COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?
Global Stocktake text has some key highlights & evident gaps, a big one being on the operationalisation of equity in the fossil fuels transition
Net Zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption
While renewables are making major inroads, the world’s overall primary energy use keeps risin
Won’t fund firms contributing to climate change: Church of England
The Church plans to withdraw investment from companies that don’t follow the terms of the Paris Agreement
Methane emissions from fossil fuels remain high despite progress, US tops list of emitters: IEA
Of the 120 Mt of methane that escaped into the atmosphere, around 80 Mt came from the top 10 emitter countries
Environment reports: potential and challenges of deploying clean energy across continents
Here's an overview of recently released reports and studies on renewable energy
Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’
Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO₂ but lasts in the atmosphere for slightly less than a decade
Absence of free trade agreement poses hurdles for German investment in Indian renewables: German politicians
The need for skilled workers to enable this transition to clean energy technologies is one place where India and Germany can cooperate more deeply,…
Climate goals at stake: State support for fossil fuels almost doubled in 2021
51 countries doubled the amount of expenditure on fossil fuels, according to an analysis by OECD and IEA
New report puts a $759 billion price tag on decarbonising global petrochemicals sector
BloombergNEF study explored how to cut emissions from fossil fuel’s non-energy uses
Marginal triumph at COP28
The world agreed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 Dubai, besides operationalising a Loss and Damage Fund; it did not set a deadline …
Investors denounce ExxonMobil suit against climate activist-shareholders as an attack on their rights
Shareholder-activists at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility urged Exxon’s board to convince the company’s management …
Achieving green steel: How India can bridge the gaps to decarbonise the sector
A clean steel sector in eastern India can become essential for the country's transition to green steel
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Saudi Arabia to delay oil fossil fuel phase-out
It has consistently lobbied that oil-producing countries should be compensated for phasing out fossil fuels
Exxon knew: Big Oil’s scientists documented accurate climate predictions since 1970s, 1980s
ExxonMobil publicly denied climate change, funded misinformation campaign, shows new paper
‘50 years of deception’: California sues five Big Oil companies for lying about climate change
Lawsuit against oil and gas companies for “creating, contributing and assisting in the creation of state-wide climate change-related harms …
COP28: Relying on carbon capture and storage to reach Net Zero would be economically damaging, shows Oxford report
A high-CCS pathway to decarbonisation to potentially mitigate half of today’s emissions in oil and gas industry will cost an additional $30 …
India earned $12 billion by taxing coal production
Investors, insurers urge G20 countries to end subsidies to fossil fuels by 2020
Prince Charles pushed markets over State at Davos
Entirely at odds with his long advocacy of coercive state action on environmental issues
'Amazon region under threat from oil drilling, mining'
Sacred Headwaters of the Amazon, considered to be the most biodiverse terrestrial ecosystem on Earth, is witnessing expansion of new fossil fuel …
Dash for gas: 7 new countries enter African gas markets
84% new reserves to come up in the 7 countries that have no history of fossil gas exploitation, finds Global Energy Monitor
A year of Russia-Ukraine war: Global fossil fuel ‘bonanza’ may lead to more conflicts, warns Greenpeace
‘Neo-colonial models of extracting fossil fuels at any cost have to come to an end’
Africa’s megacities threatened by heat, floods, disease — urgent action needed to start greening, climate adaptation
Cities can adapt by creating new zoning regulations, restoring wetlands to protect against floods and planning green infrastructure
Developed nations should phase out fossil fuels by early 2030s, fund developing nations: Report
US, UK, EU, Japan, and Australia must more than double NDC ambition to reach lower end of their fair share
Role of hydrogen as a clean fuel for sustainable mobility
Clean form of the natural gas is required for transition to a decarbonised nation
Electrifying offshore platforms targets a tiny fraction of the oil industry’s emissions
Configuration & location of some of the older installations mean that electrification will prove to be prohibitively expensive