Paris (AFP) Sept 12, 2024 - Global oil demand grew at its slowest pace since 2020 in the first half of 2024 due to China's economic slump, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, prompting the IEA to lower its full-year forecast.
United Nations (AFP) Sept 13, 2011 - Global investment in clean energy rose to a record $243 billion dollars last year with the vast majority concentrated in the world's top 20 economies, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Paris (AFP) Sept 26, 2007 - Two of Britain's best known scientists proposed Wednesday to curb global warming by sowing the world's oceans with thousands, perhaps millions, of giant vertical pipes 100-to-200 meters deep.
Monchengladbach, Germany (AFP) Sept 23, 2021 - Dressed in a rainbow-coloured unicorn costume, Kathrin Henneberger once camped on a beech tree, trying to save a forest from destruction. Come Monday, she hopes to be one of Germany's newly elected MPs.
Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 - Germany on Wednesday launched its first green bond offering to finance environmental initiatives as it pivots towards a sustainable economy, and could become a benchmark issuer in the booming field.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government plans to commit at least 100 billion euros ($110 billion) on climate protection by 2030, according to a draft policy paper being discussed on Thursday.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 29, 2023 - Applause rings out as Daimler Truck's hydrogen-powered, zero-emission lorry crosses the finish line in Berlin after completing a record-breaking 1,047-kilometre (650 mile) journey on a single tank.
Berlin (AFP) Sept 25, 2023 - A German company involved in the development of synthetic fuels announced Monday it hoped to mount a legal challenge to EU plans to ban the sale of combustion engine cars from 2035.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 15, 2023 - Russian energy giant Gazprom said Friday it has made a first delivery of liquefied natural gas to China via the Arctic Northern Sea Route as receding ice sheets render the route more viable.
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.
Havana (AFP) Sept 14, 2023 - The G77+China, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the global population, gathers Friday in Cuba seeking to promote a new economic world order amid warnings of growing polarization.
Havana (AFP) Sept 15, 2023 - The G77+China, a group of developing and emerging countries representing 80 percent of the world's population, kicked off a summit in Cuba Friday with a call to change the rules of the game of the global order.
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 9, 2023 - G20 leaders meeting Saturday failed to agree to a phase-out of fossil fuels, despite a UN report a day earlier deeming the drawdown indispensable to achieving net-zero emissions.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - Leaders of emerging and developed nations agreed Friday to a US plan to phase out government subsidies for fossil fuel blamed for global warming, a joint statement said.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 6, 2023 - Statements by G20 ministers ahead of a key summit are woefully inadequate about addressing the climate emergency, the UN's climate change chief told AFP in an interview Wednesday, calling for stronger action from the nations responsible for most planet-heating pollution.
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 - G20 energy talks in Bali ended Friday with the world's leading economies pledging to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy, but there was no binding agreement as officials struggle to overcome discord over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
