Why is holding COP28 in Dubai controversial?
The UAE is one of the world's top 10 oil-producing nations.
It has appointed the chief executive of the state-owned oil company, Sultan Al Jaber, …
Could the ebb and flow of the UK's tides help us to rely less on fossil fuels?
Great progress has been made exploiting wind and solar technology, but if we are going to switch to more renewable…
Increased melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves is "unavoidable" in the coming decades, a new study has warned.
These floating tongues of ice extend from the main ice sheet into the ocean, and…
The world is on an "unstoppable" shift towards renewable energy but the phase down of fossil fuels is not happening quickly enough, a new report says.
The International Energy Agency, the global…
Human fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold more quickly than previously thought, a new report says.
Researchers say the world may be committed to breaching the 1.5C limit by…
There are already signs that deep divisions could hamper progress at the UN's crucial COP28 climate summit.
More than 70 environment ministers and 100 national delegations have been meeting in Abu…
KARACHI: Pakistan is exploring the possibility of shutting down some of its gas- or diesel-fired power plants before their economic lifetime ends, as part of a low-carbon energy transition supported…
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects have been a major topic of discussion during New York Climate Week. Critics of the technology argue that it is being used to prolong the life of the fossil…
Over the past few months, more than 100 people, mostly students, have attended University of Colorado Board of Regents meetings to demand that the CU system be divested of fossil fuels.
About 3% of…
New report warns that the project needs years of high aluminum prices to recover investment and will substantially add to carbon dioxide emissions through its supporting coal plant
The first…
Private equity investment has reshaped PJM, the nation’s largest power market over the last decade, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
Investors are looking askance at the $60 billion price tag of ExxonMobil’s acquisition of Pioneer Resources. They should.
Pioneer Resources has been one of the better financial performers in the U.S…
Rio Tinto and BHP can expect to face growing investor pressure to address their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial…
State and federal energy ministers have an opportunity to rapidly accelerate Australia’s decarbonisation by implementing a package of six measures to promote the adoption and integration of…
White tarp tents lined one side of Allston Way in Berkeley, California, on a sunny week in early April 2023, beneath which a cluster of people sat on ornate pillows, sipping from ceramic cups at the…
Tunisia's National Sanitation Office (ONAS) is launching a call for tenders to renovate the Korba and El Haouria wastewater treatment plants in the governorate of Nabeul, in the north-east of the…
South African financial institutions Standard Bank, Stanlib and Liberty are launching a new fund dedicated to the energy transition in South Africa. This new mechanism will raise $1 billion over the…
The fate of the world's three largest forest areas is at stake in Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo. But on the second day of the summit, no head of state from Amazonia or Asia has yet shown up…