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What is COP28, who is going and why does it matter?

After a record-shattering year, the world is looking to the United Nations conference in the UAE this week to put us on a safer path.

Nature

Norway is returning a former Arctic coal mine to nature

The Svea mine produced millions of tonnes of coal in its lifetime but now it is being taken back by nature.

Green News

Solar, Russian gas and the future: Key takeaways from annual EU report

The State of the Energy Union report is released annually by the European Commission.

Green News

Transition to clean energy is now ‘unstoppable’, IEA says

Fossil fuel demand could peak by the end of the decade but the world needs to get behind the clean energy transition to keep climate goals in sight.

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Greta Thunberg charged after protesting London oil conference

‘Oscars of oil’: What is the Energy Intelligence Forum and why are Fossil Free London activists trying to shut it down?

Climate

Air pollution: Which countries tackle it in their climate plans?

G20 countries are failing to integrate air pollution into their climate plans, a new study finds. The authors want that fixed at COP28.

Green News

EU to push for deal on phasing out fossil fuels at COP28

The 27-member bloc has now agreed its negotiating position ahead of the UN climate conference in Dubai.

Green News

The World Bank has had enough of billion euro fossil fuel subsidies

Fossil fuel and agricultural subsidies should be redirected to climate action, Ajay Banga suggested at the bank's annual meeting.

Green News

Greta Thunberg fined in court before travelling to wind farm protest

She said she will continue to protest even if "it leads to more sentences".

Green News

UK universities accepted millions in funding from fossil fuel giants

Several universities accepted funding from giants like Shell and ExxonMobil in the past year, despite green pledges, DeSmog found.

Green News

Why do Alaskans get a €1,000 oil cheque every year?

Alaska is sitting on a nest-egg oil fund. But dividing it up is an 'emotionally charged' matter for citizens.

World News

Euroviews. If you’re saying no to war, you have to say no to oil

Fossil fuels fund war. That might be a sentiment you’ve seen or heard before, plastered onto placards or shouted by activists. But what does it really mean, Lucy Hall writes.

World News

Euroviews. We have to back COP28. It’s the most ambitious climate plan in history

If COP28 brokers a global climate deal on these proposals, it would help fast-track a just transition away from fossil fuels. If it fails, the chances of such a transition will be dangerously diminished, Prof İbrahim Özdemir writes.

Green News

Shell employees express ‘deep concern’ over renewables regression

In an open letter 'liked' by hundreds of colleagues, two employees criticised the fossil fuel giant’s lack of leadership in the energy transition.

Green News

Ireland: Wind power outstrips electricity demand for the first time

July and August this year set new records for wind power generation in Ireland.

Green News

COP28: Can the world agree on the future of fossil fuels?

Fossil fuel use is set to be a key topic at the UN climate conference in Dubai - but tension is brewing.

Green News

‘Morally obscene’: UK’s largest undeveloped oil field gets green light

The development could unleash the same annual emissions as 90 countries, prompting outrage from climate campaigners.

Climate

‘Supercontinent’ could make over 90% of the Earth uninhabitable

A 'triple whammy' of CO2, the sun and a new mega continent could render Earth uninhabitable, new study finds.

Green News

World at risk of becoming 'hostage to CO2 capture': IEA

The world needs to speed up the energy transition and not slow down the process, according to the latest report by the International Energy Agency.

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France unveils green plan focusing on EVs, heat pumps and energy bills

‘He made the exact same promise five years ago’: Environmentalists have criticised Macron’s climate roadmap.