International Agencies & Studies
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Climate & SocietyEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
UK, Norway Foresee More Oil and Gas Development Despite IEA Roadmap
Two of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers apparently have no plans to scale back exploration, in spite of last month’s landmark net-zero ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemographicsEuropeHealth & SafetyInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Action is the Antidote as Climate Anxiety Creates Mental Health Crisis
Climate change is driving a secondary—and badly under-addressed—crisis for hundreds of millions around the world: the brutalization of mental health. -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable Energy
G7 Environment Ministers Pledge to Stop Financing International Coal Projects
Environment ministers from the world’s seven biggest advanced economies have agreed to phase out international financing for coal projects by the end of this ... -
AfricaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSmall Island States
WMO Reports 40% Chance in Next Five Years that Warming Temporarily Exceeds 1.5°C
There’s a 40% chance that average global warming will temporarily exceed 1.5°C in at least one of the next five years, according to analysis ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSupply Chains & Consumption
Global Spending on Nature Protection Must Triple by 2030
About US$8 trillion will be needed over the next 40 years to restore and protect nature and safeguard the systems that sustain much of ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Canada’s Carbon Target Still ‘Insufficient’, Global Warming On Track for 2.4°C, Climate Action Tracker Warns
Canada’s 2030 carbon reduction target is still “insufficient”, the 50% cut promised by United States President Joe Biden is enough to trim average global ... -
BrazilCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
New International Forest Protection Fund a ‘Game Changer’, Says EDF
The United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and nine corporate heavyweights came together at last month's Climate Leaders’ Summit with a joint commitment to mobilize ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Carney Launches New Net-Zero Finance Alliance with $70 Trillion in Assets
Nearly four dozen of the world’s biggest banks, insurance companies, and investment fund managers are vowing to mobilize trillions of dollars in financing for ... -
AfricaAsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyEncoreFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryRenewable EnergySolar
More Than One Billion Lack Access to Cooling, Risk Illness and Heat Stress
As the pandemic drives up poverty rates, a lack of access to cooling technology has now put more than a billion people at increased ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreInternational Agencies & Studies
1.5°C ‘Not Impossible’ with Rapid Action This Decade, Climate Scientists Say
Scientifically speaking, humanity can still limit global warming to 1.5°C this century, four veteran climate scientists wrote for The Conversation earlier this month. But ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEncoreFinance & InvestmentGeothermalHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyRenewable EnergySolarTransitWind
IEA Sees ‘Exceptional’ Solar, Wind Growth as ‘New Normal’
The “exceptional” global growth of solar and wind capacity is set to become a “new normal” in 2021 and 2022, the International Energy Agency ... -
BioenergyCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEncoreFinance & InvestmentHydrogenHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyNuclearOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarWind
China Can Peak Coal Consumption, Power Sector Emissions by 2025, Researcher Says
An energy researcher from Peking University is pointing to a pathway for China to peak its coal consumption, coal-fired generation capacity, and power sector ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEncoreFood SecurityHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & Fracking
UN Urges 45% Methane Cut This Decade to Reduce Warming, Protect Health
Countries can and must reduce methane emissions 45% this decade to avoid nearly 0.3°C of additional global warming by 2045, keep a relatively climate-safe ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsMiddle EastSevere Storms & Flooding
Climate Disasters in 2020 Displace Three Times More People than War
Some 30 million people around the world were displaced last year by floods, severe storms, and wildfires, making climate change the cause of three ... -
AustraliaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyShale & FrackingSolarWind
Australia Pushes Forward with Gas Plant Despite Surging Renewables, Batteries
A rush in commercial acquisition of battery storage in Australia may be negating the need for a planned A$600-million gas-fired power plant in New ...
