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High-risk geoengineering technologies won’t reverse climate breakdown
Techno fixes like carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management are no substitute for exiting coal, oil and gas – whatever polluters would like you to think
Adapting to the ‘new normal’ with UV-C
Sponsored content: As we learn to live with the Covid-19 pandemic, UV-C disinfection technologies can help
‘Misleading’ Polish billboards blame EU climate policy for electricity costs
State-owned utilities are using rising energy costs to attack the EU emissions trading system, stoking tensions between Warsaw and Brussels
Cooling towers, fake snow: What the Beijing Winter Olympics says about climate change
The spectacle of fake snow and an old steel mill’s cooling towers has sparked climate debate among Olympics-watchers
2021 in coal: China’s dirty recovery mars international finance crackdown
Global coal power generation reached an all time high in 2021, just as countries reached an elusive consensus to phase down the fossil fuel
Drought-hit town hopes Chile’s new leader will take back water from Big Avocado
Leftist Gabriel Boric won a landslide to become Chile’s president and backs reform to improve water rights and access for communities like Petorca
The equivalent of a 10km ice cube is melting each year, space monitoring shows
Sponsored content: Satellites are providing cryospheric scientists with long-term datasets to explore changes in ice coverage and strengthen future projections
A rush to mine the deep ocean has environmentalists worried
Tiny Nauru is behind a push to fast-track talks on mining rules for the deep seabed, which could see fragile habitats opened to exploitation as early as 2023
Morocco accused of “greenwashing occupation” of Western Sahara
The Polisario Front has released an unofficial climate plan for the Sahrawi people, saying Morocco has built wind and solar farms on their land without consent
India ‘cannot escape’ coal phasedown, top coal ministry official says
An estimated 13-20 million workers in India depend on coal assets for their livelihoods, raising the need for a transition plan and financial support
The breakdown: What is in the Glasgow Climate Pact?
At Cop26 in Glasgow, countries agreed to call out coal, double adaptation finance and finalise rules for carbon trading, in a bid to ‘keep 1.5C alive’
India strengthens climate targets, aiming for net zero by 2070
Narendra Modi upped India’s climate ambition while calling for more climate finance from developed countries
China reaffirms existing climate targets in submission to UN ahead of Cop26
Analysts say a severe power crunch facing the country and the incremental rise in ambition from other large emitters like the US deterred Beijing from raising ambition
Revealed: Cop26 sponsor National Grid spewing methane across England
A campaigner with an infrared camera and methane monitor found significant leaks at National Grid compressor stations in eastern England
UK sets out economy-wide strategy to meet 2050 net zero goal
Analysts welcomed the plan days before the UK hosts the Cop26 summit but warned more public investments were needed to give it credibility
Japan eyes international carbon offsets to deliver 2030 emission cuts
Campaigners accused Japan of failing to take responsibility for cutting its own emissions and relying on developing nations to do so
The IEA is embracing 1.5C ambition, leaving no excuse for new fossil fuel investment
In a fundamental shift in mainstream thinking, the world’s most influential energy body has for the first time put a net zero scenario at the heart of its forecasting
Dispute grips Green Climate Fund over net zero condition for accessing finance
Board members from developing countries insisted that making a 2050 net zero goal a condition for accreditation to the fund breaches equity principles
Turkey ratifies the Paris Agreement after approving a 2053 net zero goal
Documents agreed by parliament included a declaration that Turkey would implement the climate treaty as a developing country, despite its developed nation status
UK’s 2035 zero-carbon electricity goal is a diplomatic trendsetter, analysts say
The ruling Conservative party confirmed the government plans to end generating electricity with unabated gas, putting pressure on other major economies to follow