Helping vulnerable nations cope with the multiplier effect of climate change on droughts, flooding, heatwaves and tropical mega-storms will require trillions of dollars, not the billions now on the table at COP26, a draft UN report obtained by AFP reveals.
Multifunctional catalysts that transform captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into fuels and other valuable petrochemicals have been developed at KAUST and are set to enable a sustainable greener economy independent of conventional fossil fuels.
A study led by the University of Southampton suggests a greater diversity of plants and animals can be found where bioenergy crops are grown, compared with areas supporting traditional agricultural crops.
A handful of nations committed to phasing out oil and gas production at the COP26 summit Thursday, in what organisers Denmark and Costa Rica hope will inspire a global movement towards ending fossil fuels.
Chemists have been searching for efficient catalysts to convert methane-a major component of abundant natural gas-into methanol, an easily transported liquid fuel and building block for making other valuable chemicals.
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have launched joint naval exercises with Israel for the first time, amid tensions with Iran, US and Israeli military officials said Thursday.
A draft UN climate summit text Wednesday urged countries to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022 -- three years earlier than planned -- as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson dashed back to Glasgow to check the pulse of negotiations.
Iran won't ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change while the Islamic republic remains under sanctions, the head of its environment department said Wednesday.
French mining group Eramet said Monday it was reviving a joint project with China's Tsingshan to build a lithium production plant in Argentina to supply the booming electric car industry.
Scientists at ETH Zurich have built a plant that can produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels from sunlight and air.
UN climate talks entered their final week Monday with countries still worlds apart on key issues including how rapidly the world curbs carbon emissions and how to help nations already impacted by global heating.
The desire to limit greenhouse gas emissions has increased interest in liquefied natural gas (LNG) ships, which produces considerably less emissions than those running on other fossil fuels.
The Iranian army began on Sunday drills in the southwest of the country, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where it said a stand-off with the US recently took place.
COP26's first week saw keynote pledges to end deforestation, phase out coal, and mobilise trillions for green investment.
The lifestyle of billionaires creates more than a thousand times more greenhouse gas emissions than the average person, according to a new report.
In Iraq's southern province of Basra, the oil flows freely but little of the wealth trickles down to the people, and many struggle to make ends meet.
