UN Climate Change News 23 July 2021 – Speaking to the Environment and Energy Ministers of G20 nations in Naples, Italy, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa called on countries to…
Regulatory approval has been given for a 100MW / 400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility which will be sited on land formerly occupied by a natural gas and oil-fired power plant which…
The death toll from the floods topped 180 on Sunday when some 157 people were confirmed dead in Germany and 31 died in Belgium.
The impact of floods in western Europe represents a “monumental…
Chemical Engineer Noël N’guessan has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2021 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a biowaste equipment innovation for smallholder farmers in West Africa to…
When Kenya opened the Olkaria power plant four decades ago, it was considered more research project than commercial venture. Located in Hell’s Gate National Park, a barren zone of volcanic rock…
Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has happened partly due to the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006 in the US and gained momentum…
Around 1.2 million acres of land burning by end of last week.
Wildfires have been raging across large swathes of the US as the western part of the country continues to grapple with crippling …
Parts of Belgium, France and Netherlands also badly affected as unprecedented rainfall wreaks havoc.
At least 58 people have died and dozens more are missing in Germany after much of western Europe…
Death Valley is more than earning its morbid name this weekend, as temperatures in the California desert reached a near-record-breaking 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius), according to…
State media often frame climate change as a global problem that China can lead in solving, not as a crisis that affects its citizens’ daily lives.
As unprecedented heatwaves sweep across large parts…
The cost of renewable technologies like wind and solar is falling significantly, according to a new report.
This is fuelling the rise of renewables as the world's cheapest power.
The cost of…
Every summer there comes a lift when we finally escape the last cold snaps of spring, the final exams and papers of school, or the reports (and taxes) of the fiscal year. This year we are doubly…
Greece’s intention to donate 80,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Kenya was announced by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.
As he noted in a Twitter post, “following our recent meeting in Rome, I had a…
An extraordinary heatwave has swept the west coast of the US and Canada, leading to record temperatures, water shortages, and hundreds of deaths – and bringing home the catastrophic consequences of…
As the European Union gets serious about fighting climate change, experts are fielding more calls than ever from polluters seeking help to trap, process and store their carbon emissions.
The…
BHP Group is considering getting out of oil and gas in a multibillion-dollar exit that would accelerate its retreat from fossil fuels, according to people familiar with the matter.
The world’s…
Speaking in London, the US climate envoy said world did not have ‘the luxury of waiting until Covid is vanquished to take up the climate challenge’
There is “no need” for any new fossil fuel…
Investment in carbon capture technology will hinder Canada’s transition away from fossil fuels and exacerbate the effects of climate change, says a new letter co-signed by hundreds of organizations…
BlackRock Inc. rejected almost five times more board directors at companies, including Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp., during the recent proxy season because they failed to act on…
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