Green bonds offer hope, and risk, in Africa’s climate fight
Lagos (AFP) - It only took two days for Nigeria to raise $59 million through green bonds -- part of ...
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Tech giants’ net zero goals verging on fantasy: researchers
Paris (AFP) - The credibility of climate pledges by the world's tech giants to rapidly become carbon neutral is fading ...
Judge orders Trump admin to release billions in EV charging funds
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars allocated ...
UK carbon emissions cut by half since 1990: experts
London (AFP) - The UK has cut its carbon emissions by 50. 4 percent since 1990 levels, a group of ...
Better than gold: how Ecuador cashed in on surging cocoa prices
Milagro (Ecuador) (AFP) - In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, ...
Brazil sells rights to oil blocks near Amazon river mouth
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) - Brazil sold extraction rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of ...
Sunny Greece struggles with solar energy overload
Kastron Viotias (Greece) (AFP) - In a field in central Greece that once grew clover and corn, maintenance worker Nikos ...
SAfrica’s coal dependency puts economy at risk: report
Johannesburg (AFP) - South Africa's coal-dependent economy could lose billions in export revenue and thousands of jobs as more countries ...
TotalEnergies in landmark greenwashing trial in France
Paris (AFP) - Environmental groups took TotalEnergies to court Thursday in a landmark Paris trial, accusing the French oil and ...
TotalEnergies on trial in landmark greenwashing case in France
Paris (AFP) - French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies goes on trial in Paris on Thursday over allegations of misleading ...
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