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Will Beijing's 'green Olympics' really be green?
Jan 03, 2022 (AFP)
It is difficult to independently verify Beijing's claims around the Games, which begin on February 4, and environmentalists told AFP they fear a backlash from a...
Wildlife concerns blunt Germany's green power efforts
Dec 12, 2021 (AFP)
"I am not saying that the energy transition is not necessary. But we don't want these pylons," Hartmut Lindner, 75, told AFP. Lindner has been campaigning for 1...
Biden calls for carbon neutral federal government by 2050
Dec 08, 2021 (AFP)
The executive order, announced by the White House, directs the government to replace its fleet of gas-guzzling vehicles with electric cars and trucks by 2035 an...
30,000 UK homes still without power after storm
Dec 01, 2021 (AFP)
"Storm Arwen" -- which hit the region late Friday, killing three people -- initially knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of homes following wind gusts o...
China's carbon emissions fall for first time since Covid lockdowns
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
But the threat of economic slowdown could soon prompt authorities to turn to infrastructure stimulus measures, raising emissions again, the research by the Cent...
Top banking regulator urges climate rules for lenders
Nov 16, 2021 (AFP)
Banks should "consider the potential impacts of climate-related risk drivers on their individual business models and assess the financial materiality of these r...
Global powers urged to go further after UN climate deal
Nov 14, 2021 (AFP)
Nearly 200 countries on Saturday pledged to speed up the fight against rising temperatures, after two weeks of non-stop negotiations. British Prime Minister Joh...
COP26 strikes hard-fought deal but UN says 'not enough'
Nov 13, 2021 (AFP)
Rich countries stood accused of failing at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at risk of drought, rising seas, fire...
World needs trillions to face climate threat: draft UN report
Nov 12, 2021 (AFP)
The failure of rich countries to make good on a promise to deliver $100 billion a year for vulnerable nations has become a flashpoint at the UN climate talks in...
COP26 draft urges boost to emissions cutting goals by 2022
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
Wednesday's text was the first indication of where nations are 10 days into the COP26 talks in Glasgow, after data showed promises made so far left the world fa...
Countries far apart as climate talks enter final week
Nov 08, 2021 (AFP)
After a week of headline announcements from host Britain on ending deforestation and phasing out coal, experts say the underlying COP26 negotiations have barely...
New energy systems could cause a sea change in energy efficiency during shipping
Nov 08, 2021 (SPX)
At present, LNG ships lose up to 25% of their input heat in the form of exhaust gas. Recovering this heat is key to energy efficiency. In a recent study publish...
Billionaires create over a million times more greenhouse gas emissions than average person
Nov 07, 2021 (UPI)
Oxfam, a confederation of charities that works to combat global poverty, issued a new report Monday titled "Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the...
Chasm opens between COP26 words and climate action
Nov 07, 2021 (AFP)
Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based climate think tank Power Shift Africa, told AFP that there had been "two realities" at the global climate conference...
UK accused of 'staggering hypocrisy' as political row stalks COP26
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
The government tore up the rulebook on how parliament polices ethical lapses by its members Wednesday, after an excoriating cross-party standards committee repo...
CO2 rebound as climate summit sees emissions pledges
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
The grim emissions assessment was billed as a "reality check" for nations gathered at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, seen as a last chance to halt catastrophic cl...
Using building science to achieve 100% renewable energy
Nov 04, 2021 (SPX)
In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, from AIP Publishing, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Laboratory des...
FTSE 100 companies sign up to UN net zero campaign: UK govt
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said 60 blue chip firms had signed up to the UN's global "Race to Zero" campaign. The companies, inc...
Climate adaptation cash one tenth of amount needed: UN
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
While the COP26 meeting tries to wrestle down emissions and keep warming within the Paris deal target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new report from United Nations E...
Tidal power can generate 11% of UK's electricity demand
Nov 04, 2021 (SPX)
Scientists from across the UK say that harnessing the power of the ocean's tidal streams can provide a predictable and reliable means of helping to meet the cou...
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