The climate crisis is worsening and yet fossil fuel subsidies remain at an all-time high, according to a report released during COP29.
Air pollution causes 7–8 million premature deaths annually, largely from chronic diseases, the WHO says in a COP29 special report.
A landmark court ruling earlier this year found that European governments must act on climate. A new lawsuit targets a lack of limits on gas imports.
Impurities in CO2 can corrode pipelines and storage facilities and potentially lead to huge liabilities for carbon capture projects.
With gas demand in Europe in long-term decline, the EU has access to sufficient supplies in both the short and long-term. That means that contracts for additional LNG are not needed, and only increase stranded asset risk.
Businesses could cut industrial natural gas consumption by more than 50 percent with investments of €9.5 billion, a new paper estimates.
A new report finds that EU levies on imported methane could help clean up gas operations, but may also lead to a two-tiered global LNG market.
The UK is set to exceed its GHG emissions target for the period 2033-2037 by 37%, a conference in London heard Tuesday.
A group of 27 investors, including Europe’s largest asset manager, have filed a shareholder resolution that calls on Shell to align its operations with the Paris Climate agreement.