South Africa sees 5,500 MW more renewable energy online by 2026

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa expects more than 5,500 megawatts (MW) of additional renewable energy projects to come online by 2026, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said on Tuesday. South Africa is in the midst of its worst electricity crisis ever, with households and businesses facing hours… Read More

Investors may exit consumer goods firms over EU deforestation law

LONDON – As a new European Union zero-tolerance deforestation law looms, several major investors told Reuters they are concerned about their exposure to the issue, with some saying they could quit consumer goods makers with “risky” supply chains. The EU agreed in December a new rule to… Read More

Fossil fuel company net zero plans ‘largely meaningless,’ report says

LONDON – The number of fossil fuel companies setting net-zero emissions targets has risen sharply over the past year, but most fail to address key concerns, making them “largely meaningless”, a report showed on Monday. Some 75 of the world’s largest 112 fossil fuel companies… Read More

UAE looks to salty, muddy mangroves in climate change fight

Climate Change – ABU DHABI – Against the heat, urbanisation and sand of the United Arab Emirates, the placid, muddy waterways of the Gulf state’s coastal mangroves are being restored and planted in an ambitious fight against climate change. Tropical mangrove forests are complex ecosystems… Read More

EU to try again for renewable energy deal after nuclear row

Climate Change – European Union countries will try again next week to pass a deal on new renewable energy targets, which have been stalled by concerns from France and other states that the law sidelines nuclear energy. A group of countries including France lodged last-minute opposition to… Read More

Earth Rally : United to creat true change

WE UNITED CAN AND WILL MAKE THAT IMPORTANT CHANGE NEEDED. IT is CLEAR that The COP events did very little to actually focus on the real issues harming our great planet. For this reason I am asking Organisations, Activity Groups, NGO to UNITE as ONE… Read More

Climate change: World’s top court to weigh in

The world’s top court will for the first time advise on countries’ legal obligations to fight climate change, following a UN resolution on Wednesday. The International Court of Justice will now prepare an advisory opinion that could be cited in climate court cases. The motion… Read More

COP27 Climate anxiety is rising – it might be a good thing

Global leaders are about to meet for another UN climate summit – COP27 starting in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday – and the reality of climate change for many people can be overwhelming. Record-breaking heatwaves, devastating floods in Pakistan, and drought in East Africa – and… Read More

Climate change: Campaigners hail ruling on ‘net zero’

Campaigners have hailed a High Court ruling that the government’s ‘net zero’ strategy breaches its obligations under the Climate Change Act. The strategy commits the UK to slash emissions of the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet to reach ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050. … Read More

Singapore seeks to slash waste with plastic bags charge

Singapore on Thursday recommended supermarkets start charging for disposable carrier bags, a move aimed at slashing carbon emissions in a tiny nation that produces enough annual waste to fill hundreds of Olympic-sized swimming pools. A 2018 study by the Singapore Environment Council found shoppers take… Read More