevening is the UK government’s flagship scholarship programme that offers a fully funded one-year master’s degree in any field at any of the UK’s top universities and is aimed at developing global…

01 10 2024 | 13:07

Australia is a mess. Cop31 is a chance to redefine ourselves from climate laggard to global leader

A submerged rubbish bin on the Gold Coast after flash floods in 2023. ‘Cop31 could be a defining moment in our nation’s history – a turning point where Australia can embrace its climate potential and…

01 10 2024 | 13:07

Louisiana town the canary in the coalmine as climate effects worsen

Last week, one south-west Louisiana city in particular was girding itself for Hurricane Francine’s blow: Lake Charles, located about four hours west of New Orleans and two hours east of Houston. In…

01 10 2024 | 13:06

Ethiopia: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Ministry of Health signed a $13.5 million project financed by the World Bank to procure and install Oxygen Supply Systems

UNOPS and the Ministry of Health have formalized a $13.5 million partnership financed by the World Bank for the procurement and installation of oxygen plants in hospitals throughout Ethiopia. This…

01 10 2024 | 13:06

Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to…

01 10 2024 | 13:03

More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate, says report

A new report points toward subsidies for dirty industries as an obstacle for clean climate finance. Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP More than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to…

01 10 2024 | 13:03

Criticism of sacred site decision shows we have learned nothing from Juukan Gorge

Among the concerns listed by the 2,000 farmers who converged on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra last week was the protection of prime agricultural land from renewable energy developments.

01 10 2024 | 13:03

Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners

Private jets are up to 14 times more polluting, for each passenger, than commercial planes according to Transport & Environment. Photograph: Attila Bodzsoni/Alamy Fair taxes on superyachts and…

01 10 2024 | 13:01

Fossil fuel companies sponsor $5.6bn in global ‘sportswashing’ deals

Fossil fuel companies pumped at least $5.6bn (£4.2bn) of sponsorship money into motorsports, football, golf and even snow sports in an effort to “buy social licence to operate”, according to a…

01 10 2024 | 13:00

Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU

Workers at Wrocław zoo, close to the Oder River, build flood reinforcements on Wednesday. Photograph: Maciej Kulczyński/EPA Soldiers, emergency workers and volunteers battled through the night to…

01 10 2024 | 13:00

IRENA and Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency to Hold Energy Transition Investment Forum in Baku

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 19 September 2024 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), COP29 Presidency and Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan announced today that the first Energy…

01 10 2024 | 13:00

Global spending on subsidies that harm environment rises to $2.6tn, report says

The world is spending at least $2.6tn (£2tn) a year on subsidies that drive global heating and destroy nature, according to new analysis.

01 10 2024 | 12:58

The demise of coal, as it turns out, is a lot of gas

Large machinery piles and stores electrical coal just unloaded from a cargo ship at the coal terminal in Lianyungang Port, China, on May 24, 2024. (Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Reuters)

01 10 2024 | 12:58

Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’

Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road…

01 10 2024 | 12:58

‘Every time the planes pass, my eyes burn’: the hidden cost of Costa Rican bananas

For more than 20 years, Lidieth Gomez’s days have been punctuated by the hum of crop-spraying planes. At dawn and dusk, the skies over Matina, capital of Limón province on Costa Rica’s Caribbean…