UAE’s al Jaber says Cop28 will fast-track phase down of fossil fuels
The Cop28 chief has also urged the oil and gas industry to “step up its game” and scale up renewables investment The United Arab Emirates’ Cop28 will accelerate an energy…
The UK’s retreat from climate leadership is not in its national interest
The UK won friends and influence as Cop president, its not in its interest to throw that all away by abandoning its climate ambition It has been a long half-year…
Governments set to fail to plot shipping industry course for 1.5C
Despite a strong push from Pacific islands, the latest draft does not improve on targets criticised as not ambitious enough A campaign by climate-vulnerable Pacific islands to raise governments’ ambition…
Developing nations decry risk of UK breaking climate finance pledge
The UK promised to deliver £11.6 billion in international climate finance by 2026. But a leaked memo suggests the target is being dropped. The United Kingdom’s reported plan to break…
Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution
Marisol Villalobos has a routine with her breadfruit trees. Nearly every morning, as the sun is just cresting the horizon, she drives to her groves nestled in the mountains of…
As states shift to clean energy, here’s how corporations can support that agenda
Nearly a year after enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, many states are hard at work implementing clean energy transformation. This shift isn’t politically easy, and it is…
Keep it down: U.N. report lists ways to reduce ocean noise pollution
A recent U.N. report lists tactics and recommendations for reducing human-caused ocean noise, a form of pollution that impacts marine life from tiny plankton to colossal whales. Published in June…