Paris (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 - Reforms to the way that societies collect and treat their waste could slash global emissions of planet-heating methane, a new report said Monday, noting that simple measures like composting were a climate solution staring us in the face.
Kinshasa (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 - Developing countries have driven home the message that they require more funding to fight climate change at the pre-COP27 talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which are due to end Tuesday.
London (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 - Shell's departing chief executive indicated Tuesday that governments should probably tax energy firms more to help protect the poorest from rocketing electricity and gas bills and ease the cost-of-living crisis.
Cape Town (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 - Uganda's energy minister on Tuesday slammed the European Parliament for seeking to delay a massive and controversial East African oil project over human rights violations and environmental concerns.
Kinshasa (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 - United States Climate Envoy John Kerry on Tuesday said Washington had asked the Democratic Republic of Congo to abandon some oil blocks that it put up for auction in sensitive environmental areas.
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2022 - Oil prices jumped more than four percent in Asian trade Monday as reports said OPEC and other top producers considered slashing output.
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 2, 2022 - Decent salaries and stability are the hallmarks of a job in Iraq's civil service, an institution much coveted by young graduates, even as it starves the private sector and hobbles the economy.
London (AFP) Oct 2, 2022 - King Charles III will not travel to next month's United Nations climate summit in Egypt, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Sunday, after UK Prime Minister Liz Truss reportedly objected to the keen environmentalist attending.
Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 2, 2022 - Israel on Sunday praised a US proposal to resolve the country's maritime border dispute with Lebanon, building further momentum towards an agreement between two nations still technically at war.
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 - The four leaks affecting the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea were caused by underwater explosions corresponding to hundreds of kilogrammes of explosives, a Danish-Swedish report said Friday.
Kinshasa (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 - Environment ministers from some 50 countries gather in DR Congo on Monday for the pre-COP27 climate talks, with rich countries expected to come under pressure to contribute more to fight global warming.
Brussels (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - NATO on Thursday said leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines appeared to be sabotage and vowed a determined response to any attacks on their critical infrastructure.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - Nord Stream's operator said Thursday it was unable to immediately assess damage to pipelines linking Russia to Europe, threatening an indeterminate outage - after Sweden detected a fourth leak and NATO decried acts of sabotage.
Madrid (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Thursday it plans to slash 2,900 jobs worldwide, or about 11 percent of its total workforce, as part the company's efforts to boost its profitability.
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - Flaring - burning off unwanted natural gas from oil and gas wells - releases five times more of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere over the United States than previously assumed, according to a study published Thursday.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - A fourth leak has been detected in undersea gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe, the Swedish Coast Guard said Thursday, after explosions were reported earlier this week in what NATO called reckless sabotage.
