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EU agrees deal to reduce 2030 energy consumption
Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)
The agreement is an important strand of the EU's ambitious climate goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by the end of the decade. But it also ...
US pick for World Bank says 'emission heavy' growth model outdated
Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)
Banga, who is on trip to Kenya, said the world cannot continue to "pursue the prior model of (an) emission heavy growth system," and rallied for adaptation. "We...
'Total embarrassment': Denmark slams climate fund failure
Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)
Dan Jorgensen, Denmark's development minister, told the UN Least Developed Countries summit that "trillions" would be needed in coming decades to control the fa...
Energy industry must lead climate fight, says COP president
Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)
Al Jaber is minister of industry for the United Arab Emirates and is also chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Climate activists have cr...
EU commission says high seas deal a 'historic moment'
Mar 05, 2023 (AFP)
The full wording of the text was not immediately released but activists hailed it as a breakthrough moment for the protection of biodiversity after more than 15...
Massive power cut plunges Argentina into dark for hours
Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)
In the capital, the lights flickered back on at about 6:00 pm (2100 GMT) in the metro system, and public services were gradually restored. Reports of the first ...
Italy deficit balloons on green homes scheme
Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)
The deficit was 8.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 -- compared to the government's goal of 5.6 percent -- and was revised upwards from 7.2 perc...
How Italy's generous green homes scheme turned 'wicked'
Feb 26, 2023 (AFP)
The "superbonus" scheme, which can be used for anything from insulation to solar panels, new boilers and windows, was introduced in May 2020 to boost the econom...
S.Africa mining and energy giants thwarting climate goals: study
Feb 08, 2023 (AFP)
Mixed signals from the industries place "goals at risk" in a country where "climate targets and policies are still not stringent enough", London-based think tan...
All who can should pay even for their basic greenhouse gas emissions
Feb 08, 2023 (SPX)
The climate change situation has not improved over the years however, and more needs to be done to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius. "We find ourse...
Energy industry must be part of climate fight, says COP president
Feb 07, 2023 (AFP)
Sultan Al Jaber, who heads oil giant ADNOC and is the United Arab Emirates' special envoy for climate change, also called for "policies that are pro-growth and ...
France urges 'transparency' over US climate subsidies
Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)
Le Maire and his German counterpart Robert Habeck travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and discuss a landmark US spending bil...
Europe looks to geothermal energy as gas alternative
Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)
But increasingly, it is the hot waters from deep underground the station that provide the energy. Tacked on to the side of the original 19th-century red-brick p...
No lights, no water: S.Africans fume at cascading crisis
Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)
A power failure at a pump station feeding reservoirs and water towers caused taps to run dry in parts of Johannesburg and Pretoria, provincial utility Rand Wate...
Business and consumers hamper climate fight: report
Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)
The report by a multidisciplinary team of researchers warned that staying within the 1.5C goal was "not plausible", but that this could change if societies step...
Saudi to invest $266 bn in 'cleaner' energy: minister
Jan 30, 2023 (AFP)
Speaking at a forum organised by Saudi oil giant Aramco, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the world's biggest crude exporter was also looking to become a global...
Fight climate change without slowing growth, says UAE's COP28 chief
Jan 30, 2023 (AFP)
Sultan Al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates' special envoy for climate change and CEO of oil giant ADNOC, said the energy transition needed to make the planet "we...
S.Africa gets 280 mn euros in EU grants for green transition
Jan 27, 2023 (AFP)
The money will "support policy reforms on green recovery, unlock green investments and build a knowledge-based transition," the bloc said in a statement. "Toget...
Rich EU consumers 'outsource' environmental impact to poorer neighbours
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
The study looked at 10 key environmental impacts -- including greenhouse gas emissions, toxins in water and soil, air pollution and land use -- in supply chain ...
Climate group sues German government for missing targets
Jan 24, 2023 (AFP)
After missing emissions targets for transport and building in 2021, the government needed to "agree as quickly as possible to a package" to put it back on track...
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