Jakarta (AFP) Nov 21, 2023 - Indonesia on Tuesday launched an investment plan to attract $20 billion pledged by Western nations in a renewable energy transition pact agreed last year for the archipelago to slash emissions and wean itself off coal.
Paris (AFP) Nov 21, 2023 - Delegates openly affiliated with oil, gas and coal firms have attended the UN climate talks to address the escalating global impacts of human-induced climate change at least 7,200 times over the last 20 years, a coalition of NGOs said Tuesday.
Dubai (AFP) Nov 21, 2023 - Climate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2.
Brussels (AFP) Nov 20, 2023 - A global fund under which wealthier nations would help emerging economies cope with climate change should not be based on divisions from three decades ago, an EU climate chief said Monday.
London (AFP) Nov 17, 2023 - When yet another winter storm hits Britain, Ellis Jacklin is happier than most, as he gets his energy at up to half the usual unit price.
Paris (AFP) Nov 17, 2023 - A group of 124 NGOs posted an open letter on Friday to dozens of financial institutions, including European, Japanese and South African banks, urging them to withdraw from TotalEnergies' giant gas project in Mozambique.
Paris (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 - Wealthy nations likely met their goal of providing $100 billion in annual climate finance to poorer nations last year - two years later than promised and only a fraction of the extensive needs, the OECD said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Nov 16, 2023 - Major oil and gas companies such as Aramco, ExxonMobil and Shell could have paid for their share of the damage caused by climate change and still earned trillions of dollars in profit, researchers said on Thursday.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 - Germany's top court will decide Wednesday whether the government broke debt rules enshrined in the constitution, potentially throwing its spending plans into disarray and further fuelling tensions in the ruling coalition.
Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2023 - The joint China-US climate declaration is a significant moment in the build-up to COP28, the climate summit's president said Wednesday, but some experts criticised the lack of concrete commitments.
Bangkok (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 - China's carbon emissions are likely to fall in 2024 because record growth in renewable energy capacity is now sufficient to cover growing demand, a new analysis finds.
Paris (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 - World oil demand will rise slightly more than expected this year as China's appetite for the fossil fuel hit a record and the Israel-Hamas war did not hit supply flows, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 - Leaders of Asia-Pacific economies want to boost output with an eye on issues like reducing inequality and protecting the environment, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday.
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 - The United States announced on Tuesday that it was renewing for 120 days a sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to buy electricity from Iran.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 14, 2023 - The European Central Bank on Tuesday threatened to impose financial penalties on banks who are slow to minimise climate change-related risks stemming from their activities.
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Nov 14, 2023 - As the world turns to greener power sources, it also needs to figure out how to store energy for times when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. One leading contender, the hydrogen fuel
