Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 - The president of a pivotal UN climate summit defended on Saturday the large presence of industry representatives at the negotiations, saying private sector engagement was essential to curb global heating.
Paris (AFP) Nov 25, 2023 - The UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the forthcoming UN climate conference in Dubai, is cautiously optimistic that the pivotal talks will be successful, he told AFP in an interview on Saturday.
Georgetown, Guyana (AFP) Nov 24, 2023 - US Department of Defense officials will visit Guyana next week, the South American country's vice president said Thursday, as he pledged that all options are on the table in its row with neighboring Venezuela.
Metz, France (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - France has authorised the development of a large natural gas project in the east of the country, the company that will lead the extraction said on Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - Oil and gas firms will face a crucial choice at UN climate talks next week between contributing to the climate crisis or embracing the clean energy transition, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - The International Energy Agency on Thursday called on oil and gas companies to devote half of their investments to clean energy by 2030, urging them to face a moment of truth at next week's COP28, the largest UN climate change conference ever held.
Zurich (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - Glencore will relocate testing for its battery recycling centre project away from its site in Italy, the Swiss commodities giant told AFP on Thursday.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2023 - The head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday oil producers must make a stronger commitment to clean energy efforts or continue to be among the world's biggest contributors to the worsening climate crisis.
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - Brazil's emissions surged under far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, erasing recent progress to return to the levels of more than 15 years ago, a report said Thursday, urging the country to increase its carbon-cutting targets.
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2023 - World leaders will face a reckoning over humanity's failure to curb climate-heating emissions and polluting fossil fuels when they meet for UN climate talks next week, as the planet swelters in likely the hottest year in human history.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2023 - An estimated 1.1 million gallons of crude oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico since Nov. 16, with emergency officials scrambling for nearly a week to locate the source of the leak and determine whether an underwater pipeline had ruptured off the Louisiana coast.
London (AFP) Nov 22, 2023 - While European banks trumpet their accomplishments in terms of green finance a lack of transparency makes it impossible to verify their progress and leaves them open to accusations of greenwashing, an activist group said Wednesday.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 21, 2023 - In a groundbreaking development in the realm of renewable energy storage, the University of Cordoba has announced an innovative energy storage system, named iOWC, which stands as a potential game-ch
Dubai (AFP) Nov 21, 2023 - Climate talks often revolve around reducing the most dangerous greenhouse gas CO2.
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.
