Fossil Fuels

CCPI

No fossil fuel phase-out yet despite rapid renewables growth: CCPI report

Renewables are surging globally, yet fossil fuel phase-out has stalled, says a new report by Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released during COP29 in Baku.

credit export agencies

Biden considers OECD proposal to end export credit agencies’ support for oil, gas

The OECD is meeting this week and will consider a restriction on financing from export credit agencies for overseas fossil fuel projects. With Trump set to take power, campaigners are urging Biden to act.

Global Climate and Health Alliance

Global Climate and Health Alliance demands $1tn in grants to protect health: COP29

The Global Climate and Health Alliance has slammed wealthy nations at COP29 saying they are blocking a climate finance deal. The coalition demands $1 trillion in grants to protect global health.

COFFIS

UK, New Zealand, Columbia join COFFIS coalition on fossil fuel incentives phaseout

At COP29, Dutch deputy PM and climate minister Sophie Hermans announced that the UK, New Zealand, and Colombia have joined the coalition’s efforts to phase out fossil fuel incentives including subsidies.

COP29

New study links heatwaves to fossil fuel emissions: COP29

A new report released by Carbon Brief during COP29 reveals that 24 previously impossible heatwaves have struck global communities.

fossil fuel subsidies

Fossil fuels subsidies at all-time high, say researchers at COP29

The climate crisis is worsening and yet fossil fuel subsidies remain at an all-time high, according to a report released during COP29.

COP29

WHO calls for end to fossil fuels subsidies to protect health: COP29

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

Trump

Trump’s regulatory assault could leave the U.S. further behind

Trump’s return to the White House will usher in an era of U.S. backsliding on climate policy. But attempts to slow the energy transition will be self-defeating, experts say.

fossil fuel advertising

The Hague fossil fuel advertising ban sparks hopes of ‘snowball’ effect globally

While other cities have been looking to ban fossil fuel advertising through other means, the fact that The Hague has implemented the ban through local law marks a world first.

Climate Week NYC

Brazil hosts major oil and gas event as Climate Week NYC unfurls

At the same time as Brazilian President Lula da Silva and part of his administration joined Climate Week NYC, Rio de Janeiro hosted its largest oil and gas event.

flooding in Brazil

Even after intensifying flooding in Brazil, little change to climate policies

In spite of the role played by human-driven climate change in the severe flooding in Brazil in early May, the country continues to expand fossil fuels and advance anti-climate laws.

Meloni

Energy and climate plan of Italy’s Meloni slammed by industry, NGOs

The Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni continues to see a key role for natural gas in the country’s energy mix

energy transition

U.S. election: Harris and Trump on climate and the energy transition

The 2024 election is a toss up. The two candidates offer starkly different paths forward on the energy transition.

Paris agreement

Global banks inject $7 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

A new report finds that global financial institutions have continued to invest in oil, gas, and coal at elevated levels since the Paris Agreement, despite calls to accelerate the energy transition.

oil industry

U.S. Senate probe accuses oil industry of “denial, disinformation, and doublespeak”

A Senate committee published the latest instalment of a multi-year investigation after obtaining a vast trove of internal documents from oil industry giants ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell. The report alleges the efforts to slow climate action continue to this day.