Abu Dhabi (AFP) Sept 7, 2023 - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen visited the United Arab Emirates Thursday, three months before it hosts UN climate talks and as it comes under pressure over sanctions on Russia.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 5, 2023 - African leaders and global policymakers gather on Tuesday in Kenya for a climate summit aimed at showcasing the continent as a destination for investment in efforts to combat global warming.
Cairo (AFP) Sept 9, 2022 - The leaders of two dozen African countries Friday urged wealthier nations to uphold their aid pledges so the continent can tackle climate change impacts for which it shares little blame.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 6, 2023 - A landmark African climate summit was due to wrap up on Wednesday after attracting $23 billion in funding pledges as leaders sought to forge a united front and highlight the continent's potential as a green powerhouse.
Libreville (AFP) Sept 2, 2022 - African countries on Friday agreed on a common push to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius - a goal that scientists fear is increasingly elusive - at upcoming UN climate talks.
Nairobi (AFP) Sept 7, 2023 - Renewables funding, global finance reform and carbon taxes head the demands formulated by African nations at a summit in Nairobi this week as the world heads towards annual climate negotiations.
Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2023 - French advertising agency Havas has won the media account of oil giant Shell, the companies confirmed Wednesday, sparking criticism from campaigners and the immediate walkout of one anti-fossil fuel client.
Stockholm (AFP) Sept 11, 2020 - Activists from Greenpeace said on Friday they were blockading an oil refinery in western Sweden as a protest against a planned expansion of the facility.
Bangkok (AFP) Sept 6, 2011 - Huge energy projects to transport oil and gas across Myanmar to China are fuelling human rights abuses, including forced labour, violence, evictions and land confiscation, activists warned Tuesday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 2, 2009 - The leader of Abkhazia said Wednesday he had ordered the destruction of any Georgian ship violating the de-facto sea borders of Georgia's rebel region in a growing row over shipping in the region.
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 21, 2018 - A Sudanese military jet has crashed near the city of Omdurman, killing the two pilots on board, the army said on Friday, in the latest accident to hit its ageing fleet.
London, UK (SPX) ) Jun 03, 2026 - Just three months after launch, the twin HydroGNSS satellites built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd for the European Space Agency are producing early science measurements, detecting water-linked
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 - Researchers from Ocean University of China and Huzhou University have developed a phase-change photothermal foam that continues to produce freshwater after sunlight fades, addressing one of the core
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 - An international team of planetary scientists has found that the smallest near-Earth asteroids differ markedly in composition from kilometer-scale objects, a size-dependent trend with direct implica
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 - BlackSky Technology Inc. has secured a nearly $30 million, one-year Assured subscription contract from an international defense customer seeking guaranteed access to real-time space-based tactical i
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 03, 2026 - A 35-metre diameter parachute destined to slow the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover during its descent through the Martian atmosphere has undergone heat sterilisation at the European Space Agency's t
