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Germany issue 1st green bonds; Dutch court orders govt to slash emissions
Dec 19, 2019 (AFP)
"In the second half of 2020, the German Federal Government intends to issue Green German Government securities for the first time," Berlin's Finance Agency said...
Maritime sector floats fuel levy to help cut carbon
Dec 18, 2019 (AFP)
Seven global shipowner associations -- including Bimco, Intertanko and the World Shipping Council -- announced in a statement that they want to tax commercial s...
Brazil's Bolsonaro dismisses COP25 'game'
Dec 15, 2019 (AFP)
He particularly singled out rich European nations as the players. Brazil was meant to host this year's global climate meeting but withdrew its offer more than a...
Net zero: climate-saving target or delay tactic?
Dec 12, 2019 (AFP)
- Why net zero? - Nations are gathered this week in Madrid at a UN climate summit designed to finalise the rulebook for the landmark 2015 Paris accord. Paris ai...
Eastern EU states opposed to 2050 zero-emissions goal
Dec 12, 2019 (AFP)
They argue it would hamper the development of their coal-dependent economies and want the EU to shoulder the huge costs of switching to renewables. Here are the...
US accused of seeking climate funding waiver at UN talks
Dec 11, 2019 (AFP)
Delegates and observers at the COP25 negotiations in Madrid told AFP that Washington was pushing for a change in the rules of the UN climate convention that cou...
EU leader urges MEPs to back green growth plan
Dec 11, 2019 (AFP)
Unveiling the plan to the European Parliament, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen also warned against the steep cost of inaction. Earlier, she h...
Greta slams 'misleading' climate pledges at chaotic UN summit
Dec 11, 2019 (AFP)
The UN climate forum tasked with saving the world from runaway global warming has become an "opportunity for countries to negotiate loopholes and avoid raising ...
Bayer targets climate-neutral business by 2030
Dec 10, 2019 (AFP)
"Bayer will be a climate-neutral company by 2030," chief executive Werner Baumann wrote in a guest article for business daily Handelsblatt. Sustainability will ...
Africa caught between climate and growth: top diplomat
Dec 09, 2019 (AFP)
Nasr spoke to AFP halfway through the 12-day talks -- before ministers arrive to tackle issues that frontline diplomats cannot resolve -- about Africa's climate...
EU to miss 2020 green goals: agency
Dec 04, 2019 (AFP)
"While most of the 2020 targets will not be achieved, especially those on biodiversity, there is still a chance to meet the longer-term goals and objectives for...
Carbon markets: looming climate showdown?
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
What may seem like a technicality could in fact prove key to the world's plans to reduce emissions and stave off dangerous temperature rise. - How much does car...
Insurer Axa plans total carbon divestment by 2040
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
"Today we are launching a new phase in our climate strategy to accelerate our contribution to the transition towards a low-carbon and resilient economy, notably...
Canada needs much higher carbon tax to meet climate target: study
Nov 27, 2019 (AFP)
Carbon pricing is the primary measure undertaken so far by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to reduce Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent ...
Probe sought over concern China can shut down Philippine power
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
A Chinese state firm has a substantial stake in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, which has been operating power transmission facilities since 2...
How much energy do we really need
Nov 19, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers have been grappling with the question of how much energy societies actually need to satisfy everyone's most basic needs for many years, but as globa...
Renewables could cut power generation health impact by 80 percent
Nov 19, 2019 (AFP)
Scientists and environmental groups have long advocated a switch to low-carbon power to cap the rise in global temperature to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Farenheit...
Modeling Every Building in America Starts with Chattanooga
Nov 18, 2019 (SPX)
A team led by research and development senior staff member Joshua New at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is looking to change that, and specifically ...
EU bank to stop funding fossil fuels in 'landmark decision'
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
The European Investment Bank, the world's largest multilateral lender, had been criticised by climate groups for funding gas projects that potentially threatene...
Energy giants face 35% output cut to hit Paris climate goals: watchdog
Nov 01, 2019 (AFP)
Carbon Tracker, a Britain-based think tank, said that current rates of emissions from the energy majors would see the world's carbon budgets surpassed within de...
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