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07 04 2021 | 09:02

HSBC and IFC green bond fund raises $538M

HSBC Asset Management and IFC have announced the final closing of the HSBC Real Economy Green Investment Opportunity GEM Bond Fund (REGIO), boosting access to climate finance and helping further…

07 04 2021 | 09:00

Open season in Sudan as trophy hunters flock to shoot rare ibex.

Conservationists fear for endangered Nubian ibex in Sudan as westerners sold permits to hunt. Sudanese conservationists have accused trophy hunters of exploiting the country’s political transition…

07 04 2021 | 09:00

Damage to crops from heatwaves and droughts ‘tripled’ in Europe over past 50 years

Exclusive: Crop losses caused by extreme weather disasters can drive food shortages and price spikes, says study lead author The impact of heatwaves and droughts on crop production in Europe has…

07 04 2021 | 01:33

1,500 Wind Turbines. 2,700 Square Miles. Offshore Wind in the Atlantic Will Be Big. Really Big

American offshore wind farms, of which there are 17 in the works for the Atlantic Ocean, are no longer far off on the horizon.

06 04 2021 | 14:38

Climate Change Cannot Be Mitigated Without Effective Carbon Pricing.

More and more countries, already representing about 70% of the world economy, are setting climate neutrality targets.

06 04 2021 | 14:33

Fossil fuels get too many government handouts. Biden wants to cut them off.

The American Jobs Plan proposes taking away major tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry. One of the great ironies of climate politics is that America continues to subsidize — to the tune of…

06 04 2021 | 14:27

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Job Killers.

New analysis shows the number of workers required per project will soon fall by 20 to 30 percent, even without a transition to renewables.

05 04 2021 | 10:59

Fossil fuel industry does U-turn on carbon pricing as Biden digs in on climate action.

At virtual forum to launch review of federal oil and gas leases, one indigenous leader called the government program an ‘environmentally racist horror show’. The fossil fuel industry has done a U-…

05 04 2021 | 10:52

Bank Lending to Fossil Fuel Companies Increased After Paris Agreement

The world's biggest banks gave fossil fuel companies $3.8 trillion in financing in the years following the Paris agreement, according to a new report.

05 04 2021 | 10:04

UK rules out public subsidy for East African oil pipeline

UK Export Finance will no longer back oil and gas projects overseas, shutting off a potential source of support for a major pipeline across Uganda and Tanzania. The UK has ruled out billions of…

05 04 2021 | 09:55

France’s Biggest Insurer Dumps German Power Giant Over Coal

The decision is precedent-setting for the insurance industry. Axa SA, France’s biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights how taboo the coal…

05 04 2021 | 09:51

Europe passes milestone with half of coal plants closed or set to retire by 2030

Half of Europe’s 324 coal-fueled power plants have either closed or announced a retirement date before 2030, it emerged on Monday (22 March) when French power utility EDF announced the 162nd plant…

05 04 2021 | 09:50

There's another pandemic under our noses, and it kills 8.7m people a year

While Covid ravaged across the world, air pollution killed about three times as many people. We must fight the climate crisis with the same urgency with which we confronted coronavirus.

05 04 2021 | 09:48

Risk of new ‘international embarrassment’ if we phase out coal and gas too soon

Special report: Inside the massive 10,000-submission mailbag on draft plan to reduce New Zealand's emissions to net-zero The Climate Change Commission faces strong industry pushback against phasing…

05 04 2021 | 09:45

Line 3: Stopping the Next Big Climate Threat Crossing the U.S.-Canada Border

One of President Joe Biden's first acts in office put an end to a decade-long fight over the Keystone XL — a pipeline that would have carried climate-polluting tar sands from Alberta, Canada into the…

05 04 2021 | 09:37

Ghana: Reliance on LNG means increased fuel price risk and further unaffordable generation contracts.

African nations must learn from developing Asia's expensive fossil-fuelled power problems Ghana is set to become the first Sub-Saharan nation to import LNG as the government continues its attempts…

05 04 2021 | 08:42

Australia's miners urge Europe to define nuclear power and fossil fuels with carbon capture as 'sustainable'

Minerals Council of Australia has been accused of trying to export its ‘negative approach to climate policy’ The Minerals Council of Australia has weighed into a European Commission climate policy…

04 04 2021 | 09:02

What Is Climate Feminism?

The climate crisis disproportionately impacts women—and women of color in particular. This is why women must lead on its solutions.

04 04 2021 | 09:01

Why airlifting rhinos upside down is critical to conservation.

Swinging above the African savannah, an upside-down rhino suspended from a helicopter looks comically surreal. But for the black rhino, flying to new territory is no laughing matter -- it's about…