Europe
-
AfricaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
2019 Shapes Up as ExxonMobil’s Worst Stock Market Year Since 1981
The world’s biggest private fossil company, ExxonMobil, is preparing for its worst stock performance since 1981 and facing pressure from shareholders to send dividends ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5EuropeLegal & RegulatoryNational Plans & Responses
French Climate Petition Approaches Two Million Signatures in One Week as Groups Plot Legal Action
A petition protesting France’s failure to honour its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement has collected nearly two million signatures in one week, making ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeJobsNational Plans & ResponsesPost-Carbon Transition
UK Labour Party Promises ‘Economic Revolution’ to Tackle Climate, Create Green Jobs
An “economic revolution to tackle the climate crisis, using the full power of the state to decarbonize the economy and create hundreds of thousands ... -
Deniers Need Not Apply as NBC’s Meet the Press Runs Hour-Long Climate Special
Media coverage of the climate crisis was off to an unusually good start as the calendar flipped to 2019, with a major weekend news ... -
Coal Demand to Stagnate Worldwide, Decline in China, EU, United States
Although global coal consumption almost certainly increased in 2018, it’s likely to remain stagnant through 2023, delivering neither the growth the industry needs nor ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionPathways to 1.5Sub-National Governments
Jaccard: Carbon Taxes are ‘Good Policy, Bad Politics’ When Regulations Do Most of the Work
One of Canada’s leading climate economists and modelers is out with a Globe and Mail opinion piece that questions the decades-old narrative that positions ... -
CanadaDrive to 1.5EuropeJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionUnited States
International Climate Action Must Include Limits on Fossil Fuel Supply
Constraints on fossil fuel supplies are needed alongside effort to reduce demand if the countries that participated in COP 24 earlier this month hope ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBatteries/StorageEuropeFinance & InvestmentPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
New Ultra-Fast EV Charger Can Deliver 100 Kilometres of Range in Three Minutes
BMW and Porsche have pulled ahead of Tesla in the race to field ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations, with a new model that delivers ... -
New UK Strategy Shows Aviation Growing 53%, Accounting for 25% of Emissions by 2050
Aviation emissions could account for up to 25% of the United Kingdom’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 under a new national government strategy that ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon Transition
EU Gas Pipelines Could Become Stranded Assets by Mid-Century, Cañete Warns
Natural gas pipelines are at risk of becoming stranded assets by mid-century as the European Commission pursues its 2050 decarbonization strategy, EU climate commissioner ...
