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Why has a Big Oil CEO been selected to lead COP28 climate talks?

Al Jaber says the UAE will take an “inclusive approach” that encompasses all stakeholders - especially those from the Global South who are most impacted by climate change.

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Could ‘climate impact’ labels curb carbon-heavy red meat consumption?

Annual meat production emissions are roughly equivalent to those from every car, truck and plane in the world, according to Greenpeace.

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Solar panels made mandatory on almost all new homes in Tokyo

Tokyo lags in its uptake of renewable energy. Just four per cent of buildings with the capacity for solar panels currently have them - but a new rule is about to change this.

Climate

Suicide rates rise as air quality worsens, study finds

The first of its kind large-scale study examined deaths across the US between 2003 and 2010.

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Which global bank is cutting financing for new oil and gas fields?

Campaigners say the decision sets a "minimum level of ambition for all banks committed to net-zero."

Belgium

Brussels to clamp down on imported polluting goods at EU borders

The EU have provisionally agreed on a scheme that will encourage the EU's trading partners to de-carbonise their industries and meet Brussels' industrial standards. The deal will generate billions of euros in taxes for Brussels' general budget.

Climate

Belgium joins France in private jet and short-haul flight crackdown

As of April, flight taxes will be dependent on noise, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and destination.

Earth News

EU raises airline carbon emissions fees - but activists aren’t happy

The EU has struck a deal to make airlines pay more for pollution, but it will only apply to flights within the EU.

Egypt

COP27 climate summit closes with agreement to compensate poor countries

Poor countries which suffer droughts, floods and heatwaves, made worse by the carbon emissions of rich countries, to see some "climate justice".

Earth News

EU increases emissions reduction target by two per cent

Climate campaigners criticised the EU’s new two per cent target emissions cut increase as 'breadcrumbing.'

Earth News

Watch what you might have missed from the first week of COP27

What happened during the first week of COP27? Here’s the 5 things you need to know

Earth News

Fossil fuel emissions set to reach record high in 2022

The Ukraine war and COVID recovery will push global emissions to record-breaking levels this year.

Ecotech

UN to hunt sources of climate warming methane from space

There will be a public database of global methane leaks to encourage governments and companies to curb emissions.

Earth News

Fossil fuel emissions could be ‘3 times higher’ than producers claim

Accurate emissions reporting is crucial for fighting the climate crisis. But oil and gas producers are ‘overlooking’ key data, a new report claims.

Europe News

EU agrees stricter rules for greenhouse gas emission cuts

The new rules will apply to road and domestic maritime transport, buildings, agriculture, waste and small industries which are collectively responsible for about 60% of the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions.

Earth News

COP27: UN sets out ‘how to guide’ on net zero pledges

UN chief António Guterres said there were many issues with net zero pledges and "loopholes wide enough to drive a truck through".

Earth News

Greenpeace accuses TotalEnergies of ‘shocking’ emission underreporting

Underreporting of carbon emissions throw the net zero goals of oil and gas companies into doubt, campaign group Greenpeace claim.

World News

France and Spain experience unusually high temperatures in October

France and Spain experience an unusually hot October, as climate change experts raise concerns about record-breaking greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Nature

Alaska to auction a Netherlands-sized area to oil and gas companies

The state auction of arctic land will likely lead to an expansion of oil and gas production in the Arctic.

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Farmers protest against New Zealand’s proposed ‘cow burp tax’

Farmers in New Zealand gathered in city and town centres on Thursday, driving tractors and pickup trucks and carrying signs to protest the government's plan to tax agricultural emissions.