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UK not adapting fast enough to climate risks: experts
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) said the average land temperature in Britain had risen by around 1.2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels and sea level...
Deep decarbonization by 2050 currently not plausible
Jun 11, 2021 (SPX)
The European Union is now increasing the ambition of its climate goals, and the German Federal Constitutional Court has recently committed Germany to implementi...
Clean investment surge needed to meet climate goals: IEA
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
"In many emerging and developing economies, emissions are heading upwards while clean energy investments are faltering, creating a dangerous fault line in globa...
S.Africa intensifies power cuts as winter demand climbs
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
The power company said in a statement that the expanded electricity rationing would last from 2 pm until 10 pm from Wednesday through to Sunday. It said that th...
G7 steps towards making companies disclose climate risks
Jun 05, 2021 (AFP)
"We support moving towards mandatory climate-related financial disclosures," their finance ministers said in a statement released after two days of meetings, ad...
Powell, Lagarde split over central bank role in climate policy
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
"We are not and we do not seek to be climate policy makers as such. We have a very specific mandate and precious independence," Powell told a videoconference ho...
Putin orders govt to have emissions reduction plan by October
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
Russia, one of the world's major producers of oil and gas, is also the fourth-highest producer of carbon emissions. "In the next 30 years, the accumulated volum...
Yellen calls for standardized measurements on green investments
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund assets have grown from $10 billion in 2015 to $246 billion in March 2021, she said. Yellen urged global partners...
G7 favoured dirty energy during pandemic: NGOs
Jun 02, 2021 (AFP)
The countries injected $189 billion (133 billion) into fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal between January 2020 and March 2021, compared to $147 billion into...
MEPs fear 'green-washing' in EU recovery plans
Jun 02, 2021 (AFP)
The leaders of the political group said scrutiny of the national proposals had raised "serious doubts" over the compliance with the recovery plan's climate frie...
G7 must secure green recovery from Covid: UK
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
British finance minister Rishi Sunak made no mention of US demands to harmonise tax rates for companies, after hosting an online gathering with counterparts and...
Corporations face crescendo of climate litigation
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
Companies operating in rich economies -- Britain, the European Union, Australia and especially the US, which accounts for the vast majority of cases to date -- ...
Germany and Norway inaugurate clean energy undersea link
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
NordLink, one of the longest undersea cables in the world, runs 623 kilometres (388 miles) from the southern Norwegian town of Tonstad to the mouth of the Elbe ...
UK switch to four-day week could 'slash emissions': study
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
The report by the 4DayWeek campaign group claims that a transition from a five-day to four-day week with no loss of pay "could shrink the UK's carbon footprint ...
Green groups slam UK bank links to carbon emissions
May 24, 2021 (AFP)
A study by Greenpeace and the UK arm of the World Wildlife Fund comes ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit to be held in Glasgow in November. "As the host of th...
Iran rolling blackouts blamed on heat, drought, crypto-mining
May 23, 2021 (AFP)
Power cuts in the peak summer months are not uncommon in Iran, but a government report this month said precipitation was down 43 percent compared to the country...
Rusal splits high carbon assets ahead of EU carbon tax
May 19, 2021 (AFP)
The European Parliament last month endorsed the creation of a carbon border tax that would shield EU companies against cheaper imports from countries with weake...
New 'optical rectennas' harvest energy from heat with record efficiency
May 18, 2021 (UPI)
The so-called "optical rectennas" utilize a phenomenon known as resonant tunneling, whereby electrons pass -- or tunnel -- through solid matter without expendin...
EU's green push targets shipping emissions
May 17, 2021 (AFP)
"We must change tack and develop a sustainable blue economy where environmental protection and economic activities go hand in hand," the European Commission's v...
Spanish parliament approves clean energy bill
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
As part of Spain's efforts to meet its carbon emissions target, the legislation outlaws the sale of vehicles that emit carbon dioxide by 2040, and their circula...
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