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Research highlights Australia's carbon credit 'catastrophe'
Mar 27, 2024 (AFP)
Vast swathes of land across Australia's desert Outback have been earmarked for native forest regeneration, which is meant to offset emissions as new trees suck ...
Sweden off-track to meet climate goals: expert agency
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
The coalition government -- headed by conservative Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party and propped up by the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats -- took decisio...
Poorer countries need money before raising climate targets: COP29 head
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
Addressing a ministerial climate meeting in Copenhagen, Azerbaijan's Mukhtar Babayev said "there is a growing gap between the needs of developing countries and ...
Germany 'on course' to reach 2030 climate goals
Mar 15, 2024 (AFP)
An increase in the use of renewables and a weaker economy weighed down by higher energy costs had contributed to a 10.1-percent plunge in carbon emissions year-...
Green claims would need hard proof under proposed EU law
Mar 12, 2024 (AFP)
The proposal is the latest push by the European Parliament to clamp down on greenwashing, following the final adoption last month of a law banning broad, generi...
Stormclouds gather over EU's Green Deal
Mar 10, 2024 (AFP)
Farmers' protests, consumer cost-of-living worries and some countries' hesitation are already undercutting the ambitious plan to make the European Union carbon-...
Australia sets up $1.3 bn fund to grow trade with ASEAN
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the funding as leaders from the 10-nation ASEAN forum met in Melbourne for a three-day summit. "The government I lead ...
Sri Lanka awards energy deal to India after rejecting China
Mar 01, 2024 (AFP)
New Delhi has long been concerned about growing Chinese influence in the island nation, which sits near key global shipping lanes and which India considers to b...
Sounding warning, Kerry urges new ways on climate finance
Mar 01, 2024 (AFP)
Kerry, who is stepping down as the US climate envoy, described an agreement in December in Dubai at the last UN summit as historic for its call on the planet to...
Climate perils costing US 0.4% of its GDP: Swiss Re
Feb 28, 2024 (AFP)
The Zurich-based group, which acts as an insurer for insurers, reaffirmed that climate change could reduce global economic output by seven to 10 percent by 2050...
World needs 'trillions' for climate action: COP28 president
Feb 27, 2024 (AFP)
COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber hailed progress made at UN negotiations last year in Dubai, where countries agreed to triple global renewables capacity this dec...
Von der Leyen's Green Deal: where does it stand?
Feb 19, 2024 (AFP)
Of the deal's 70-odd regulations aimed at making the bloc carbon-neutral and preserving its biodiversity, most have been adopted or are on their way to being. B...
Big firms with $7 tn exit climate investment pressure group
Feb 15, 2024 (AFP)
JPMorgan Asset Management, which manages $3.1 trillion in assets, has not renewed its membership in Climate Action 100+, saying through a spokesperson that it w...
UK's opposition Labour Party ditches climate change pledge
Feb 08, 2024 (AFP)
The pledge, originally made in 2021 but watered down as it came under attack from the ruling Conservatives, had been key to Labour's plans for tackling climate ...
EU bets on carbon capture to smooth bumpy green transition
Feb 07, 2024 (AFP)
But while the nascent carbon capture industry believes it holds the key to warding off climate catastrophe, environmental activists warn of the dangers of techn...
EU eyes 90% cut to greenhouse gases by 2040
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
The closely-watched announcement came as dozens of farmers protested outside the European Parliament building, angry over shrinking incomes, rising costs and wh...
EU strikes deal on clean tech to compete with China, US
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
Brussels wants to reduce its reliance on China and make Europe more attractive for investment after the United States unleashed a $369 billion bonanza of clean ...
World needs 'torrents' of cash for green transition: UN climate chief
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
Countries at last year's COP28 UN climate negotiations in Dubai agreed to triple global renewables capacity this decade and "transition away" from polluting fos...
UK climate watchdog accuses Sunak of sending 'mixed signals'
Jan 30, 2024 (AFP)
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the country's image as a leader on the issue had suffered since a speech by Sunak in September in which he put the brake...
Chile's whirlwind energy transition leaves workers stranded
Jan 30, 2024 (AFP)
"It's like when you are a little old man just waiting for the day you die," said Pedro Castillo, 62, who still goes to work every day as a crane operator at the...
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