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Dutch unveil 28bn-euro package to cut greenhouse emissions
Apr 26, 2023 (AFP)
Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten, who announced the package at a press conference in The Hague, said the plan would realise government's aim to redu...
Social media data show increased popularity of air conditioning worldwide
Apr 24, 2023 (SPX)
To limit the impact of air-conditioners on our energy grids and our climate, we need data to better understand where they're sold globally. That's quite a strug...
France extends electricity subsidies to 2025
Apr 21, 2023 (AFP)
With bills still "very high" compared to late 2021, "I'm giving us two years to end" electricity subsidies by early 2025, Bruno Le Maire told broadcaster LCI --...
EU 'Green Deal' in difficulty despite climate law votes
Apr 20, 2023 (AFP)
Negotiations between the European Commission, EU member states and the European Parliament on the issue have run into difficulty over the details. Scandinavian ...
Fossil fuel pledges divide G7 in 'critical decade' for climate
Apr 13, 2023 (AFP)
The world's leading developed economies are all targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner after signing the Paris Agreement to cap global warming at well u...
Cities will need more resilient electricity networks to cope with extreme weather
Apr 12, 2023 (SPX)
"Unless we account for extreme climate events and continued urbanisation, the reliability of electricity supply will fall by up to 30%. An additional outlay of ...
Sun, wind power make record 12% of world electricity: survey
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
The report provides the latest gauge of renewable energy growth as countries scramble to meet emissions targets to curb climate change and secure alternative po...
Only 5% of top UK firms have 'credible' net zero plans: study
Apr 03, 2023 (AFP)
Consultancy EY revealed the key finding after examining net-zero ambitions of companies listed on London's benchmark FTSE 100 index. Britain is targeting carbon...
UK warned to fix 'lost decade' of climate readiness
Mar 29, 2023 (AFP)
Record-breaking heat and wildfires last year, and recurrent flooding, are a portent of worse to come even if the UK meets its goal of "net zero" carbon emission...
Russia to skip Earth Hour, calls WWF a 'foreign agent'
Mar 24, 2023 (AFP)
The move comes as Russia cracks down on most foreign-linked groups since its offensive in Ukraine, including climate-orientated organisations. Earth Hour, which...
ECB sees smaller carbon footprint in bond portfolio
Mar 23, 2023 (AFP)
In a new report, the ECB unveiled details for the first time of the climate impact of its huge corporate bond holdings, amassed over years of crisis-fighting in...
EU bids to clean up product 'greenwashing' mess
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
The European Commission unveiled a plan to target companies exploiting shoppers' mounting concern for the environment with dubious boasts their goods are made o...
Record renewables boost in 2022, not enough to slow warming: agency
Mar 21, 2023 (AFP)
Last year, 83 percent of new power generation capacity came from renewable sources, the IRENA agency said as it announced a 9.6 percent increase in renewables c...
UN chief: rich nations must achieve net zero carbon quicker, by 2040
Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)
Introducing a capstone report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the impacts and trajectory of global warming, Guterres delivered a blunt asses...
Corporate transparency on emissions falls short: report
Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)
Most companies are failing to provide a full picture of their carbon footprints and environmental impacts, slowing progress toward a net zero economy and exposi...
Germany hits emissions-reduction target in 2022
Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)
Europe's largest economy reduced its emissions by 1.9 percent in 2022 compared with the previous year, the federal environment agency said in a statement. In to...
Hot spring baths block Japan's geothermal potential
Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)
Geothermal is a renewable resource that harnesses heat from deep below the Earth's crust -- a seemingly attractive option for energy resource-poor Japan. But th...
Indonesians seeking climate justice take aim at Swiss concrete giant
Mar 14, 2023 (AFP)
His battered wooden boat is anchored just offshore, where trees and statues that were once on the beach now sit partially submerged about 40 kilometres (25 mile...
EU green tech plan not protectionist: von der Leyen
Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)
The EU's executive arm headed by von der Leyen is set to lay out its Net Zero Industry Act on Thursday in a bid to help Europe challenge the financial might of ...
UK announces two-decade clean energy plan
Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)
The project's investment worth 20 billion pounds ($24 billion) will help to create 50,000 jobs, according to a statement. Finance minister Jeremy Hunt was set t...
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