The Labour Party leader Sir Kier Starmer has pledged to ban all new North Sea oil and gas developments, among measures aimed at boosting UK clean energy.

Switzerland made a step forward in tackling climate change as the country passed a Climate Law which sets the goal of achieving Swiss climate neutrality by 2050.

A new report found that even though net zero claims continue to proliferate, even among fossil fuel companies, the commitments are riddled with loopholes.

Energy ministers of G7 countries agreed last month to accelerate a global fossil fuels phaseout, although they didn’t set a clear timeframe to achieve it.

The U.S. this decade will see the ascent of clean energy: NREL.

Many believe English wind farms have a crucial role to play in meeting Net Zero targets, but some say planning restrictions are blocking new onshore projects.

Western Australia net zero plans are in the spotlight as it is to become the third state in the country to legislate its net zero commitment, but the industry-intensive state faces an energy dilemma. 

Proposals to extend the commitment at COP26 to phase-down coal, oil and gas failed to find a consensus at last November’s COP, placing the emphasis on consumers to reach decarbonisation targets.

New data shows a spike in atmospheric methane concentrations globally, putting a spotlight on international efforts to cut emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.

A massive ramp-up of investments in renewable energy sources to 2030 is crucial to achieve net-zero targets, and avoid a dangerous rekindling of fossil fuels investments in order to ensure energy security, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest World Energy Outlook.

Repsol said the flow of cash will help its strategic goal of investing 35% of its capital expenditure, or 5.5 billion euros, in low carbon projects in the 2021-2025 period.

Indian state energy companies have been rushing to announce net zero emissions targets but many lack a clear, realistic path to move away from fossil fuels and towards net carbon neutrality.

Underperforming carbon capture projects considerably outnumber successful projects globally, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

New fossil fuel projects “every day accelerate our race towards the precipice. Enough is enough,” said Cardinal Michael Czerny, speaking on behalf of Pope Francis.

The highly-anticipated case stopped short of an all-out assault on EPA authority, but the Court signalled its hostility to federal climate regulation.

A UN expert group is working on standards to ensure that the “avalanche” of net-zero commitments from non-state actors is not just a greenwashing exercise.

Saudi Aramco says it hopes to achieve net zero SCOPE-1 and SCOPE-2 greenhouse gas emissions across its fully owned operations by 2050, but warns that achieving this in less than three decades will not be easy.

By 2030, rich countries which produce over a third of the world’s oil and gas must slash output by 74%, the report says.

Against a backdrop of declining crude production, the Omani government has partnered with BP to target the widespread exploitation of renewables and hydrogen.

Moving with a speed that few observers would have previously thought possible, the EU on March 8 laid out its new energy strategy with a target to cut reliance on Russian gas by two thirds within a year.