Consumer watchdogs around the world are giving increasingly short shrift to offsetting-based company claims that their products are ‘carbon neutral’ Companies are increasingly being warned against greenwashing the climate impact…
France will spend €500m a year on tax credits for wind and solar power, heat pumps and batteries funded by a tax rise on carbon-intensive fuels The French government plans…
The Syrian regime has been accused of committing war crimes during a decade-long civil war. Western nations have criticised efforts to restore diplomatic relations. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has been…
The US has been accused of “breaking” a key climate financing commitment by approving almost $100m in support for an overseas fossil fuel project The US export credit agency has…
Nguy Thi Khanh has been released a few months early from prison but two of her fellow campaigners remain in jail on tax evasion charges One of Vietnam’s leading environmental…
A business coalition in South Africa’s energy heartland is fighting against plans to shut down coal plants. Business interests in South Africa’s electricity capital want to keep coal-fired power plants…
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events The Cop28 presidency has teamed up with the fossil fuel…
Landlords and the right-wing have opposed an effective ban on new gas boilers and look set to at least delay the measure Germany’s planned ban on new fossil heaters looks…
Critics say a focus on just the emissions from producing oil and gas not consuming it is a distraction and that similar initatives have not worked The United Arab Emirates…