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 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 - German carmaker BMW said Monday it had opened an investigation into a Moroccan cobalt supplier after allegations that its mining operations had polluted the environment.
Brussels (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 - The European Union pledged Monday to make a substantial contribution to a climate damage fund for vulnerable nations at the coming UN COP28 summit in Dubai.
Paris (AFP) Nov 13, 2023 - Around 100 climate campaign groups warned COP28 organisers Monday that success of critical upcoming talks in Dubai rests on whether countries can negotiate a formal agreement to replace polluting fossil fuels with clean power.
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 11, 2023 - Last year's trio of explosions that ruptured the Nord Stream gas pipelines were orchestrated by a former senior Ukrainian military officer, the Washington Post reported Saturday.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 10, 2023 - In a groundbreaking initiative that could significantly streamline operations in offshore wind farms, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has successfully piloted an unmanned helicopter to autonomousl
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 10, 2023 - Finnish police said Friday an examination of an anchor believed to have damaged a Baltic sea gas pipeline showed that it likely belonged to a Chinese cargo ship linked to the case.
Krakow, Poland (SPX) Nov 10, 2023 - In a significant leap for renewable energy technology, researchers at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow have developed a copper-based catalyst th
