satellites

Three ways satellites are poised to transform the oil and gas sector

Emissions-sensing satellites are among the pioneering technologies that have started to remodel the oil and gas sector, writes Kenzie Huffman, Director of Partnerships at Carbon Mapper, the California-based NGO.

COP29

Scientists put women’s health, miscarriage risk on COP29 agenda

New research says that the health risk to mothers and newborns posed by global warming is a “blindspot” in the majority of national climate plans. It must not be sidelined by COP29 negotiators.

COP29

Global leaders’ climate commitments in doubt on cusp of COP29

The news this week that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will not be present at COP29 in Baku is an unsettling development just days before the talks open.

plastics treaty

Decades of petchems unease not enough to clinch a plastics treaty

For more than 50 years, the health and safety hazards of a petrochemicals complex in northern Spain have been worrying locals. Despite that, and the unease of such communities globally, UN talks this week failed to clinch a plastics treaty.

Oil and gas majors’ climate plans under scrutiny

Even burning just the oil, gas, and coal in existing fields and mines would far exceed the carbon budget for a 50% chance of staying below 1.5°C warming, a new report has found.

Biden breaks campaign promise with federal lands lease sale

Constrained by a court decision, the Biden administration said it would auction off land for new oil and gas drilling. But climate activists see the move as backtracking on climate progress

Ukraine war, prices jeopardize Thai climate goals

The Ukraine war and its impact on global energy prices is creating headwinds for Thailand and its climate goals.