EU countries reject Brussels-led reforms to the Energy Charter Treaty, saying they fail to stamp out protections for fossil fuels.
The European Commission is hitting back against a rebellion from…
Brussels is pumping ever-increasing amounts of cash into hydrogen projects, and dragging its feet on climate standards for the gas.
This article is part of the European Union, Inc special report.
UN Climate Change News, 26 October 2022 – A new report from UN Climate Change shows countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts…
Farmers say having solar sites allows them to subsidise food production during less successful years
Farmers have urged whoever succeeds Liz Truss as UK prime minister to abandon plans to ban solar…
Sky-high prices are driving EU countries to pool their buying power. Is it the start of something bigger?
In 1960, a group of energy-rich but otherwise relatively poor countries ran out of patience…
Berlin claims the move would be in line with the Paris Agreement.
Germany wants the EU to push for the development of new natural gas fields abroad, claiming such a move would be in line with…
Writers and activists including Thomas Piketty, Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben suggest positive steps we can take now
‘Take the money out of politics’
Naomi Klein, author
Quitting the ECT, which protects fossil fuel investors from policy changes that might threaten their profits, was ‘coherent’ with Paris climate deal, Macron said
France has become the latest…
Eyes now on National Congress to show where country's path lies
There is nothing quite like a crisis to expose the weaknesses in systems and societies.
Last year, a number of countries promised to…
SINGAPORE - The current global energy crisis is a wake-up call for businesses to become greener, with those which delay action doing so at their own peril, said Senior Minister and Coordinating…
The Abengoa-Enginnering Procurement & Project Management (EPPM) consortium plans to commission the Sidi Abdelhamid seawater desalination plant in the port city of Sousse in the summer of 2023.…
Ampersand has signed an agreement with the British solar home systems provider Bboxx. The two companies will collaborate on the development of green mobility through the deployment of electric…
A number of African countries, particularly gas producing countries, have gas prices lower than the global average.
The list is dominated by North African countries.
Two non-oil producing…
Improvement in debt metrics is ‘miracle,’ finance chief says
Government on drive to diversify oil-dependent economy
Angola is taking advantage of higher oil prices to accelerate its debt…
The city of Chefchaouen in northwestern Morocco will optimize its energy consumption thanks to a project financed by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to combat global warming.…
German start-up Boreal Light has delivered 28 solar-powered desalination systems to Kenya. The systems are intended for hospitals treating Covid-19 cases daily in the country's coastal region, as…
The Ethiopian government recently participated in the launch of the "Dream" program (Distributed Renewable Energy-Agriculture Modalities). This multi-stakeholder initiative aims at the large-scale…
At the end of an inspection visit to the site of the Laâyoune seawater desalination project in Western Sahara, the Director General of the Moroccan National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water…