Emissions

The Shell Dutch court case contributes to building common legal ground for emissions reduction targets, experts say.

A powerful methane monitoring programme has identified major sources of methane pollution around the world, but only a tiny number of companies and governments have responded, the UN said at COP29.

A little-known but highly toxic greenhouse gas known as tropospheric ozone harms human health and damages crops and forests, clean air experts told COP29.

Researchers said the rising level of CO2 in the atmosphere is driving “increasingly dangerous global warming,” a stark warning on day three of COP29.

Air pollution causes 7–8 million premature deaths annually, largely from chronic diseases, the WHO says in a COP29 special report.

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.

The EU’s bet on carbon capture and storage could require ‘eye-wateringly high subsidies,’ and the technology also has a dismal track record, a new report finds. Heavy reliance on CCS could result in the EU badly missing climate targets.

Analysts and executives convened at Gastech saw possible threats to the industry if methane emissions are not addressed.

There has been an explosion in the number of climate lawsuits against oil, gas, and coal companies in recent years. As companies cling to fossil fuels, a new report finds that the oil industry’s legal problems are rising.

The government said the new Australian gas strategy was needed to help fuel domestic energy supply on its way to a target of 82 percent renewable energy by 2030, and eventually reaching net zero emissions by 2050.

Despite broad support for the NY HEAT Act, which would reform utility law to accelerate electrification, the fate of the bill in the New York Assembly remains unclear, with just a few days left in the legislative session.

Opponents of the U.S. LNG buildout on the Gulf Coast celebrated the Biden administration’s “pause” on new permitting earlier this year. But they say a temporary reprieve is not enough.

An African Climate Foundation report highlights the challenges for African petrostates in leveraging their gas resources and suggests prioritising renewables due to the transition risks.

The UK is set to exceed its GHG emissions target for the period 2033-2037 by 37%, a conference in London heard Tuesday.

Oman’s energy transition will take longer than expected, a government official said on the opening day of the Oman Petroleum and Energy Show.