Developed countries made almost no progress toward their goal of providing $100 billion a year to help poor countries tackle climate change, figures from the OECD showed on Friday. The Continue Reading
The head of the United Nations is calling for “immediate, rapid and large-scale” cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming. Antonio Guterres warned governments ahead of next week’s Continue Reading
The U.S. and European Union have agreed to a plan to cut emissions of methane by about a third by the end of the decade as part of a diplomatic Continue Reading
Nearly three-quarters of residents of countries with some of the world’s most advanced economies worry that climate change will one day create suffering in their own lives, according to a Continue Reading
Investors managing more than $10 trillion on Wednesday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and a winding Continue Reading
Almost every government in the world isn’t doing enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions, making it likely global temperatures will rise beyond the tipping point of 1.5 degrees Celsius in Continue Reading
Barclays Plc and Deutsche Bank AG are among 17 banks accused by climate law activists of “hypocrisy” over work related to a controversial North Sea oil field. ClientEarth, a London-based Continue Reading
Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hot spots unless urgent action is taken to reduce Continue Reading
The intense rains that fell across western and southern Germany in July were both devastating and historic. Up to eight inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours, flooding Continue Reading
Technology to Feed the World Food supplies will struggle to keep pace with the world’s growing population as climate change sends temperatures soaring and droughts intensify, according to a report Continue Reading
The number of extremely hot days every year when the temperature reaches 50C has doubled since the 1980s, a global BBC analysis has found. They also now happen in more Continue Reading
At first glance, it’s a big step forward in curbing climate change. In a deal announced Thursday, the Biden administration and the airline industry agreed to an ambitious goal of Continue Reading
Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened as it headed for the Gulf Coast on Sunday, threatening heavy rain and floods in coastal areas of Texas, Mexico and Louisiana. Forecasters at the National Continue Reading
Offshore oil supply containers are strewn about after Hurricane Ida’s storm surge swept through Port Fourchon, Louisiana. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg If anyone should be attuned to the real-world impacts of Continue Reading
Companies and investors who fail to recognize how rapidly the planet is overheating are exposing themselves to enormous financial risks, according to Sweden’s minister in charge of financial markets. “Climate Continue Reading
Almost 60 percent of global crude oil and fossil methane gas reserves, plus 90 percent of coal reserves, should be kept in the ground if the world has a chance Continue Reading
Oil and gas companies need to start planning for production cuts of 50 percent and more by the 2030s. That is, if they want to become aligned with Paris Agreement Continue Reading
Heat waves punished the West all summer and, even at the brink of fall, another sweltering blast had moved over the region. The heat was bringing record-setting temperatures in the Continue Reading
The world’s largest direct-air capture facility, Orca, right, at the Hellisheidi geothermal power site, in Iceland. Startups Climeworks and Carbfix are working together to store carbon dioxide removed from the Continue Reading
There’s a back-to-school feeling in the air as summer draws to a close in the northern hemisphere. Pressure is mounting on governments to secure a major global breakthrough on climate Continue Reading
More lawsuits seeking to curb carbon dioxide emissions are likely in Europe, spurred by a recent report that makes the role of human activity “unequivocal” in global climate change. Activists Continue Reading
Pollution from coal-fired power stations on the European Union’s southeastern border are estimated to have caused thousands of deaths in the region due to breaches of legally-binding limits on harmful Continue Reading
Developed nations have incurred the bulk of $3.6tn in economic losses from severe weather events over the past five decades, while high death tolls endured by poorer nations have been Continue Reading
In the 20th century, oil became a major geopolitical weapon, most notably during OPEC’s 1973 oil embargo which caused a cataclysm shift in global power relations. OPEC continues to utilize Continue Reading
China and the US have failed to reach a climate agreement after Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry pushed Beijing to make more public pledges before a UN climate summit in Continue Reading
A milestone moment for European regulators risks ending as a flop as banks warn they won’t have the client data they need in time for climate stress tests next year, Continue Reading
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said political tensions with China affect the outlook for climate cooperation, as top Chinese officials pushed Washington to commit to improvements in their broader relationship. Continue Reading
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a new method to convert captured CO 2 into methane, the primary component of natural gas. By using Continue Reading
The UK could announce next month billions of U.S. dollars of additional spending on supporting its net-zero targets as part of a broad budget of $83 billion (£60 billion), Goldman Continue Reading
In July this year, a group of asset managers with $6 trillion in assets under management called for a global price on carbon emissions. Even earlier, last December, another asset Continue Reading
The rapid melting of sea ice in some parts of the Arctic could unleash phenomena that result in extraordinary North American cold spells, scientists have found — including the one Continue Reading
Satellites detected a large release of super-warming methane gas over southern Iraq last month. The methane cloud, spotted by geoanalytics firm Kayrros SAS using European Space Agency satellite data, was Continue Reading
China’s attempt to curb carbon emissions and conserve electricity while being able to ensure economic growth is wreaking havoc across commodities markets. China’s efforts to thread the needle between an Continue Reading
Three giants dominate the global economic system: the EU, United States, and China. Of these three, the Americans are relatively far behind when it comes to centralized clean energy investments. Continue Reading
After 99 years, the world officially eliminated the use of leaded gasoline as gas stations in Algeria stopped offering leaded fuel, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said this week, calling Continue Reading
For anyone still in doubt about climate change, the recent floods and unusual heat waves around the globe will be difficult to ignore. Floods in China have killed dozens of Continue Reading
Climate change abruptly gripped North America’s Pacific Coast at the start of summer, setting new heat records by staggering margins across the region’s cities and towns. Hundreds of people died. Continue Reading
Algeria, the last country to still sell leaded petrol, ran out of its last supplies in July There is now no country in the world that uses leaded petrol for Continue Reading
Governments in long-established oil-rich nations around the world are coming under fire for their decisions over oil and gas versus renewable alternatives. The once-coveted natural resource is now a question Continue Reading
China’s top offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC, has launched the country’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South China Sea, which is expected to store more Continue Reading
A fatal virus and a massive economic downturn did not stop planet-warming gases in the atmosphere last year from rising to their highest levels in human history, researchers say. Barely a Continue Reading
U.S. energy companies on Thursday began airlifting workers from Gulf of Mexico oil production platforms and moved vessels from the path of what could become a devastating hurricane by the Continue Reading
Canada, the world’s biggest canola grower and a major wheat producer, forecasts a 26% drop in supplies of its main crops as drought ravages output and inventories shrink. Grain and Continue Reading
A quick start to the Atlantic hurricane season saw five storms form so far this year, well ahead of normal pace of a normal year, before settling into a lull Continue Reading
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re announced Wednesday that it had signed the world’s first long-term agreement to take carbon directly out of the air. The contract with Climeworks AG, one of Continue Reading
Spotting Plumes of Polluting Methane Gas One of the most dangerous greenhouse gases is leaking into the atmosphere relentlessly from the European Union’s easternmost edge. Invisible plumes of methane escape Continue Reading
▲ It’s tough to tell without infrared cameras or satellites, but the southwestern U.S. is pumping far more of a potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere than scientists had thought. Continue Reading
Approvals for major new coal power plants by China’s local authorities show the tension in the nation’s efforts to meet climate goals, even as the overall total of projects given Continue Reading
Energy and climate policies in two sweeping pieces of legislation moving through Congress would put within reach President Joe Biden’s goals of achieving 80% clean energy and a 50% economy-wide Continue Reading
White House and other administration officials told the Environmental Protection Agency that its industry-backed plan for tightening auto emissions limits was too lax, but the agency rebuffed those warnings and Continue Reading
