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EU parliament backs carbon market reform
Jun 22, 2022 (AFP)
The vote this time saw 439 MEPs in favour -- with 157 against and 32 abstentions -- of a parliamentary position to negotiate with EU member states for an enlarg...
Africa needs $25 bn a year for full electricity access: IEA
Jun 20, 2022 (AFP)
The IEA said 600 million people, or 43 percent of the continent's population, lack access to electricity -- mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. The number of people l...
Biden hosts climate summit overshadowed by fuel costs
Jun 17, 2022 (AFP)
This is Biden's third convening of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate since he took office in 2021 with a vow to make the United States a leader in...
Developing countries left 'disappointed' at climate talks
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
With world attention drawn towards other challenges, notably Russia's invasion of Ukraine and spiralling food, energy and economic crises, the technical discuss...
Australia submits more ambitious 2030 emissions target to UN
Jun 16, 2022 (AFP)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese raised the country's 2030 emissions reduction target to 43 percent, up from a more modest previous target of 26-28 percent. The ...
Flood of net zero vows suffer 'credibility gap': report
Jun 12, 2022 (AFP)
Faced with mounting urgency and public pressure as deadly and costly climate impacts increase, governments and corporations issued a proliferation of net zero p...
Investing 1% of global GDP into green recovery would cut emissions by up to 8.5%
Jun 10, 2022 (SPX)
The Covid-19 pandemic not only caused a global health and economic crisis but also significantly reduced global CO2 emissions in 2020 by 6 to 7%, compared to 20...
Argentina president seeks special tax on Ukraine war windfalls
Jun 06, 2022 (AFP)
While millions were feeling the pain of rising food prices, the war also "benefits the few... who are gaining a lot," Alberto Fernandez said in an address. "Thi...
German prosecutors raid Deutsche Bank in 'greenwashing' probe
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
Investigators were carrying out raids "on suspicion of investment fraud" at the offices of the bank and its asset management subsidiary DWS, Frankfurt prosector...
Heads roll at Aussie power giant after green takeover bid
May 30, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement to investors, the company said Peter Botten would resign as chairman and Graeme Hunt would step down as CEO when a replacement is found. Operatio...
Spain limits air conditioning to save energy
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
Office air conditioning should be set no lower than 27 Celsius (80.6 Fahrenheit) during the warmest months of the year, according to a government decree on ener...
US securities regulators unveil proposal to fight 'greenwashing'
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
Seeking to address the problem of "greenwashing," where financial investments may fall short of marketing statements, the Securities and Exchange Commission sai...
UK banks face financial hit over climate inaction: BoE
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
The BoE conclusion came in an initial stress test on how major British financial companies' balance sheets are likely to hold up faced with obstacles on the pat...
HSBC suspends banker over climate comments: reports
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
The London-headquartered bank has suspended Stuart Kirk while HSBC investigates the incident first reported by the Financial Times. Kirk reportedly told a confe...
G20 failing to update carbon-cutting pledges: report
May 20, 2022 (AFP)
At the Glasgow COP26 climate summit last year countries pledged to review inadequate plans for cutting carbon pollution this decade ahead of the COP27 conferenc...
Canada stumbling in transition to low-carbon economy
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
"When it comes to supporting a just transition to a low-carbon economy, the government has been unprepared and slow off the mark," Climate Commissioner Jerry De...
EU needs to recycle more to hit green energy goals: report
Apr 25, 2022 (AFP)
The 27-nation EU aims to be "carbon neutral" by 2050 -- reducing greenhouse gases to a level where the amount produced is balanced out by the amount removed fro...
Paris climate targets feasible if nations keep vows
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
But that is a very big "if", they acknowledge in a peer-reviewed study, published in Nature. The calculus includes not only carbon-cutting commitments officiall...
Lots of low- and no-cost ways to halt global warming
Apr 06, 2022 (AFP)
There is no silver bullet, but a mosaic of actions -- from ramping up solar and wind technology, to economy-wide energy efficiencies -- were identified by the U...
Compact, green and car-free. Can city living beat climate change?
Apr 05, 2022 (AFP)
Urban areas currently account for around 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, notes a comprehensive report on climate change solutions from the UN's I...
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