How to Stop 30 Years of Failing to Cut Emissions
Picking the precise moment when the world’s leaders had unmissable evidence of climate change is a matter for unsolvable debate, but there’s a strong case to be made for 1990. Continue Reading
Putin and Xi look set to disengage as world leaders meet on climate
Two of the most important events on the global diplomatic calendar take place at the end of this month. The Group of 20 summit, a meeting of the leaders of the Continue Reading
COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report
A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change. The leak reveals Saudi Continue Reading
Who Are the World’s Biggest Climate Polluters? Satellites Sweep for Culprits – WSJ
Satellites are emerging as a tool to fight climate change, exposing hidden sources of greenhouse gas emissions and allowing governments to monitor compliance with international pacts. Over the past three Continue Reading
Big fossil fuel producers’ plans far exceed climate targets, U.N. says
Major economies will produce more than double the amount of coal, oil and gas in 2030 than is consistent with meeting climate goals set in the 2015 Paris accord to Continue Reading
Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade
Coal mining in China has increased in 2021 Plans by governments to extract fossil fuels up to 2030 are incompatible with keeping global temperatures to safe levels, says the UN. Continue Reading
How the IEA Embraced its Role as an Energy Oracle in the Climate Transition
The International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook, the latest edition of which was published on Wednesday, is probably the closest thing to a bible in the energy world. It Continue Reading
To Strike a Climate Deal, Poor Nations Say They Need Trillions From Rich Ones
At a July global climate gathering in London, South African environment minister Barbara Creecy presented the world’s wealthiest countries with a bill: more than $750 billion annually to pay for Continue Reading
Oil And Gas Companies Will Never Truly Be Carbon Neutral
Oil and gas companies are pushing a net-zero narrative, but their pledges may not live up to true carbon neutrality. Carbon neutral oil and gas is largely reliant on the Continue Reading
EPA unveils strategy to regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’
The Biden administration is launching a wide-ranging strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions that are used in products ranging from cookware to carpets and firefighting Continue Reading