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19 12 2023 | 19:47

How Coal Giant Colombia Is Trying to Wean Its Economy Off Fossil Fuels

Colombia has become the first major coal producer to join a group of nations calling for the end of fossil fuels, in a bid to escape the economic trap it could face as the world ditches the dirtiest…

19 12 2023 | 19:43

Opinion: Africa can become the world’s green manufacturing powerhouse

As the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I lead a country of more than 200 million people.

19 12 2023 | 19:25

Rich countries are in Debt Default

COP28 traps and blind spots Climate finance requires a minimum of $2.4 trillion of transformative grant-based investment and transfer of technology for climate adaptation and mitigation by 2030. We…

19 12 2023 | 19:21

Thousands of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills Threaten Property, Groundwater, Wildlife and Livestock Across Texas

In the early 2000s, the city of Midland, Texas, detected contaminated well water on its T-Bar Ranch property, which it purchased as a source of drinking water back in 1965. The pollution was…

19 12 2023 | 19:18

UK to introduce carbon tax on steel imports from 2027

Imported raw materials such as steel and cement will incur a new carbon tax from 2027 under UK plans designed to support domestic producers and reduce emissions, but the government is facing…

19 12 2023 | 19:16

Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project

Climate campaigners have launched two separate legal challenges to government plans to open a massive new oilfield in the North Sea. Greenpeace and the campaign group Uplift argue that the decision…

19 12 2023 | 19:12

Cop28 has finally named fossil fuels as the climate problem. But do leaders have the will to act?

From the start, Cop28 appeared beyond the reach of satire. About 100,000 politicians, diplomats, lobbyists, business people, investors, activists, scientists, policy wonks and journalists from across…

19 12 2023 | 19:09

Cop28 president says his firm will keep investing in oil

The president of the Cop28 climate summit will continue with his oil company’s record investment in oil and gas production, despite coordinating a global deal to “transition away” from fossil fuels.

19 12 2023 | 19:05

Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march

Stephen Gingell, 57, thought to be first to receive prison sentence under new Public Order Act A climate activist has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to taking part in a peaceful…

19 12 2023 | 18:59

‘The future is renewable’: How a huge gamble sealed Cop28 deal

Not long before the crucial final meeting of Cop28 climate summit, a seemingly chance meeting took place in the heavily guarded VIP lounge next to the main conference hall in Dubai. John Kerry, the…

19 12 2023 | 18:56

XR co-founder who broke window at HS2 protest given suspended sentence

An Extinction Rebellion cofounder was been given a suspended jail sentence after causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to a government building.

19 12 2023 | 18:53

Some of Australia’s strategically important coral islands at great risk of vanishing, study finds

More than a dozen of Australia’s coral islands that help to extend the country’s maritime jurisdiction are at high risk of disappearing because of climate change, according to a study. The fate of…

19 12 2023 | 18:49

Conservation groups hail Cop28 plans to protect nature

Conservation groups have hailed the inclusion of biodiversity and a 2030 global deforestation goal in the UAE consensus that emerged from Cop28, along with positive wording on the role of Indigenous…

19 12 2023 | 18:46

Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists

The failure of Cop28 to call for a phase-out of fossil fuels is “devastating” and “dangerous” given the urgent need for action to tackle the climate crisis, scientists have said. One called it a “…