London (AFP) Dec 18, 2023 - Green campaigners on Monday launched legal action against the UK government after it authorised oil and gas production in the country's largest undeveloped field.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 18, 2023 - Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels said Monday they had attacked two Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea in solidarity with Gaza, as more companies halt transit through the troubled but vital waterway.
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2023 - China's first domestically developed deep-sea drilling vessel will make a trial voyage this week, state media announced Monday, calling it a key step in China's ocean exploration capabilities.
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 15, 2023 - Leaders from Southeast Asia and Japan will hold talks this weekend on boosting security ties with an eye on China, as well as Tokyo's contentious efforts on energy cooperation.
Paris (AFP) Dec 15, 2023 - While the UN's COP28 climate summit marked a pivot moment, when the world pledged to say goodbye to fossil fuels, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol told AFP on Friday, it needs to now urgently boost finance for the energy transition in developing countries.
Manila (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - Far from the standing ovation delivered by delegates in Dubai, activists in some of Asia's most climate-vulnerable nations responded to the COP28 agreement with disappointment on Thursday.
New York (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - US efforts to transition to cleaner energy carry risks of mass layoffs in mature industries, say experts, who warn that policies to cushion the blow may not live up to hype.
Paris (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track - and fund - the global energy transition.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - An agreement to transition away from fossil fuels may be a landmark moment but don't expect quick changes among the major producers of the Gulf, where the deal was hammered out.
Montreal (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - Canada will stand trial for climate inaction after an appeals court reopened the door for a group of 15 young environmental activists who sued the federal government four years ago on the issue.
Paris (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - Credit Agricole, one of France's biggest banks, announced Thursday it would no longer finance any new fossil fuel extraction projects, a day after delegates agreed the COP28 climate deal.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 14, 2023 - Hours after the applause and relief that the world had finally reached a landmark climate agreement in Dubai, US special envoy John Kerry admitted that he thought it might never happen.
Paris (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - The OPEC oil cartel said Wednesday that it expects healthy growth in global demand for crude as the COP28 climate conference agreed on a transition away from fossil fuels.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - The Arab bloc praised the outcome of the UN climate summit on Wednesday, calling it a great success after nations adopted a call to transition away from fossil fuels but stopped short of a phase-out.
Dubai (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE oil chief who headed COP28 in Dubai, promised that this year's UN climate talks would be different. He did not disappoint.
Paris (AFP) Dec 13, 2023 - After nearly three decades of dancing around the chief driver of global warming, UN climate negotiations in oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Wednesday called for the first time for the world to transition away from polluting fossil fuels.
