Countries have not yet agreed to put fossil fuel phase-out on Cop28 agenda

UN climate talks this year might skirt the vital question of whether and how to phase out fossil fuels, as nations have not yet agreed to discuss the issue, one of the top officials hosting the talks has said.

Canada’s wildfires are part of our new climate reality, experts and officials say

Canada’s ongoing wildfire season is a harbinger of our climate future, experts and officials say.

‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails

‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry

Climate risks have made California uninsurable. When will we wake up?

State Farm, the country’s largest property insurer, announced this week that it will almost entirely stop issuing new policies in California, the country

Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find

It is now too late to save summer Arctic sea ice, research has shown, and scientists say preparations need to be made for the increased extreme weather across the northern hemisph

Carbon capture and storage is ‘no free lunch’, warns climate chief

Over-reliance on carbon capture and storage technology could lead the world to surpass climate tipping points, the head of the world’s climate science authority has warned.

England ‘4,700 years from building enough onshore windfarms’

It would take almost 4,700 years for England to build enough onshore windfarms to help meet the UK’s clean energy needs unless the government lifts an effective block on new tu

‘The change in pace is crazy’: AI boosts climate information translation drive

A network of young volunteers that translates climate information into dozens of languages is being boosted by new artificial intelligence tools designed by Google.

First steps agreed on plastics treaty after breakthrough at Paris talks

Nation-state representatives have taken the first concrete step toward a legally binding treaty to regulate plastic, described as the 

Bonn Climate Conference Closes With Progress on Key Issues, Laying Groundwork for COP28

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'Fight of our times': John Kerry channels spirit of D-Day in battle against climate change

Today’s generation is facing its very own climate D-Day and must take immediate action in the war against global warming, according to US special

Shell’s ‘green’ ad campaign banned in UK for being ‘likely to mislead’

An ad campaign by Shell promoting its green initiatives has been banned for not telling consumers that most of its business is based on environmentally damaging fossil

Scientists warned about climate change in 1965. Nothing was done.

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Faith groups to G7 leaders: Peace requires a fossil fuel treaty

The city of Hiroshima has played an important role in almost every aspect of the global movement to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to proscribe their use.

Kenya’s Climate Change Bill: Paving the Way for Sustainable Development and Carbon Markets

The Climate Change (Amendment) Bill, 2023 has been proposed in Kenya to incorporate carbon markets and participation in them as a way to enhance response to climate change.  

Africa US$4 billion 900-mile oil pipeline creates climate dilemma, ‘highlights global inequality’

Europe must help Africa grow with low-carbon tech, Italian minister says

MILAN, June 5 (Reuters) - Europe must help Africa achieve economic growth using technologies which are much less polluting than the ones that helped developed economies flourish, Italian Energy and Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Monday.

Viewpoint: For the Sake of Peace, We Need a Fossil Fuel Treaty

TOKYO, 25 May 2023 (IDN) — When the leaders of powerful nations meet, finding ways to maintain peace is one of their most important responsibilities.

Rich countries with high greenhouse gas emissions could pay $170tn in climate reparations

Rich industrialised countries responsible for excessive levels of greenhouse gas emissions could be liable to pay $170tn in climate reparations by 2050 to ensure targets to curtail climate breakdown are met, a new study calculates.

Countries must put aside national interests for climate crisis, UN says

The world is at a “tipping point” in the climate crisis that requires all countries to put aside their national interests to fight for the common good, the UN’s top climate official has warned.