Fossil Fuels
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.
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.
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.
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.
A new report released by Carbon Brief during COP29 reveals that 24 previously impossible heatwaves have struck global communities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni continues to see a key role for natural gas in the country’s energy mix
The 2024 election is a toss up. The two candidates offer starkly different paths forward on the energy transition.
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.
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.