Dividends can benefit consumers while building momentum towards renewables
A world emerging from economic lockdown can seize the opportunity to return to growth on a sustainable path, by introducing…
As nations emerge from lockdown, Josef Aschbacher, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at the European Space Agency, discusses why government should link climate change measures to efforts aimed…
Claims by oil and gas companies that they are curbing their carbon emissions in line with net zero targets are overstated, according to a new review.
The independent analysis of six large European…
From prominent international economists to an (almost as prominent?) Canadian think tank, there’s a widening consensus that green investment in projects that are “shovel-worthy” as well as “shovel-…
Republican members of Congress are coming to the defense of oil, gas and coal companies they say face “discriminatory” lending practices from Wall Street banks that have caved to pressure from…
Financing a thermal coal project in Australia just got a little bit harder after Westpac Banking Corp. said it would exit the sector by 2030, leaving Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. as…
Business interruption during the coronavirus crisis has caused a 14% fall in demand for electricity in Europe over the past month. Combined with record solar output, this has caused a 39% drop in…
Cancellation of huge BRI coal plant highlights overcapacity risk in Pakistan and Bangladesh
The 6.6 gigawatt Hamrawein coal power proposal in Egypt has been shelved because of over-capacity concerns…
Coal power generation has worn 100% of the COVID-19 power demand drop
The coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown has highlighted the growing financial risks to India’s coal-fired power plant…
A 40 to 50 percent reduction in global emissions is required to meet Paris Agreement goals, new study finds.
The results of a new study show that achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement will…
Airlines’ carbon emissions could drop by more than one-third this year as travel demand sinks, a trend that could continue as businesses reassess their need to fly, according to the Australia…
Gas stoves are making people sick, contributing pollution that makes indoor air up to two to five times dirtier than outdoor air, according to a new report.
Despite the risks, regulators have failed…
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Yesterday, the highest ever greenhouse gas concentration in history was observed at Mauna Loa Observatory: 418.12 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere.
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Pedestrians have taken over city streets, people have almost entirely stopped flying, skies are blue (even in Los Angeles!) for the first time in decades, and global CO2 emissions are on-trac
The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air.
Microsoft drew widespread praise in January this year…
As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, we’re partnering with newsrooms around the world to report on solutions to the climate crisis – and drive hope.
Even as the coronavirus pandemic…
Steep falls in emissions have been the pandemic’s immediate effect. But what’s needed is a green recovery
So far, discussions of a coronavirus exit strategy have mainly focused on the steps that…
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