The president of Azerbaijan has added 12 women to the previously all-male organising committee for the Cop29 global climate summit, which the country will host…
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Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project
Climate campaigners have launched two separate legal challenges to government plans to open a massive new oilfield in the North Sea. Greenpeace and the campaign…
View More Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil projectFormer world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage
The bumper revenues of oil-producing states should be subject to a $25bn levy to help pay for the impact of climate disasters on the world’s…
View More Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damageEU agrees law to curb methane emissions from fossil fuel industry
The EU has struck a deal that will force the fossil fuel industry to rein in dangerous methane pollution. Under the proposed law, the first…
View More EU agrees law to curb methane emissions from fossil fuel industryCop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates
The state oil company of the United Arab Emirates, whose CEO will preside over imminent UN climate negotiations, has the largest net-zero-busting expansion plans of…
View More Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicatesShell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea
Shell is suing Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages in one of the biggest ever legal threats against the group after its campaigners occupied a moving…
View More Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North SeaFrance is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data shows
France is Europe’s biggest supporter of “carbon bomb” extraction projects that hold enough fossil fuels to pump out more than a gigaton of CO2 each,…
View More France is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data showsRishi Sunak to ‘double down’ on anti-green policies in king’s speech
Rishi Sunak’s government will use next week’s king’s speech to advance expansion of North Sea oil and gas exploration, as well as pro-car policies, in…
View More Rishi Sunak to ‘double down’ on anti-green policies in king’s speechUK regulator trying to block release of Shell North Sea documents
The UK’s oil and gas regulator is coming under fire from environmental groups for using lawyers to try to prevent the publication of five key…
View More UK regulator trying to block release of Shell North Sea documentsGreta Thunberg arrested after joining hundreds of climate protesters in London – video
The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in London after joining hundreds of protesters who gathered at a five-star hotel to denounce a meeting…
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