carbon emissions

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attacked powerful politicians for ignoring climate change, as she called for an end to government subsidies for fossil fuels such as coal and oil.

A recent report by British think tank Ember highlights the urgent need to stop using coal for power generation if we are to have any chance of meeting the targets set out in the 

The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to fight climate change, and the U.S. is raising concerns about it. At issue is what’s known as a border adjustment carbon tax.

Study finds returns must repay four times the payoff from clean energy investment to justify escalating risk. Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four…

The world’s two biggest polluters have agreed to ramp up their ‘respective actions’ to combat the climate crisis. The United States and China have agreed to work with other countries to address the …

Global economies forecast to pour stimulus money into fossil fuels as part of Covid recovery Carbon dioxide emissions are forecast to jump this year by the second biggest annual rise in history, as…

One of the silver linings of the coronavirus pandemic was the record drop in greenhouse gas emissions following national lockdowns.

Industry-led and UN-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance also announced today, co-launched by the UNEP Finance Initiative and the Financial Services Taskforce of the Sustainable Markets Initiative

  UK government to set in law world’s most ambitious climate change target, cutting emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels for the first time, UK’s sixth Carbon Budget will incorporate…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has forecasted that global CO2 emissions will rise by 5 per cent in 2021   The International Energy Agency (IEA) has forecasted that global CO2 emissions will…

Unlike other oil-producing states, much of the drilling in California takes place in residential neighborhoods, often in Spanish-speaking communities. Despite mounting complaints about pollution from…

New mines won’t boost world demand for Australian coal — but they will cannibalise jobs from existing coalmines.

Despite Covid-induced reductions in industrial activity last year, climate concerns remain. Every day, above where this column appears in the newspaper, the latest daily atmospheric carbon dioxide…

New IEA report sees global energy-related CO2 emissions rising by 1.5 billion tonnes in 2021, driven by a strong rebound in demand for coal in electricity generation. Global energy-related carbon…

To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on a dime and then…

Livestock that produce less methane have joined trees, wind turbines and cleaner cookstoves as the basis for carbon offsets. A European startup has started selling carbon credits for cattle raised…

Another study finds evidence that the majority of climate-damaging flights are undertaken by a small minority of frequent travelers.

Carbon dioxide levels are now higher than at anytime in the past 3.6 million years Levels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, continued their…

Analysis finds 77% of directors on boards of seven US banks have ties to ‘climate-conflicted’ groups, as banks continue to finance projects like the Line 3 oil pipeline US banks are pledging to…

Hundreds of companies, including major emitters like United Airlines, BP and Shell, have pledged to reduce their impact on cli