Fossil fuel phase-out plan is missing link in energy and climate policy – The Irish Times
Ireland has climate targets and clean energy targets. What it lacks is a plan to end dependence on…
EU backs ending new oil and gas drilling
The world should end new fossil fuel drilling, EU Climate Action Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has said, adding that…
Italy: Most exposed EU country to fossil fuel shocks calls for a ‘united European’ transition
“Thinking about the transition from fossil fuels and energy resilience, Italy needs to be embedded in a European…
‘Wrong side of history’: Report ties top polluters to countries blocking fossil fuel phaseout
An increasingly concentrated group of fossil fuel giants is dominating global emissions and “actively sabotaging” climate action to…
Colombia aims to launch fossil fuel transition platform at first global conference
Colombia is seeking to use this year’s first global conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels to launch…
Why the U.S. and China Are Taking Opposite Sides in the Energy Transition
Global economies are increasingly splitting into two opposing camps when it comes to energy policy. While many nations…
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate – The Irish Times
Thankfully, it’s rare to encounter outright climate denial in public these days. But it is still common to…
‘Recycling plastic doesn’t solve the plastic problem. It just tells people it’s okay to use plastic’ – The Irish Times
Numerous climate bombshells exploded at the Cop30 talks in Brazil – but none quite so quietly devastating as…
Australia’s emissions have dropped, but we’ve got our work cut out to reach targets
Australia’s emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19…
Is ‘imagination activism’ the antidote to climate doom we’ve been looking for?
“I’ll believe it when I see it” is something cynics like to say. Willy Wonka famously reversed that.…
Denmark tops ranking of most ambitious countries on climate with 85% emission reduction target
An ambitious target On Monday at COP30, the Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, announced…
Away from COP30 and treaties, pragmatism sparks clean energy boom in the global south
There are well-known poster children for the transition to clean technologies. Norway, for its embrace of electric cars,…