‘We need to get off fossil fuels’: COP31 negotiations chief tells AFP
Bonn (AFP) - The incoming COP31 negotiations president told AFP on Monday the Middle East war underscored the need to ...
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Tag: climate change
Europe’s green jet fuels see upside in Iran war
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - At a plant near Frankfurt, in Germany, hydrogen and CO2 sourced from a chlorine factory and ...
FIFA’s huge World Cup to generate unprecedented cash and CO2
Lausanne (AFP) - The biggest and most lucrative ever World Cup this summer will also set a record for the ...
Rich nations topped $100 bn climate finance goal again in 2023, 2024: OECD
Paris (France) (AFP) - Wealthy countries topped their $100 billion annual climate finance goal for poorer nations for the third ...
The world built more coal power in 2025, but used less
Bangkok (AFP) - The world built and commissioned more coal power in 2025, but used the polluting fuel less, with ...
New Zealand moves to halt lawsuits over climate damage
Wellington (AFP) - New Zealand will change the law to prevent lawsuits that seek to hold companies liable for "climate ...
Climate risks fuel insurance costs, squeezing US households even inland
Flat Rock (United States) (AFP) - After Tony Dunn lost his home in a California wildfire, he moved to mountainous ...
Energy crisis fuels calls to cut methane emissions
Paris (France) (AFP) - Officials pushed Monday for faster action to reduce methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector to ...
Nations urged to ‘go further’ as fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia
Santa Marta (Colombia) (AFP) - Nearly 60 nations hailed progress in the fight to exit fossil fuels as a breakaway ...
African oil producers defend need to drill at fossil fuel exit talks
Santa Marta (Colombia) (AFP) - Oil-rich African nations at global fossil fuel phaseout talks in Colombia said Wednesday they would ...
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