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December 2019
EU reaches milestone by agreeing on green criteria for finance
Toxic fluorescent lamps: Mercury issue with large energy saving potential
Aviation and shipping set to face differing fortunes under EU Green Deal
EU banking regulator: ‘No green economy if we encourage banks to be insolvent’
CO2-tracking satellites crucial for climate efforts, say space experts
‘People’ to take centre stage in EU Commission’s new energy policy
EU agreement on 2050 climate neutrality can help spur a renovation wave
Revolt brewing against EU’s ‘unrealistic’ climate goals
Businesses need strong climate policy as they aim for net-zero
Europe's 'carbon border tax' could hurt climate negotiations -China adviser
Buildings must be at the heart of the European Green Deal. Here’s why
Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions up 0.6 per cent in 2019 due to China
Tackling degraded oceans could mitigate climate crisis - report
Europe’s environment ‘at a tipping point’, EU agency says
Climate models have accurately predicted global heating, study finds
Paris climate deal: world not on track to meet goal amid continuous emissions
EU leaders to push for climate neutrality at next week’s summit, draft shows
12 strategies to step up global energy efficiency – eceee, ACEEE, AEEE
Renovation is key to meet climate targets – BPIE report
IEA at COP25 presses for stronger action on energy efficiency
Natural gas rush drives a global rise in fossil fuel emissions
COP25: ‘Signals of hope’ multiplying in face of global climate crisis, insists UN chief Guterres
In China, coal creeps back in as slowing economy overshadows climate change ambitions
Poor nations pay price as millions flee 'climate chaos', Oxfam says
Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world?
RE100 campaign tops 200 corporate members
Commission official: EU should re-examine renewable energy rules
Coal power becoming 'uninsurable' as firms refuse cover
Zero-hour on climate, but UN talks in another time zone
Von der Leyen to start with climate summit, Africa trip
What is Article 6? The issue climate negotiators cannot agree
Boris Johnson urged to challenge Trump on climate denial
Green finance sector expected to discuss issue of climate justice at COP25
Bank of England's Carney to become U.N. climate finance envoy
Poor states ‘need extra cash to combat climate crisis threats’
Governments should take stronger action on energy efficiency, according to global IEA survey
November 2019
Brazil's president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fires, offers no evidence
Progressive businesses support a 55% carbon reduction target in Europe
The climate crisis is our responsibility, not our children’s
World’s second-largest ferry operator switching from diesel to batteries
German central banker pushes back on calls for ECB to fight climate change
Leak reveals Brussels’ draft plan for European green deal
Madrid climate talks to split nations into vanguard and laggard
JRC: Need to speed up building renovation to meet climate goals
European Parliament declares climate emergency
Parliament signs 2020 EU budget deal, boosts spending on climate action
Power and gas ‘coupling’ seen as key to EU’s zero-carbon quest
Demands grow for ‘global justice’ on climate damage at UN talks
Greening the blue: championing coastal climate solutions
Do NECPs from the 28 Member States meet EU transport decarbonisation targets?
UK leaders debate climate, with Boris Johnson replaced by ice sculpture
The five corrupt pillars of climate change denial
Implementing clean air rules the eternal problem, as EU countries told to raise game
IKEA to invest 200 mln euros in race to turn 'climate positive'
China says CO2 border tax will damage global climate change fight
Climate emergency: world 'may have crossed tipping points’
Paris, Berlin divided over nuclear’s recognition as green energy
Paris, Berlin divided over nuclear’s recognition as green energy
Angela Merkel criticises EIB decision to ban gas lending
Solar and battery storage: A clean solution to a dirty problem
Impact of air pollution on health may be far worse than thought, study suggests
EU climate investment falls behind China and the US
Yes, electric vehicles really are better than fossil fuel burners
UN calls for push to cut greenhouse gas levels to avoid climate chaos
Government seeks public views on how best to decarbonise by 2050
Carbon emissions show no signs of peaking
European Parliament splits over climate emergency motion
Weights show the way to cheap stored power
European coal power output sees ‘unprecedented’ decline
'A sly thief': Rising heat steals jobs and lives in eastern India
Greenhouse gases surge to record in 2018, exceeding 10-yr average rate: U.N.
COP25 will determine climate’s ‘crucial’ year
Construction clean-up looms as Green Deal approaches
At least four dead after massive floods hit southeastern France
Students accuse Cambridge university of 'greenwashing' ties with oil firms
Can we have net zero emissions and still fly?
Death toll from Kenya landslides rises to 56 as heavy rains lash country's north west
Weights show the way to cheap stored power
Estee Lauder signs renewable energy deal
Housing renovation plan will be ‘flagship’ of European Green Deal
Arctic’s oldest ice shows signs of change
Time to steer shipping into the EU carbon market
Altmaier’s planned ‘turbine-free zones’ could halve Germany’s wind energy potential
Why Europe should champion a carbon border tax
Multiple Benefits Symposium highlights how to influence energy-saving investments
Extinction Rebellion aims to turn up political heat with hunger strikes
How do we convince climate change deniers? That’s the wrong question.
Finally, the public wants action on the climate crisis. Now politics must catch up
Companies control majority of US energy use, but most lack efficiency goals
Wealth alone won't save countries from climate change
Greener, longer life: More trees reduce premature deaths in cities
Study: No EU country has calculated transport decarbonisation costs
Tech route to greener cities only 'smart' if residents follow
Fossil fuel production on track for double the safe climate limit
COP25 to keep ocean focus despite moving to Madrid
Is carbon-neutral beef the future of Australia’s beef sector?
Putin attacks ‘strange’ European plans to reduce gas usage
Grid-interactive efficient buildings are the future, and utilities can help lead the way
Decarbonising the construction industry: Can Europe lead in low carbon buildings and infrastructure?
Why is aviation’s true climate impact being kept under the radar?
Berlin and Brussels should realise that e-fuels for trucks are a bad, expensive bet
Offshore wind carry EU to meeting Paris goals, says IEA
Can carbon offsets tackle airlines’ emissions problem?
British Columbia tops provinces in Canada’s first-ever energy efficiency scorecard
EU 2020 budget boosts climate action spending
Daniel Caspary MEP: Raw materials ‘need a sustainable deal, not a green deal’
Over half of India's coal-fired power plants set to miss emission norm deadline
Breaking new ground: The EU’s push for raw materials sovereignty
Investors step up pressure on global energy watchdog over climate change
Financing the energy transition: Where’s the money?
Renewable energy: climate crisis 'may have triggered faster wind speeds'
Climate change and the bleak prognosis for human health
MEP: Clean technology mix needed to decarbonise transport
Yemenis go solar amid war energy shortage
Venice hit by another exceptional high tide; worst week in 150 years
The Amazon: on the frontline of a global battle to tackle the climate crisis
Scientists and climate advisers condemn Tory environmental record
Climate activists block Geneva airport's private-jet terminal
If you can’t talk about climate when the country is burning, when can you?
France to end tax breaks for palm oil in biofuel
French gas networks could mix in green hydrogen in future, say operators
German ministers urge EU to lead the way at COP25 in Madrid
European Investment Bank ends lending to fossil fuel projects
French banks still fund coal despite finance minister’s plea
EU ETS a threat to renovation of buildings: Analysis concludes
Political agreement on EU tyre labelling 'will save equivalent to 4 million cars’
Shell announces support for Europe's first sustainable aviation fuel plant
Germany makes legal changes to ease completion of Nord Stream 2
Wildfire threat darkens California dream, residents say
Flood, fire and plague: climate change blamed for disasters
Is coal power winning the US-China trade war?
Green Climate Fund expands support to more than 100 developing states
Growing demand for SUVs 'could negate electric car benefits'
The world’s foremost energy outlook is still leading us to catastrophic climate change
Singapore state investor Temasek to be carbon neutral by 2020
Climate change exposes future generations to life-long health harm
Germany to sit out decisive EIB vote amid fossil fuel row
First Arab astronaut to visit ISS urges climate protection on Earth
How do efficiency programs serve low-income communities? New study takes a look.
Nuclear power ‘dead and alive’, S&P proclaims
Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time
Stakeholders push for progress on France’s climate adaptation plans
Do more now or risk climate catastrophe, IEA warns
Circular economy erected as ‘number one priority’ of European Green Deal
Greta Thunberg leaves US with simple climate crisis message: vote
Norway flaunts its green credentials – so why is it drilling more oil wells?
EU bank tees up fossil fuel compromise ahead of crucial vote
Economic opportunity should see US get on board with shipping clean-up
G20 heads in the wrong direction on climate action
A clean and healthy environment should be a basic human right – international law could make it one
Banks taking only ‘superficial’ climate action, study reveals
Murder of Indonesia palm oil activists shows growing threat, rights groups say
Indigenous leader calls for EU action against firms over Brazil deforestation
EU plots climate deal with China
Sinking suburban "home" drifts down Thames in watery climate protest
Qantas joins IAG in pledge to slash emissions to counter climate change
Climate change deniers’ new battle front attacked
Climategate 10 years on: what lessons have we learned?
Worried by climate change, EU moves to end fossil fuel funding
Biogas plant that will fuel the transport sector in UK gets the go-ahead
Questions raised over UK's state-backed fund for electric car charging
Dense, well-planned cities are part of a sustainable future, says Singapore minister
'Greta Thunberg effect' driving growth in carbon offsetting
Residents told to leave homes as downpours bring floods across northern England
Fed sees climate change shaping economy, policy
‘No way around electrification,’ BMW says
Europe needs to double electricity share to meet climate goals – EU official
Nine EU countries urge new Commission to tax aviation more
New TV test method underpins world-leading European energy policy
Metals are Europe’s climate compass. Here’s why
New Zealand passes law aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Renewable fuels will not solve aviation's climate dilemma - industry experts
Our food system is broken. Here’s how we fix it
Climate finance climbs but 'tectonic' shift urged to meet needs
Budapest declares climate emergency, teases carbon-neutrality
Selling electricity to neighbours: Technically feasible, but not in practice
Green cement? Captured carbon may fuel new markets and help climate
Half of China’s investment in Kazakhstan is in oil and gas
Majority of UK public back 2030 zero-carbon target – poll
Towards a more sustainable Europe: the potential of standards
Italy to put sustainability and climate at heart of learning in schools
Macron takes dig at Trump over climate pact exit: ‘I deplore some choices’
London police ban on Extinction Rebellion was unlawful, court finds
Sea levels set to keep rising for centuries even if emissions targets met
US Paris Agreement withdrawal prompts new thinking on how to exert pressure
‘Sector coupling’: The EU energy buzzword no-one can actually pin down
GM’s siding with Trump administration reveals a lack of commitment to clean, efficient vehicles
Bangladesh seen as climate threat by boosting coal reliance
UK launches £315m new tech fund to help industry cut emissions
Southeast Asia’s dependence on fossil fuel subsidies ‘like crack cocaine’
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
China targets individual behaviour with 'green living' campaign
Most countries' climate plans 'totally inadequate' – experts
No fly zone: I didn't catch a plane for a year and saved 19 tonnes of Co2
IEA: Time to act as global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade
Carbon-neutral flying already technically feasible, says German transport expert
