Ottawa (AFP) Oct 27, 2021 - Canada's new activist-turned-environment minister on Wednesday sought to reassure the nation's oil sector - the fourth largest producer in the world - that he has no secret agenda, following pushback over his appointment.
New York (AFP) Oct 27, 2021 - A leading activist investor called Wednesday for Royal Dutch Shell to break itself up, bolster its low-carbon investment and return more cash to shareholders.
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 27, 2021 - Saudi Arabia could go carbon neutral before its 2060 target if technology evolves quickly enough, its energy minister said on Wednesday, days before the COP26 climate summit.
Brisbane, Australia (AFP) Oct 26, 2021 - Coal-rich Australia unveiled a much-delayed 2050 net zero emissions target Tuesday, but shied away from setting more ambitious goals ahead of a landmark UN climate summit.
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 26, 2021 - NASA said its observational instruments have identified more than 50 so-called super emitters of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, on Earth.
Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 26, 2021 - The impact of surging gas and electricity prices globally threatens the EU's energy market, but the bloc will not react hastily, officials said on Tuesday.
Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Oct 26, 2021 - Thanks to the ongoing digital revolution, we are on the verge of transitioning to a hyper-connected world. However, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and remote sensors that promise such a realit
Paris (AFP) Oct 26, 2021 - Only 158 investment funds with just 0.5 percent of assets under management are currently in line with Paris accord goals of limiting the increase in global temperatures, according to a study released Wednesday.
London (AFP) Oct 25, 2021 - A decade-old target for rich countries to contribute $100 billion a year to help poorer ones fight climate change should be attainable in 2023, ministers said on Monday ahead of the COP26 summit.
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 25, 2021 - Saudi Arabia pledged more than $1 billion for new environmental initiatives on Monday, as the world's top oil exporter took further steps to bolster its green credentials ahead of next week's COP26 climate summit.
Brussels (AFP) Oct 25, 2021 - Nine EU states, including Germany, on Monday rejected a French-led bid to reform Europe's wholesale energy markets as prices soar.
Al-Sahl, Iraq (AFP) Oct 25, 2021 - In Iraq's vast western desert, some 200 families live in a hamlet largely cut off from the rest of the world, their only neighbour one of the country's biggest military bases.
Paris (AFP) Oct 25, 2021 - The latest round of national emissions cutting plans submitted under the Paris Agreement will make no material dent in short-term carbon pollution levels and still put Earth on course to warm 2.7C, the UN said Monday.
Dubai (AFP) Oct 24, 2021 - Saudi Arabia's pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060 must go hand-in-hand with a plan to phase out fossil fuels, experts said on Sunday.
Manama (AFP) Oct 24, 2021 - Bahrain announced Sunday it aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, a day after neighbouring Saudi Arabia made the same pledge ahead of the COP26 climate summit.
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 23, 2021 - Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia will aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060, its de facto ruler said on Saturday, days before the COP26 global climate summit.
