Covid-19, climate crisis and war combine to reverse decades of progress on raising living standards.
An additional 150 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by the end of next year as…
Air temperatures hit all-time highs for month and Arctic sea ice level was ‘particularly low’.
The world this year experienced its hottest September on record, scientists have reported.
Surface air…
Greece can transform its power system away from heavy reliance on fossil fuels to potentially become one of the leaders of the energy transition in Europe by 2030, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF)…
Higher public spending urged as way of boosting employment and GDP at relatively low cost.
The International Monetary Fund has told its member governments they can create millions of jobs and boost…
PM vows to make Britain world leader in low-cost clean power with ‘Build Back Greener’ drive.
Boris Johnson will promise to power every home in the UK with offshore wind energy within a decade,…
As the American public awaits a new coronavirus aid package and at least one in five small businesses expect to close by the end of 2020 due to economic hardship, government watchdog Accountable.US…
Cambridge University is to cease investments in fossil fuels by 2030, it has announced.
At the same time, its £3.5 billion endowment fund will "ramp up" investments in renewable energy.
Vice-…
A new report shows the U.S. government bought more than $350 million in bonds issued by oil and gas companies and induced investors to loan the industry tens of billions more at artificially low…
When President Donald Trump visited California on September 14 and dismissed the state Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot's plea to recognize the role of climate change in the midst of the…
Satellites record 61% rise in hotspots over September 2019
Scientist warns: ‘It could get worse if the drought continues’
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon increased 13% in the first nine months of…
Documents show BP, Shell and Equinor had several meetings with government officials.
Fossil fuel firms have held a series of private meetings with UK government officials in an attempt to be part of…
To understand the planetary importance of this autumn's presidential election, check the calendar. Voting ends on November 3—and by a fluke of timing, on the morning of November 4 the United States…
Atlassian billionaire tells Q+A panel China’s move to become carbon neutral by 2060 spells doom for Australia’s coal and gas production.
Australia’s fossil fuel industry will collapse within 20…
5 gigawatt plan could reverse the flow of power in southern Africa
A proposed 5 gigawatt (GW) solar power program to be developed jointly by Botswana and Namibia would become a landmark power deal…
UGHELLI, Delta State, Nigeria (Reuters) - Jonah Gbemre often has no electricity, but he says his home is permanently lit at night by the flames of waste gas being “flared” near his home town in…
2020 presents to you... "zombie storms."
Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead.
"Zombie storms," which…
New IRENA report explores cost-effective growth of renewables in Central and South Eastern Europe to save costs, enhance energy security and supply affordable energy to all citizens in the region.