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Brussels, my love? After Baku - Has the COP process run its course?

In the latest edition of our talk show from Brussels, participants discussed the climate summit in Baku, the possible comeback of fossil fuels and the crisis of the electric car market.

Europe News

European governments bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP29

According to a coalition of NGOs, the European Union's national delegations brought more than a hundred fossil fuel representatives with them to Baku for the UN climate conference.

Green News

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

Fracking advocate Chris Wright has been one of the industry’s loudest voices against efforts to fight climate change and could give fossil fuels a boost.

Green News

COP29: The clock is ticking as the money talk intensifies

The first week of the COP29 summit in Baku ended with frustration at a lack of progress on the key issue of financing the energy transition and climate adaptation in developing countries.

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Europe News

'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's host says

'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's host tells Euronews, adding that the only way forward at the climate summit is through consensus.

Climate

COP29: Tracking climate finance and global commitments

World leaders and negotiators at the UN climate conference are grappling with the challenge of setting a new climate finance target to meet the trillion-dollar costs of helping lower-income nations adapt to climate change.

Green News

COP29: Oil and gas reps outnumber those from most vulnerable nations

If fossil fuel lobbyists were a country, they would be the fourth-largest delegation at the summit.

Climate

‘Dark times’: Climate activists on why they’re still fighting at COP29

Cutting through the noise at COP29, Luisa Neubauer and Asad Rehman tell us what brings them to Baku.

Green News

Global carbon emissions rise once again in 2024

Amid Earth's heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions.

Azerbaijan

Aliyev criticises Western nations' stance on fossil fuels at COP29

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev used his opening speech at COP29 to deliver a strong criticism of Western governments that purchase his country's gas while condemning its fossil fuel-dependent economy.

Living

Is it time we retire the carbon footprint concept?

A quarter century since we learned about ‘carbon footprints’, researchers say it’s time to change the conversation.

Green News

Where do Harris and Trump stand on key climate issues?

The two US presidential candidates have very different approaches to how the US should tackle climate change.

Green News

Fossil fuel company car subsidies cost EU taxpayers €42bn a year

Subsidies for petrol and diesel company cars cost EU taxpayers €42bn a year, study finds.

Green News

UK and Australia embark on new climate and energy partnership

It comes after Pacific leaders called on both countries to do more to tackle the climate crisis.

Climate

Too big to succeed? Experts on what climate COPs get wrong

‘COP urgently needs to change,’ campaigners say. Here are the key reforms and alternatives that experts are proposing.

Eco-Innovation

Could electric wallpaper replace your gas boiler?

Want to reduce your heating bills? Eco-friendly electric wallpaper could be the answer

Eco-Innovation

UK’s largest solar heat system installed on The British Library

This giant solar heating system will help keep the Magna Carta at the perfect temperature.

Green News

Could the shift to EVs spell the end of fossil fuels?

Although China is increasingly producing green energy, there are concerns that demands for fossil fuel could grow elsewhere in Asia.

Europe News

EU to push for ambition in global climate talks but plan lacks detail

The EU has agreed its negotiating stance ahead of key UN climate talks in Baku next month, while stressing the links with parallel efforts to reverse ecosystem destruction and stop swathes of the planet – including parts of Europe – turning to desert.

Green News

UK becomes first G7 country to phase out coal: Where else has done it?

The country’s final coal-fired power station was desynced from the grid on 30 September, bringing an end to 142 years of burning coal for electricity.