A loan from International Monetary Fund allows the African country to rebuild from climate-linked disaster – but drives the poor into debt, campaigners warn.
… Mozambique ‘faces climate debt trap’ Climate Home News Natalie Sauer | 3rd May 2019 … allows the African country to rebuild from climate-linked disaster – but drives the poor …
A proposal to add a green subsidiary to the European Investment Bank (pictured) has puzzled the bank.
… Macron puts climate bank on EU agenda Natalie Sauer | 11th March 2019 News Climate Emmanuel Macron Election … his weight behind the idea of an EU bank for climate investments, ahead of the bloc’s …
Chile plans to use this year’s UN climate talks to focus attention on the world’s most important carbon sponge – the oceans.
… Chile’s ‘Blue COP’ Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 1st May 2019 News Chile … Chile plans to use this year’s UN climate talks to focus attention on the … sidelined from the key political forum on climate change, the United Nations Framework …
Young people are preparing for a mass walkout of classes tomorrow, to demand swift action from governments to safeguard their futures.
… School climate strikes expected in 92 countries … Natalie Sauer | 14th March 2019 News Climate Change Youth Strikes … preparing to go on a school strike for the climate. The walkout on on Friday 15 … to have a realistic chance to prevent a climate catastrophe. According to the …
Confusion reigns as UN Environment publishes, then retracts, an article criticising the use of carbon credits to make up for polluting activities.
… carbon offsetting critique Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 12th June 2019 News Carbon … article was taken down, following queries by Climate Home News. In the original article, archived by the Wayback Machine , a climate specialist at the UN organisation …
Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it.
… Climate alarm: ‘Most important years in … Natalie Sauer | 9th October 2018 News Climate Change Co2 Emissions Paris Agreement x … serious, far reaching and once-avoidable climate change impacts, according to the …
Jean-Claude Junker said he does not support raising the bloc’s 2030 climate goal, days before EU leaders are expected to discuss climate ambition.
… 'should not raise 2030 target' Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 13th June 2019 News EU Junker Climate Change Carbon Emissions Thought … he does not support raising the bloc’s 2030 climate goal, days before EU leaders are …
France’s worst civil unrest in decades was sparked by an anti-pollution tax, but are the gilets jaunes fighting against climate action?
… Natalie Sauer | 25th March 2019 News Climate Change French Revolution Change Makers … but are the gilets jaunes fighting against climate action? In Paris this month more than … people poured into the streets to demand climate action. The city’s largest-ever …
'It isn’t normal to resort to anti-terrorist units in order to pursue activists whose acts threaten neither the security nor the integrity of the state.'
… French counter-terrorism targets climate activists Natalie Sauer | 4th April 2019 News France Climate Change Change Makers … against what they say is Macron’s failure of climate leadership, has become the target of …
Emissions in Australia are rising, and experts warn that the current government has no policies to stop them.
… Australia's emissions rise Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 11th June 2019 News … by 7 percent by 2030. Shadow minister for climate change and energy Mark Butler simply … difficult to achieve, experts warned. Climate analyst Ketan Joshi told Climate Home …
Island leaders reacted strongly to the host country’s emphasis on workers, reminding them of their own dire predicament
… News Cop 24 Summit Katowice Andrzy Duda Paris Climate Agrrement Henryk Kowalczyk x Island … leaders delivered a clear message on Monday: climate change must be tackled, but not at the … Cop24 summit. By holding this year’s UN climate negotiations in Katowice, a city in …
Slovakia’s first female president will challenge long-standing industrial interests and the financing of coal mining.
… to fight coal subsidies Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 4th April 2019 News … . Key issues Spokesperson Martin Burgr told Climate Home News that climate policy was “one of the key issues”, …
A report on formally joining the climate deal is due for completion by the end of the month, while a key industry lobby has reversed its opposition.
… Warming x A report on formally joining the climate deal is due for completion by the end … Late last year, the country’s lead climate advisor Ruslan Edelgeriev released a … and state regulation of activities to combat climate change may serve as a pretext for …
A top politician may have personally benefited from payments made by one of Indonesia’s biggest coal miners to an offshore firm he owned, an investigation by Global Witness alleged.
… named in alleged coal scam Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 11th April 2019 News … last investment in Indonesia’s coal sector”. Climate change Stuart McWilliam, lead climate campaigner at Global Witness, …
Spaniards threw their weight behind a Green New Deal programme by re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist party (PSOE).
… in Spain with Green New Deal Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 30th April 2019 News Spain … New Deal programme by re-electing the pro-climate Spanish Socialist party (PSOE). The … proposed one of the world’s most aggressive climate laws . The legislation committed the …
Spanish utility giant Ibedrola has laid out a plan to build Europe’s largest solar power plant in the country.
… Spanish solar plant unveiled Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 11th June 2019 News Spain … one year ago Teresa Ribera has introduced climate legislation aiming to achieve 100 … Otto, head of the Renewables Foundation told Climate Home News: “It’s clear that policies …
Japan's climate legislation is heavy on tech, and light on any plans to tackle its coal dependency.
… Japan sets carbon neutral goal Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 13th June 2019 News Japan … Makers japan-4141578_960_720.jpg Japan's climate legislation is heavy on tech, and … seen as taking a serious stance on tackling climate change” . This Author Natalie Sauer …
The main opposition party will treat air pollution as a national emergency and tackle climate change impacts if elected, it promises as India goes to the polls.
… on Modi with green promises Natalie Sauer Climate Home News | 12th April 2019 News India … pollution as a national emergency and tackle climate change impacts if elected, it promises … analyst at think-tank Brookings India, told Climate Home News. Pujarini Sen, a climate and …
VW's pollution cheating has caused thousands of premature deaths, write Mike Berners-Lee & Chris Goodall, creating costs that could destroy the company's entire shareholder equity. But this is no 'Black Swan' event. It is an early example of the existential threat to the fossil fuel economy.
… Fossil Fuels Transport Finance Emissions Climate Change Health derelict-esso-cut.jpg … £50bn by the stock market. But what about the climate? Diesel cars have been favoured by … longer-run but equally serious threat from climate change. Unless NOx performance of …
Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency says trucks, petrochemicals and air travel driving global oil use.
… say that electric cars are a solution to our climate change problem? It is not,” Birol … governments to overshoot their Paris climate pledges . Greg Archer, UK director of … to sell the second million,” Archer wrote to Climate Home News. “Now well over a million …
According to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So after hearing an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested in solar power already produces more energy than if it's put into oil exploration and production, and the gap is only going to widen from here. Is this the new 'peak oil'?
… News Energy Oil Renewables Finance Economics Climate Change gasoline-cut.jpg According to … energy" and that those who worried about climate change should focus their attention on … to gather short-term popularity by appeasing climate activists. When questioned on why the …
President Jair Bolsonaro says he will strike balance between environment and 'much-needed economic development.
… Ricardo Salles Deforestation Biodiversity Climate Politics x President Jair Bolsonaro … to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change – a decision on which he has … Article This article was first published at Climate Home News . It is now our mission to …
78 records didn't come to an end because the world ran out of shellac, writes Chris Goodall. And today's cars won't be made obsolete by a shortage of oil, or even climate change. The transition will be driven by falling prices, long range, clean air laws, and the superb style, performance and driving experience they offer.
… made obsolete by a shortage of oil, or even climate change. The transition will be driven … be stopped. And it isn't worries about climate change that are driving the switch to … is an expert on energy, environment and climate change and valued contributor to The …