Global experts, local stakeholders and community establish a task force for Gozo to implement the island’s sustainable transition, coordinated by GRDA with GTI support
Cyprus is on target with its 2030 energy consumption targets and could meet the EU’s ambitious ‘climate neutral’ objective by 2050 if the island ends its energy isolation through gas pipelines and…
Managers commit to investing only in companies with net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
Some of the world’s largest investors managing assets worth more than $9tn have committed to investing only in…
Planting trees helps, but what are other ways?
Nature has equipped Earth with several giant "sponges," or carbon sinks, that can help humans battle climate change. These natural sponges, as well as…
South Korea relies on coal for about 40% of its electricity generation, with renewables making up less than 6%.
South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has declared that the country will go carbon…
Unexpectedly forthright pledge will boost UN efforts to galvanise action on climate crisis.
China will reach carbon neutrality before 2060 and ensure its greenhouse gas emissions peak in the next…
The European Commission has proposed to strengthen its 40% greenhouse gas emission reduction target to 50% or 55% on 1990 levels in the next ten years. But this step does not meet the minimum level…
A US$130trn investment to 2050 could help to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2060, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA’s) inaugural Global Renewables Outlook.
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…
The European Commission is considering three options for future investments in gas infrastructure as Europe moves towards “climate neutrality” by 2050, according to a leaked memo seen by EURACTIV.
A…
A 100% renewable energy system enables the EU to become climate neutral before 2050 in the most cost-effective manner, a new report of SolarPower Europe and LUT University states.
British American Tobacco publishes its new sustainability report and sets out plans to become carbon neutral by 2030.
The tobacco manufacturing company has published its new sustainability report,…
British bank promises to align all financing activities with Paris Agreement and target at least £100bn green financing by 2030
Barclays has set out its ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050,…
The Czech premier, whose country depends on nuclear energy and coal, said Monday (16 March) the European Union should ditch its landmark green law seeking carbon neutrality as it battles the novel…
Sustainable jet fuel developer Neste commits to its production being carbon neutral by 2035.
Neste, has promised to step-up its work in sustainability by pledging to become ‘carbon neutral’ by the…
A coalition of left-wing environmental groups is criticizing an environmental plan from House Democrats, arguing it is not ambitious enough to combat climate change with needed speed.
In a letter…
Responding to publication of the European Commission’s ‘European Industrial Strategy’ on 10 March 2020, which aims to boost the competitiveness of European industry as it embarks on the twin green…
Boosting collective efforts to achieve sustainable development, Qatar Stars League (QSL) and Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on…
When a small village in Finland took the country’s biggest peat producer to court over a polluted river, it didn’t expect to win.
But it had a secret weapon - a local fisherman-turned-scientist…
Through a new Green Deal, the EU plans to neutralize Europe’s carbon footprint by as early as 2050. While the plan is ambitious, it highlights the need for world leaders to work together. After all,…