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Can Poland dismantle the EU Green Deal with legal challenges?
For years, Poland’s right-wing government has been threatening to legally challenge the EU’s climate policy, and this summer it delivered …
Signal: Uganda announces Energy Transition Plan
Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued the country's Energy …
COP28 explainer: why hasn’t China signed the tripling renewables pledge?
DUBAI – Despite having worked on the global pledge for tripling renewables capacity for an entire year, alongside the COP28 presidency …
EVs a bright spot at COP28 – but action needed in developing countries
DUBAI – Suspense over whether a “phase out of fossil fuels” will appear in the final COP28 cover text is …
Indigenous leaders decry lack of inclusion in COP28 negotiations; new report shows climate funds “evaporate” before reaching them
DUBAI – Leaders of indigenous communities from Indonesia, the Amazon and Congo basins, and Mesoamerica are concerned that they are …
EU pushing ahead on cleantech trade battle with China
In September, as she delivered her annual State of the EU speech to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula …
Can Poland dismantle the EU Green Deal with legal challenges?
For years, Poland’s right-wing government has been threatening to legally challenge the EU’s climate policy, and this summer it delivered …
EU pushing ahead on cleantech trade battle with China
In September, as she delivered her annual State of the EU speech to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula …
Anti-oil and gas alliance strengthens as COP28 negotiations falter
DUBAI – A trailblazing group of territories that has pledged to end oil and gas extraction and exploration has added …
Germany’s COP28 message is undermined by its domestic climate action crisis
On Saturday 2 December, on the third day of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told …
Emirati oil casts an inescapable shadow over climate talks at COP28
DUBAI – For people in the climate world, the annual two-week extravaganza that is COP28 is a moment to see …
COP28: Six new banks sign up to UNEP FI’s Principles for Responsible Banking
Over the weekend at COP28, at an inaugural signing ceremony attended by Energy Monitor, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance …
COP28 Day 3: US, UAE and China lead methane announcement blitz
On Saturday, during the third day of COP28, global leaders unveiled a raft of new announcements targeting methane at a …
Petrostates to lose $8trn of fossil-fuel income by 2040
COP28 host the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is among 28 petrostates that risk losing over half their revenues from fossil …
Cautious optimism as ‘fossil fuels’ included in COP28 Global Stocktake draft
DUBAI - COP28 have negotiators released the first draft of their response to the Global Stocktake synthesis report, showing the …
A Sunnylands victory? Assessing the US-China climate deal
As COP28 kicks off in Dubai, there is a pressing need for global leaders to set aside geopolitical differences in …
Signal: batteries market grows as gas-fired generators wind down
A growing global battery market offers a new means of bolstering energy security, as gas-fired power plants close down. The …