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08:40 Brazil urging tougher emissions goals ahead of climate summit, sources say

Brazil, which hosts this year's United Nations climate summit, has a main goal of persuading Europe, China and other developing economies to commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, three people with knowledge of the country's plans told Reuters.

22/04 Environmental lawyers get ready to pounce on Trump’s energy deregulation moves

U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump's administration over its rapid-fire and sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations on oil, gas and coal development.

21/04 Exclusive: EU explores tweaking methane rules for US gas to help trade talks, sources say

The European Union is looking at ways to make it easier for U.S. gas exports to comply with its methane emissions rules, as the bloc attempts to avert a trade war with U.S. President Trump, three sources told Reuters.

19/04 Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides

Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia's Central Java province, wakes up every morning to the sound of the sea. If that sounds idyllic, it is anything but.

18/04 EU Commission faces complaint over easing of sustainability rules

Climate and human rights campaigners filed a complaint against the European Commission on Friday, accusing the EU executive of weakening sustainability laws without first consulting the public about the changes or assessing their impact.

15/04 Europe had most widespread floods for more than a decade in 2024, scientists say

Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent's river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as fossil fuel-driven climate change continued to prompt torrential rain and other extreme weather.

10/04 Restarting coal plants after Trump's executive orders makes no economic sense, report says

U.S. President Donald Trump is advocating for increased coal production in the United States, however, reviving decommissioned coal plants to meet this goal makes "no economic sense", the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Thursday.

10/04 EU expects to add record renewable capacity in 2025, industry sees headwinds

European Union countries are projected to install a record amount of renewable energy capacity this year, European Commission projections showed, although parts of the sector warned cuts to government support could hamper this growth.

08/04 Europe just had warmest March on record

Europe experienced its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said on Tuesday.

08/04 Renewables provided record 32% of global electricity in 2024, Ember says

Renewable power generation provided a record 32% of global electricity last year, a report by energy think tank Ember said on Tuesday, as overall electricity demand grew 4% driven by heatwaves and data centres.

06/04 Kentucky says 2 dead after floods, over dozen killed recently in other US parts

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said on Sunday that two people died and over 500 roads were closed in the state due to deadly storms and floods, which have also killed over a dozen people in the past week in other states of the U.S. South and Midwest.

03/04 Warning of 'generational' floods as storms hit US Midwest and South

The National Weather Service warned on Thursday of "generational" floods in the southern and Midwestern United States, as storms ripped across a swath of the country from Texas to Michigan, flinging down hail and whipping up tornadoes.

03/04 Tornadoes, heavy rains rip across central, southern US

Tornadoes ripped across a wide swath of the central and southern United States on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and bringing down power lines and trees.

28/03 Love motels and converted ferries: Brazil gets creative to host COP30

Environmental activists from around the globe have eagerly awaited Brazil's turn hosting the United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, after three years where the conference of world leaders tackling global warming was held in countries without full freedom for public demonstrations.

28/03 EU targeting energy laws in drive to cut red tape, sources say

The European Commission is considering changes to EU energy laws as part of its next package of proposals to cut the regulatory burden for struggling industries, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

27/03 UK climate protest group Just Stop Oil says it will stop direct action

British climate protest group Just Stop Oil, whose high-profile stunts have included throwing soup at a Van Gogh painting and disrupting sporting and theatre events, said on Thursday that it would end its campaign of direct action.

22/03 Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian

Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new push by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

22/03 Canadian opposition, oil CEOs call for scrapping federal carbon price system

The future of Canada's six-year-old carbon pricing system is on shaky ground after 14 oil and gas CEOs and the political opposition leader this week called for its repeal. Scrapping the system, which aims to reduce pollution by giving heavy industry a financial incentive to cut carbon emissions, however, puts the viability of the high-profile Pathways Alliance carbon capture project in doubt.

19/03 US judge blocks Trump's EPA from clawing back climate grants

A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from recovering grant funds issued as part of a $20 billion climate funding program that President Donald Trump's administration has moved to terminate.

10/03 US Supreme Court nixes challenge to state climate suits against oil firms

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by 19 Republican-led states led by Alabama to block five Democratic-led states from pursuing lawsuits accusing major oil companies of deceiving the public about the role fossil fuels have played in causing climate change.

10/03 Indian slums get 'cool roofs' to combat extreme heat

Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of India's western Gujarat state have been painted in a reflective, white coating over the last two months to try to keep their occupants cooler as the hottest time of year approaches.

09/03 Environmental NGO sues Trump's EPA, Citibank over funding freeze

It is the latest in a scores of cases filed by nonprofit groups, state attorneys general and others.

08/03 United States quits board of UN climate damage fund, letter shows

The United States has withdrawn from the board of the U.N.'s hard-negotiated climate damage fund, dedicated to helping poor and vulnerable nations cope with climate change-fuelled disasters, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

07/03 Germany's climate activists on edge as parties shape coalition agenda

Climate activists fear the worst when Germany's conservatives and Social Democrats begin to thrash out a joint climate policy for their future coalition government.

06/03 China announces plans for major renewable projects to tackle climate change

China said on Wednesday it would develop a package of major projects to tackle climate change as it moves to bring its carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060.

06/03 Exclusive: US withdrawing from plan to help major polluters move from coal, sources say

The United States is withdrawing from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a collaboration between richer nations to help developing countries transition from coal to cleaner energy, several sources in key participating countries said.

04/03 Over 1,000 protest NOAA scientist layoffs in Colorado

"I was in church yesterday and I wept for my country, it is overwhelmingly sad and distressing," said former U.S. Congressman David Skaggs who organized the protest. "We need to take a deep breath and gather our courage and stand up for what we know is right."

24/01 COP30 in Brazil set to spotlight developing countries' climate finance needs

As world leaders grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Brazil, the host of this year’s COP30 global climate summit, sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations in what will be a fierce dispute over who will pay for the global transition to cleaner energy sources.

23/01 Oil industry unlikely to rush to Alaska despite Trump's call to drill 

U.S. oil and gas companies are unlikely to expand development in Alaska and the Arctic following President Donald Trump's executive order enabling them to do so, company officials and industry representatives told Reuters, noting a future president could easily reverse Trump's move.

23/01 Senate panel approves Trump's picks to run energy, interior departments

U.S. Senate committees on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's choices to run energy and environmental policy - officials who, if backed by the full Senate, will seek to maximize fossil fuel output and scrap chunks of climate policy.

23/01 Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.

20/01 German TikTokers like China, Russia more, poll shows

Germans who get their news through TikTok are less likely to see China as a dictatorship, be less critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and be more sceptical about climate change and the utility of vaccines than consumers of other media.

20/01 Davos climate activists paint Amazon base green, disrupt helicopters

Climate activists sprayed green paint over Amazon's base in Davos on Monday and disrupted helicopter landings at the start of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

20/01 EU plans ban on 'forever chemicals' in consumer products

The European Commission intends to propose a ban on the use of PFAS, or "forever chemicals", in consumer products, with exemptions for essential industrial uses, the EU's environment chief told Reuters.

20/01 Top IKEA retailer warns in Davos that tariffs could drive prices higher

For budget furniture retailer IKEA, the fewer trade tariffs there are, the better, CEO of Ingka Group, the biggest global IKEA franchisee, told Reuters on Monday as businesses braced for higher possible U.S. tariffs under President Donald Trump.

18/01 Thousands gather in Washington to protest Trump inauguration

Demonstrators rallied for abortion and immigration rights as well as local D.C. issues.

18/01 Top Canadian banks quit global climate coalition ahead of Trump inauguration

Four of Canada's biggest lenders said on Friday they were withdrawing from a global banking sector climate coalition, joining six major U.S. banks.

17/01 Federal Reserve withdraws from global regulatory climate change group

The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system.

17/01 Trump's pick to lead EPA says agency authorized, not required to regulate CO2

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said he believes climate change is real and a threat but that the agency he is poised to oversee is just authorized, not required, to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.

16/01 Trump nominee for Interior backs full-throttle drilling on federal lands

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum, will tell lawmakers during his nomination hearing on Thursday that he will vigorously pursue Trump’s goals of maximizing energy production from America’s public lands and waters, calling it key to national security.

15/01 Trump's energy department pick to call for more LNG and nuclear power

Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the U.S. Energy Department, will tell U.S. senators in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday his first priority is expanding domestic energy production including liquefied natural gas and nuclear power.

14/01 Breakingviews - Wall St climate cop-out is superficial — for now

Talk about bad timing. Five years ago BlackRock boss Larry Fink made tackling climate change a priority. On Thursday, the world's largest investment firm with $11.5 trillion in assets pulled out of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative while large swathes of Los Angeles were burning in fires at least in part worsened by rising greenhouse-gas emissions. It's not alone. Other Wall Street heavyweigh

10/01 Politics, not climate, to drive sustainable finance trends in 2025

A turbulent year for sustainable finance is set to continue in 2025 as the return of Donald Trump as U.S. president heralds more regional divergence on everything from fund flows to legal cases and market regulations.

10/01 2024 was the first year above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say

The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists said on Friday.

09/01 Climate change shows 'claws' with rising costs for disasters, Munich Re says

Hurricanes, storms, floods and other natural disasters caused an estimated $140 billion in insured losses in 2024, up from 2023 and one of the costliest years on record, Munich Re said on Thursday.

09/01 In Los Angeles, water runs short as wildfires burn out of control

Crews battling multiple wildfires that raged across Los Angeles on Wednesday were up against a near-perfect storm: intense wind, low humidity and, most troubling for residents, inadequate supplies of water to contain the blazes.

09/01 Winds, warmth and relentless drought fueled Los Angeles fires, scientists say

Scientists said the wind-whipped wildfires tearing across the arid Los Angeles landscape mark the latest in climate-fuelled weather extremes that are likely to escalate further as global temperatures continue to climb.

08/01 EU warns of 'serious blow' from Trump on climate change

Global efforts to address climate change will be dealt a severe blow if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump again pulls the country out of the Paris Agreement, the EU's head of climate change policy has warned.

06/01 Climate change: what the latest science is telling us

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change.

04/01 India will discuss Chinese dams with US national-security adviser in New Delhi visit

Washington and its Western allies have long viewed India as a counter to China's rising influence in Asia and beyond.

03/01 Biden administration offers nuclear industry path to hydrogen tax credit

The Biden administration said on Friday nuclear power plants will be able to secure lucrative tax credits for production of what it calls clean hydrogen if the credits help prevent reactors from retiring.

01/01 In 2024, China saw warmest year in decades, breaking records yet again

Chinese meteorological data shows 2024 was the warmest year for the country since comparable records began more than six decades ago, the second straight year in which milestones were broken.

31/12 US to issue hydrogen credit rule this week, with path for nuclear, sources say

The U.S. Treasury Department intends to release guidance on how to access tax credits for hydrogen production under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act later this week, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

26/12 Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill

Peru's government on Thursday declared an environmental emergency in a northern coastal area, where state oil firm Petroperu last weekend spilled a crude oil shipment into surrounding waters of the Pacific Ocean.

24/12 No standing still as innovation and change beckon in new sporting year

As a jam-packed sporting year featuring a much-praised Olympic Games and four continental soccer tournaments rolls to a close it is tempting to expect that 2025 will be a more sedate one.

24/12 Exclusive: India reviews $30 billion sulphur-cutting programme for coal plants

India is reviewing a decade-old $30 billion programme requiring coal-fired power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur emissions after government-backed studies showed they had little impact on curbing pollution, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

24/12 The barnacle, Spaniards' favourite Christmas dish, imperilled by climate change

On the craggy rocks on northwestern Spain's treacherous Costa da Morte (Death Coast), wetsuit-clad fishermen dodge crashing waves as they pick barnacles, a prized Christmas delicacy facing decline due to climate change and other factors.

23/12 Europe's energy taxes are worsening industry woes, power CEO says

Governments hunting for ways to aid Europe's struggling industries should take aim at the continent's high energy taxes, which are eroding competitiveness, the head of Europe's electricity lobby told Reuters.

19/12 US sets new Paris climate target that Trump is expected to ignore

President Joe Biden's administration has set a new U.S. target under the Paris climate agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 61%-66% below 2005 levels by 2035, a goal officials called achievable by states even if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on vows to reverse federal policies.

18/12 Montana top court says youth have right to stable climate

Montana's top court ruled on Wednesday the state's constitution guarantees a right to a stable climate and invalidates laws barring regulators from considering the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions when permitting fossil-fuel projects.

18/12 Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans

A giant frog species that hopped alongside dinosaurs and is considered a "living fossil" is now losing ground in its native Chile as climate change and human intervention damage its habitat.

18/12 Cyclone Chido lays bare Mayotte's poverty crisis and resource shortage

Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the weekend.

17/12 Biden administration releases LNG export study, urging caution on new permits

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden released a long-awaited study on the economic and environmental impacts of liquefied natural gas exports on Tuesday, saying the results underscored the need for a cautious approach to new permits.

17/12 Here's what we know about Trump's planned executive orders so far

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue a flurry of executive orders and directives on his first day in office on Jan. 20, to put his stamp on his new presidency on everything from immigration to energy.

17/12 New EU renewable energy target faces nuclear roadblock

European Union plans for a new renewable energy goal hit early resistance on Monday from pro-nuclear governments, who indicated they would not back a goal that excludes atomic energy.

13/12 Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court

The World Court concludes hearings on Friday on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change and whether large states contributing most to greenhouse-gas emissions may be liable for damage caused to small island nations.

13/12 Earthquakes and blowouts undermine case for carbon storage in Texas

Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the vanguard of a government-subsidized program to fight climate change.

12/12 Climate change putting Philippines at double risk of typhoons, scientists say

Climate change is making the Philippines more vulnerable to tropical storms, with rising temperatures already putting the country at nearly double the risk of deadly typhoons, scientists said in a report published on Thursday.

11/12 Health execs reckon with patient outrage after UnitedHealthcare killing

Health care companies are taking a step back to better understand patients' experiences after a powerful U.S. health insurance executive was murdered last week, executives from drugmaker Pfizer and Amazon.com said at a panel at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Wednesday.

10/12 California wildfire forces evacuations in Malibu; students shelter in place

A rapidly intensifying wildfire burning just northwest of Los Angeles forced some residents in Malibu to evacuate as it threatened homes, knocked out power and closed roads in the beach community.

09/12 2024 will be the hottest year on record, EU scientists say

This year will be the world's warmest since records began, with extraordinarily high temperatures expected to persist into at least the first few months of 2025, European Union scientists said on Monday.

05/12 UN aviation agency at 80 challenged by climate change, rising traffic

A global blueprint for modern air travel struck 80 years ago this week faces fresh tests managing change and rising air traffic in the developing world, a senior official at the UN's aviation agency told Reuters.

04/12 US think tanks' policy 'grand bargain' offered as bargaining falls from favor

In another era, agreement among analysts from leading left, center, and right-leaning think tanks over a sweeping plan to address major fiscal and social issues might carry some heft in Washington policymaking.

03/12 Biden pushes out over $100 billion in clean energy grants as term winds down

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100 billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden senior advisor for international climate policy John Podesta said.

02/12 Indigenous mining complicates Brazil's fight against illegal gold

The involvement of Indigenous people in illegal gold hunting, lured by the prospect of easy money due to record prices, has made Brazil's task of cracking down on wildcat mining in the Amazon far harder, environmental agents and police say.

02/12 World Court to open climate change hearings 

The United Nations' top court on Monday starts hearings on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change and the consequences for states of contributing to global warming, the outcome of which could influence litigation worldwide.

02/12 Exclusive: UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation

A large chunk of the around $1 billion a day that is required will need to come from the private sector.

01/12 Norway to stop deep-sea mining, says party supporting minority government

The ocean floor has metals in high demand as nations transition from fossil fuels.

01/12 Storm Bora floods homes, streets in Greek island of Rhodes

Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing authorities to temporarily ban the use of vehicles as Storm Bora pounded the country for a second day.

30/11 Cactus pear is a crop with potential in Italy's parched south and beyond

Global warming, drought and plant disease pose a growing threat to agriculture in Italy's arid south, but a startup founded by a former telecoms manager believes it has found a solution: Opuntia Ficus, better known as the cactus pear.

25/11 Exclusive: Trump prepares wide-ranging energy plan to boost gas exports, oil drilling, sources say

Donald Trump's transition team is putting together a wide-ranging energy package to roll out within days of his taking office that would approve export permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and increase oil drilling off the U.S. coast and on federal lands, according to two sources familiar with the plans.

25/11 Business seeks details in face of mixed COP29 climate messages

COP29 deals on finance and carbon markets could lead to billions more dollars flowing around the business world if countries next year can deliver climate plans with clear policies for markets and investment.

25/11 Contentious COP29 deal shows climate cooperation fraying at edges

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev's preparation for different outcomes at the divisive summit in Azerbaijan reflected what many had already known before it began: the Baku climate talks were never going to go smoothly.

24/11 Takeaways from the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan

This year's U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations.

24/11 Australia protest forces ship to abort arrival at coal port, 138 arrested

A climate change protest off the coast of Australia's New South Wales State forced an inbound ship to turn back from the country's largest terminal for coal exports on Sunday, the port operator said.

24/11 Explainer: COP29 - How does $300 billion stack up?

Countries agreed at the U.N.'s COP29 climate conference to spend $300 billion on annual climate finance. Here are some ways of understanding what that sum is worth:

23/11 COP29 agrees deal to kick-start global carbon credit trading

The agreement hinged on how to ensure credibility in the system so it can lead to reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions that are changing the climate.

23/11 Wealthy countries back raising COP29 climate deal to $300 billion, sources say

The European Union, United States and other wealthy countries at the COP29 climate summit have agreed to raise their offer of a global finance target to $300 billion per year by 2035, sources told Reuters on Saturday.

23/11 Russia's claim of emissions in annexed Ukraine regions draws protests at COP29

Russia has included the territories it occupies in Ukraine in its recent greenhouse gas inventory report to the United Nations, drawing protests from Ukrainian officials and activists at the COP29 climate summit this week.

22/11 COP29 host urges collaboration as deal negotiations enter final stage

COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan urged participating countries to bridge their differences and come up with a finance deal, as negotiations at the two-week conference entered their final hours.

21/11 Container shippers hedging green transition with dual-fuel vessel orders

Hybrid engines allow operators to fall back on petroleum if green fuels are too costly.

21/11 New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal

The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh options for the COP29 summit's primary goal of agreeing how much money richer countries should provide poorer ones to help them tackle climate change.

20/11 Is climate change making tropical storms more frequent? Scientists say it's unclear

An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic are raising questions about the impact that climate change is having on tropical storms across the globe.

20/11 COP29: Climate finance talks face 'hardest' stage as summit nears end-game

With a notional Friday deadline looming, frustration over the lack of progress so far was starting to seep out of the negotiating rooms.

20/11 OPEC Secretary General tells COP29 oil is a gift from God

Haitham Al Ghais said global warming talks should focus on cutting emissions not picking energy sources.

19/11 How development banks are failing to attract enough private money to climate fight

As officials from around the world strive this week to reach a deal on funding for poorer countries to tackle climate change, investment manager Rob Drijkoningen is the sort of person they're hoping will help get them there.

19/11 Toxic smog persists over India's north; Delhi pollution remains severe

Residents in India's northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality on Tuesday, as a layer of dense fog shrouded most of the region, and pollution in the capital Delhi remained severe.

19/11 G20 leaders turn focus to climate change on Rio summit's last day

Leaders meet to discuss sustainable development and the transition to cleaner energy.

18/11 Canadian GP agrees to carbon-reducing date change from 2026

Formula One's Canadian Grand Prix will be held in May instead of June from 2026 onwards to help reduce the sport's carbon footprint and consolidate the European season into one consecutive period.

18/11 Summit host Azerbaijan warns COP29 cannot succeed without G20 boost

Leaders of the world's biggest economies must send a clear signal on the need to tackle global warming, COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan said on Monday.

18/11 Can a COP29 deal clean up scandal-ridden carbon offsets?

A deal at the COP29 climate talks on trading carbon credits could see billions of dollars move into emissions-reduction projects this decade but after a string of scandals, the market will first need to win over wary countries and communities.

18/11 G20 summit confronts a global order unsettled by Trump's return

China's President Xi Jinping will be a central player at the summit.

17/11 Big Oil's climate targets

The world's biggest oil and gas companies have set varying targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations and the combustion of the products they sell.

17/11 Biden visits Amazon rainforest en route to G20 summit

Joe Biden will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday as he flags the dangers of global warming often dismissed by Donald Trump, who enters the White House in January vowing to scrap measures to fight climate change.

17/11 Countries, companies lag in response to tackle methane emissions, UN says

Since a U.N. initiative began monitoring for methane leaks from oil and gas infrastructure last year, it has issued 1,200 alerts to governments and companies.

17/11 World looks to G20 in Rio for breakthrough in climate talks

Diplomatic tensions over global warming will take center stage at the G20 summit in Brazil this week, as negotiators at U.N. talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world's 20 major economies can break.

16/11 G20 diplomats hit snags on climate, taxation and Ukraine, sources say

Diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies struggled on Saturday to overcome differences on paying to tackle climate change, taxing the super rich and addressing the Ukraine war as they negotiated a joint statement before their leaders' summit.

16/11 After missing school due to extreme heat, African children push for climate action

Children from East Africa, where heatwaves and floods have shuttered schools in recent months, are pushing for world leaders to protect their education - and their future - at the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan.

15/11 Seaweed farming brings hope to Kenyan villagers hit by climate change

The people of Kenya's coastal village of Mwazaro used to earn their living mainly growing cassava and maize, until the ravages of drought forced them to try a new crop - seaweed.

15/11 COP climate talks not fit for purpose and need reform, say climate leaders

A group of former leaders and climate experts said the annual U.N. COP climate talks were no longer fit for purpose and needed to be reformed, publishing a critical open letter mid-way through what has so far been a fractious summit.

15/11 Explainer: A trillion dollar question - fossil fuel subsidies

In Baku, discussions are ongoing over reducing distortions and inefficiencies created by subsidies.

15/11 Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says

A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

14/11 Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom

The deputy director of Chad's National Meteorological Agency waggled his finger up and down to demonstrate how a motionless humidity gauge at the agency's headquarters should have been working.

14/11 COP29 climate talks urged to find $1 trillion a year for poorer countries

Experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather.

13/11 Finance and business deals announced at COP29 climate talks

The latest round of global climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, has drawn in 60,000 delegates, including many from the worlds of business and finance.

13/11 What are they saying at the COP29 climate summit?

World leaders are speaking at the U.N. climate summit in Baku on Wednesday.

13/11 Development bank financing pledge gives COP29 summit early boost

COP29 negotiators welcomed as an early boost to the two-week summit a pledge by major development banks to lift funding to poor and middle-income countries struggling with global warming.

13/11 COP29: Why are countries fighting over climate finance?

The main task for nearly 200 countries at the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit is to broker a deal that ensures up to trillions of dollars in financing for climate projects worldwide.

13/11 Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says

Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more destructive climate extremes, scientists said on Wednesday.

12/11 New Jersey-New York wildfire keeps burning, fed by dry, windy conditions

The Jennings Creek Fire has torched some 5,000 acres of brush and thick woodland near Greenwood Lake and killed a park employee.

12/11 US Supreme Court turns away bid to revive youth climate change lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revive a novel lawsuit by 21 young people claiming the U.S. government's energy policies violate their rights to be protected from climate change.

12/11 COP 29: UK's Starmer sets out new 2035 climate goal

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 as he committed the country to a more ambitious climate goal at the United Nations COP29 climate summit.

12/11 US sets methane fee on oil, gas emitters as Biden term winds down

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday finalized a methane fee for big oil and gas producers meant to slash emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas, but which is likely to be scrapped by the incoming presidency of Donald Trump.

12/11 COP29: Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, warns UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to "pay up" to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters, and said time was running out to limit a destructive rise in global temperatures.

11/11 Breakingviews - COP29 will highlight bifurcated energy transitions

“I’m not going to Baku, and very few of my peers are either”. So said a senior figure at an influential European asset manager, in a chat last month with Breakingviews. Throw in the election of climate change sceptic Donald Trump as U.S. president, and the United Nations’ 29th Conference of the Parties climate change summit in Azerbaijan’s capital sounds like a non-event. Yet, while the fight agai

11/11 Rain may help New Jersey wildfire battle, gusts threaten to fan California fire

The first measurable rainfall over New Jersey in weeks raised hopes on Monday of snuffing out a rash of wildfires that has plagued the state, while stronger winds brought concern that a California blaze that had already destroyed dozens of structures could start expanding again.

11/11 A guide to COP29 climate jargon

With U.N. climate talks tackling complex topics from energy policy to global financial aid, the annual summit has developed its own ever-growing lexicon.

11/11 COP29 leaders speak as summit formally opens

The annual U.N. climate summit kicked off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing countries in their demands for climate cash.

11/11 Trump and trade worries cloud COP29 climate summit in Baku

The annual U.N. climate summit kicks off Monday with countries readying for tough talks on finance and trade, following a year of weather disasters that have emboldened developing countries in their demands for climate cash.

11/11 Exclusive: ADB increases climate finance after US, Japan give world's first sovereign guarantees

The Asian Development Bank will increase its climate-related lending by up to $7.2 billion after the United States and Japan agreed to underwrite risk for some existing loans, an ADB executive said, marking the first ever sovereign guarantees for climate finance.

10/11 Exclusive: Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan

The COP29 summit will be among the highest-profile multilateral events attended by Taliban administration officials since they took control in Kabul.

10/11 Brazil announces new climate change pledge ahead of COP29 summit

Brazil is one of the world's biggest emitters of climate-warming carbon dioxide.

09/11 Explainer: Who are the key voices at the COP29 climate summit in Baku?

Nearly 200 countries will gather next week for the U.N. climate summit, COP29. Reaching a consensus for a deal among so many can be difficult.

09/11 Explainer: What is the point of a UN climate COP?

Tens of thousands of people will gather next week for COP29, the annual U.N. climate summit, in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku.

09/11 COP29 host Azerbaijan promoted fossil fuel deals ahead of climate summit, NGO says 

An official with Azerbaijan's Presidency of next week's United Nations COP29 climate summit appeared to offer to facilitate talks about new fossil fuel deals ahead of the conference, according to a video secretly recorded by an advocacy group.

08/11 Biden's Amazon visit comes as US climate policy to shift under Trump

Joe Biden will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Brazilian Amazon when he travels to Manaus later this month, a symbolic trip given the United States is likely to see a dramatic change in climate policy under President-elect Donald Trump.

08/11 U.S. governors pledge to press ahead on climate after Trump win

Democratic governors of two U.S. states pledged on Friday to keep building programs on renewable energy and curbing climate change after President-elect Donald Trump's victory this week.

08/11 Wildfire near Los Angeles rages on after 10,000 evacuate

After forcing thousands of Californians to evacuate and burning more than 100 structures, a stubborn wildfire burning northwest of Los Angeles on Friday challenged firefighting crews working to snuff it out even as fierce winds in the area calmed.

08/11 Multiple climate disasters trigger first ever Red Cross disaster insurance pay-out

The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector's first multi-disaster insurance pay-out, the Red Cross told Reuters, signalling both the scale of the problem and the need for new financing solutions.

07/11 Thousands under evacuation orders in California as wildfires destroy homes

The National Weather Service issued a red flag alert that described the situation as "particularly dangerous."

07/11 2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

Scientists said 2024 will also be the first year in which the planet is more than 1.5C hotter than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.

06/11 Prince William hopes his green prize will bring hope amid 'bleak' future

Britain's Prince William said he hope his multi-million dollar environmental prize would provide some much needed optimism for climate campaigners, saying the future was looking "pretty bleak" without the involvement of young people.

06/11 Trump return will slow, not stop, US clean energy boom

Donald Trump's return to the White House will refocus the nation's energy policy onto maximizing oil and gas production and away from fighting climate change, but the Republican win in Tuesday's presidential elections is unlikely to dramatically slow the U.S. renewable energy boom.

06/11 What would Trump 2.0 mean for trade, migrants, climate change and electric cars?

A Donald Trump presidential election victory would have huge implications for U.S. trade policy, climate change, the war in Ukraine, electric vehicles, Americans' taxes and illegal immigration.

04/11 UK's Prince William begins climate-focused trip to South Africa

Britain's Prince William began a four-day trip to South Africa on Monday by meeting young environmentalists and playing rugby with local schoolchildren in Cape Town.

01/11 Washington state vote a harbinger for wider carbon markets

A ballot initiative to ax Washington state's carbon market would, if passed next week, send an ominous signal to other U.S. states and Canadian regions looking to build markets aimed at cutting emissions that scientists blame for climate change.

30/10 What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained

Catastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 72 people in Spain are caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet and produce powerful rain clouds, a pattern believed to be growing more frequent due to climate change.

28/10 Norway's wealth fund falls short on climate ambitions, NGO says

The $1.8 trillion fund pools the Nordic state's revenue from oil and gas production.

28/10 Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says

National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday as countries prepare for the next round of climate change negotiations in November.

26/10 Commonwealth leaders say sinking nations should keep their maritime boundaries

In a boost for Pacific Islands such as Tuvalu under threat from rising seas, Commonwealth nations agreed on Saturday that a nation's maritime boundaries should remain fixed even if climate change causes small island states to be submerged.

25/10 UK court dismisses challenge to Britain's climate change plan

Britain's new climate adaptation strategy is lawful, London's High Court ruled on Friday, dismissing a landmark legal challenge brought by environmental campaigners.

25/10 Trump hates Biden's climate law. His allies are making money from it

At least seven of Trump's close allies are significant beneficiaries of green tax breaks.

25/10 Future of UN climate dialogue threatened by budget shortfall

A Reuters analysis found a budget hole of at least 57 million euros ($61.53 million) for 2024 - or nearly half of the funding needed for the UNFCCC secretariat to run annual climate negotiations.

24/10 Commonwealth nations to discuss slavery, climate change at Samoa summit

The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade both likely to be on the agenda.

23/10 South Korea to supply stocks of kimchi cabbage after hot weather damages crop

South Korea's government said on Wednesday it will ensure 24,000 tonnes of cabbage are supplied from national stocks to provide support during the upcoming peak kimchi-making season, after blaming unusually hot weather for affecting the cabbage crop.

23/10 Climate change a worry for Greece's hungry butterflies

Food is scarcer, flowering periods are shorter, and experts now suspect the butterflies may be getting smaller.

23/10 Doomsday Arctic seed vault gets deposit of 30,000 new samples

An Arctic seed vault on Norway's Spitsbergen island has received new samples from the largest number of depositors since 2020, reflecting fear about the threat of conflict and climate change to food security, a custodian of the facility said on Wednesday.

23/10 Climate change worsened rains in flood-hit African regions, scientists say

Global warming made the seasonal downpours this year about 5-20% more intense.

22/10 Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current

More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a major change in an Atlantic Ocean current, which could trigger abrupt shifts in weather patterns and damage ecosystems.

21/10 Explainer: What's on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?

Countries will be debating how they can save nature from the current rapid rate of destruction.

21/10 World lags on 2030 nature goals headed into UN COP16 talks

Nearly 200 nations meet for the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia.

11/09 Brazil's Lula backs highway through Amazon that could drive deforestation

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, after months of hedging on the issue, has committed his government to finishing a road through a pristine part of the Amazon rainforest, a move scientists say will bring disastrous deforestation.

06/09 Danish climate change disaster plays out at Venice

In his debut television series, director Thomas Vinterberg imagines his home country Denmark shutting down due to rising sea waters, with the entire population forced to flee.

06/09 Pope Francis departs Indonesia for Papua New Guinea, stop two of 12-day trip

Pope Francis left Indonesia on Friday morning for Papua New Guinea, where the 87-year-old leader of the global Catholic Church will continue an ambitious 12-day tour across Southeast Asia and Oceania.

06/09 How would Trump seek to dismantle Biden’s climate legacy?

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump has laid out an energy policy platform centered around maximizing U.S. fuel and power output, in part by dismantling the Biden administration’s centerpiece efforts to fight climate change.

05/09 Indonesia's president urges developed nations to invest in green economy

Indonesia President Joko Widodo on Thursday urged developed nations to invest in energy transition and climate solutions in the country, flaunting its huge potential for renewable energy project and carbon mitigation.

05/09 Pope Francis calls for climate change action during Istiqlal Mosque visit

Pope Francis on Thursday invited Muslims and Catholics to push global leaders to confront the dangers of climate change and extremism, and spoke of the common roots of different religious beliefs as he visited Southeast Asia's largest mosque in Jakarta.

03/09 Clash between isolated indigenous group and loggers leaves two dead in Peru's Amazon

Two loggers in Peru's Amazon have been killed and two others are missing after a clash with the Mashco Piro, an indigenous community that has long isolated itself, a local advocacy organization said Tuesday.

03/09 Breakingviews - Why Kamala Harris could be good for the planet

Donald Trump has called climate change a “hoax”, while Kamala Harris says it is an “existential threat”. Those who care about limiting global warming will therefore be hoping the U.S. vice president wins the race for the White House.

03/09 US climate envoy Podesta to visit China from Wednesday for talks

U.S. climate envoy John Podesta will visit China for three days from Wednesday to discuss climate change issues, the environment ministry said, as the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gas look to bridge gaps on issues such as finance.

03/09 Kimchi no more? Climate change puts South Korea's beloved cabbage dish at risk

South Korea's famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and quantity of the napa cabbage that is pickled to make the ubiquitous dish is suffering due to rising temperatures.

03/09 EU to tighten hydrogen subsidy rules after China concerns

The European Commission is working on tighter rules to ensure EU funding for hydrogen projects benefits European companies, after local industries raised concerns over cheap Chinese imports, the EU's head of climate change policy said on Monday.

02/09 Logger operating near isolated Peru tribe gets certification suspended

An international forestry group has suspended the sustainability certification of a logging company operating on land near an uncontacted tribe in Peru's Amazon, the NGO Survival International said on Monday, handing an initial victory to groups demanding a stop to logging in the area.

30/08 Trump would axe Biden clean power rules, speed power plant approvals, campaign says

Donald Trump would rescind many of President Joe Biden's clean energy rules while also speeding approvals of power plants to meet the nation's rising electricity demands, the Republican's presidential campaign said on Thursday.

29/08 Deadly typhoon Gaemi made worse by climate change, scientists say

A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving more than 100 people dead, was made significantly worse by human-induced climate change, scientists said in a report on Thursday.

27/08 UN chief issues 'SOS' for Pacific Islands worst hit by warming ocean

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday ocean temperatures are rising in the Pacific Islands at three times the rate worldwide, and its population was "uniquely exposed" to the impact of rising sea levels.

22/08 Rare Amazon river dolphins studied for climate change impact

A team of biologists, vets and fishermen captured rare freshwater dolphins this week on a lake in the Amazon to study their health in the hopes of avoiding hundreds of deaths of the mammals due to a severe drought last year.

22/08 UK faces legal action over new North Sea oil and gas licences

Britain's decision to issue dozens of new oil and gas exploration licences is being challenged in court by a marine conservation organisation, which argues ministers unlawfully failed to consider the impact on marine life.

14/08 Climate change intensified rain that caused deadly Indian landslides, study finds

Heavy rain made about 10% stronger by human-caused climate change triggered the landslides that killed more than 200 people in India's southern state of Kerala last month, a team of international scientists has concluded.

08/08 Erosion of Cairo's green space leaves residents exposed to searing heat

Ahmed Belal's Cairo apartment used to overlook a cluster of trees that provided a much-needed refuge from pollution in a bustling area of the Egyptian capital while helping take the edge off intense summer heat.

08/08 Climate change fueled record early fires in Brazil's wetlands, study says

Climate change intensified by 40% the weather feeding devastating wildfires that have likely killed millions of animals this year in Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest wetlands, scientists said in a study published on Thursday.

08/08 Second hottest July breaks 13-month record streak, EU scientists say

Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record, breaking a 13-month period when each month was warmest, which had been in part fuelled by the warming El Nino weather pattern, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.

12/07 Leaders from Beryl-battered Caribbean say urgent climate financing needed

The leaders of small Caribbean island nations on Thursday said that financial damages wrought by Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease financing costs to address the worsening impacts of climate change.

11/07 UK reverses oil drilling permission after court ruling, campaigners say

Britain has reversed a decision to grant permission for an oil drilling operation, campaigners' lawyers said on Thursday, after a landmark ruling from the United Kingdom's highest court on the climate effects of fossil fuel projects.

11/07 Montana urges state top court to overturn landmark climate ruling

Montana's top court on Wednesday appeared open to upholding a landmark ruling that found the state violated the rights of young people to a healthy environment by barring regulators from considering how new fossil fuel projects could affect climate change.

08/07 2024 could be world's hottest year as June breaks records

Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world's hottest recorded year.

05/07 US miners push Washington to revive long-dormant Bureau of Mines

Mining trade groups plan to push Washington to revive and expand the long-dormant Bureau of Mines, an effort aimed at streamlining how the U.S. government regulates and supports critical minerals production and timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential election.

05/07 Years-long wait for permits blocking European wind farms, industry says

Hundreds of gigawatts of wind energy projects are waiting for permits to connect to Europe's power grid, a backlog that threatens to slow the shift to green energy, industry association WindEurope said on Friday.

04/07 China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies

China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather bureau warned on Thursday, as the world's second biggest economy braces for another scorching summer.

04/07 Foes of California's electric car targets take their case to US Supreme Court

Opponents of California's ambitious targets for electric car adoption to lower greenhouse gas emissions took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, the latest salvo against the state's campaign to fight climate change.

04/07 Hurricane Beryl: Where is the storm headed and how dangerous is it?

Powerful Hurricane Beryl was the 2024 Atlantic season's first hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach the strongest possible ranking of Category 5, before weakening to Category 4 as it barrelled towards Jamaica on Wednesday.

03/07 UK election: Who are the team set to govern Britain if Labour wins?

Opinion polls show Britain's opposition Labour Party is currently on course to take power from the governing Conservatives in an election on Thursday.

03/07 UK election: What has Labour promised to do if elected?

Britain's Labour Party is projected to win Thursday's national election with a large majority, returning to power after 14 years in opposition.

27/06 EU lawmakers divided over calls to delay deforestation law

European Union lawmakers are split over whether to delay the bloc's upcoming ban on imports of goods linked to deforestation, adding pressure on Ursula von der Leyen as she seeks their backing for a second term as the European Commission's president.

27/06 Global carbon removal market could reach $100 billion/yr from 2030-35, report says

The global market for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal credits could reach up to $100 billion a year between 2030 and 2035 from $2.7 billion last year if barriers to its growth are addressed, a report by management consultancy Oliver Wyman said on Thursday.

24/06 Gaps in EU's preparation for potential gas crises, auditors say

The European Union is insufficiently prepared to weather a future gas crisis despite introducing a raft of measures to end its dependence on Russian energy, the European Court of Auditors said on Monday.

24/06 Delhi minister stages hunger strike for more water to city amid extreme heat

A Delhi city minister has started an indefinite hunger strike to demand more drinking water for India's capital, where taps in some of its poorest neighbourhoods are running nearly dry in the middle of searing heat.

24/06 Exclusive: Mexico's new Pemex refinery still needs important work, is far from ready, sources say

Mexican state energy company Pemex is unlikely to produce any commercially viable motor fuels at its new Olmeca refinery before the end of the year, five sources said, despite pressure that it should be ready before the outgoing president's term ends.

24/06 Mission 2025 group urges governments to set more ambitious climate goals

Some of the world's biggest companies, finance houses, cities and regions have joined forces to urge governments to increase their climate ambition ahead of a February 2025 deadline to deliver their emission-cutting plans to the United Nations.

21/06 At least 30 dead as torrential rains lash Central America

At least 30 people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as storms and heavy rainfall continue to lash Central America, according to local officials, with the constant downpours flooding rivers, destroying homes, triggering landslides and cutting off entire communities.

21/06 Hawaii agrees to 'groundbreaking' settlement of youth climate change case

Hawaii on Thursday agreed to settle a lawsuit by 13 young people alleging the U.S. state was violating their rights under its constitution by operating a transportation system that contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

20/06 Explainer: How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide

Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere this week and will continue to deliver dangerous weather for decades to come, research shows.

20/06 Environmental activists win landmark ruling over UK oil well plan

The UK's highest court ruled on Thursday that planners must look at the impact of emissions on global warming before granting approval for oil wells, in a landmark case that climate activists said makes it easier to block fossil fuel projects.

20/06 Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat

Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

19/06 At least one dead due to New Mexico wildfires, thousands evacuated

At least one person died due to the wildfires in New Mexico which have also led to the evacuation of thousands of people and damaged hundreds of structures, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's office said on Wednesday.

19/06 SMA Solar shares fall 30% after profit warning

Shares in German solar power parts supplier SMA Solar Technology AG plunged by 31.7% on Wednesday after it cut its profit guidance on Tuesday night, citing political uncertainty.

19/06 U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to accelerate the deployment of nuclear energy capacity, including by speeding permitting and creating new incentives for advanced nuclear reactor technologies.

18/06 Italy's 2023 farm output hit by climate change, statistics bureau says

Italian agricultural production shrank last year as wine, fruit and olive oil output all took a hit from extreme weather events linked to climate change, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Tuesday.

18/06 Athletes face heat risks in Paris, environmental groups say

Heat levels during the Paris Olympics could pose health risks for competitors, a report by environmental groups said, adding that continued increases in global temperatures could jeopardise future editions of the Games.

18/06 EU drafts plan to exempt long-haul flights from new emissions rules

The European Commission has drafted plans to exempt long-haul flights from rules on monitoring their non-CO2 emissions, after international carriers lobbied for an opt-out, documents seen by Reuters showed.

18/06 Oil and corn groups team up in lawsuit to halt Biden truck emissions rules

The top U.S. oil and corn industry lobby groups said on Tuesday they were suing the administration of President Joe Biden over its plan to slash planet-warming emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, arguing the regulations will cause economic harm.

18/06 US judge dismisses Exxon case against activist investor over proxy filing

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit Exxon Mobil had filed against activist group Arjuna Capital after the group had agreed not to pursue future proxy filings at the company's annual meetings.

17/06 Industry fears EU carbon border tax will penalise British green energy

British wind and solar farms exporting power to continental Europe could face CO2 fees from 2026 - even though they don't produce any emissions - unless the UK and European Union can agree changes around the EU's carbon border tax.

16/06 Austrian minister defies coalition ally to back EU nature restoration law

Austria's environment minister, Leonore Gewessler of the Greens, defied her conservative coalition partners on Sunday by pledging to cast Austria's vote in favour of adopting a European nature restoration law, potentially tipping the balance in Brussels.

14/06 G7 leaders commit to faster transition from fossil fuels - draft statement

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) developed democracies will commit to accelerating their transition away from fossil fuels during this decade, according to a draft of a statement to be issued at the end of their ongoing summit in Italy.

13/06 Breakingviews - China can divide-and-trade a less welcoming Europe

China is failing to contain its rivalry with the West to the United States. The European Union's provisional tariffs on electric vehicles from the People's Republic announced on Wednesday are a setback to Beijing's relationship with the bloc. Yet President Xi Jinping will test the region's ability to form a coherent policy towards the world's second largest economy.

13/06 Breakingviews - Europe’s election eruption threatens paralysis: podcast

Centrist and green parties saw big losses in a vote to elect the European Union’s parliament, sparking a shock snap election in France. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain how ensuing instability could slow the continent’s response to urgent global issues.

13/06 Explainer: The global fight over climate change funding

Nearly 200 countries will try to agree a new global goal for funding to fight climate change at this year's U.N. COP29 climate summit in November in Baku, Azerbaijan.

13/06 Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit

With just five months to go before this year's U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the developing world fight climate change - let alone how to split it.

11/06 Exclusive: US House committee report finds Wall Street 'colluded' to curb emissions

A U.S. congressional committee will accuse the biggest Wall Street firms on Tuesday, in a report seen by Reuters ahead of its publication, of colluding with advocacy groups to force companies to shrink their greenhouse gas emissions.

11/06 California seeks company profits in Big Oil climate lawsuit

California's attorney general on Monday sought to force the world's biggest oil companies to give up profits the state alleges they made while deceiving consumers about their role in contributing to climate change.

11/06 Vietnam eyes greener power but banks on coal to avert blackouts

Lights are off and air conditioning is down at the headquarters of Vietnam's state-run electricity provider EVN as the country's top power utility tries to "lead by example" to avoid a repeat of last year's crippling blackouts, an official tells visitors.

10/06 Economy, migration, war top voters' concerns in EU election - survey

The economy, migration and international conflicts were the top concerns for voters in the European Union election, data from the bloc's biggest member countries suggested on Monday.

10/06 Explainer: From trade to climate, five takeaways from the EU election

The European Parliament took a shift to the right after a four-day election concluded on Sunday, with more eurosceptic nationalists and fewer mainstream liberals and Greens.

08/06 U.N. agency appeals for aid to help Haiti weather hurricane season

UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency, appealed on Friday for international aid to help prepare violence-plagued Haiti for a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season that could be deadly for the island's many displaced people.

07/06 Exclusive: Major world economies seek to halt new private sector coal financing

Some of the world's major economies want to finalise a plan ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit to halt new private sector funding for coal projects, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

07/06 Can Mexico's Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, shake Lopez Obrador's oil legacy?

Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, an accomplished climate scientist, could struggle to fulfill her environmental pledges after she sailed to victory, in part, on the popularity of a predecessor who doubled down on fossil fuels.

06/06 US solar projects could boom amid deadline to use up tax-exempt panel glut

A two-year U.S. tariff holiday on solar panels from Southeast Asia expires on Thursday, starting the clock ticking for American project developers to use the huge amount of equipment they stockpiled duty-free over that period by the end of this year.

06/06 Big solar projects launch in Idaho as US nuclear test sites go green

Solar power developers will soon build two big solar projects on U.S. Department of Energy-owned lands in Idaho that are now cleaned up after decades of tests on nuclear reactors for civil and defense, the first projects in a program across five states, the department said on Wednesday.

05/06 World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of 'climate hell'

Each of the past 12 months ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to avert "climate hell".

01/06 Some OPEC+ ministers heading for Riyadh for oil output meeting, sources say

Despite moving Sunday's oil output decision-making meeting online, several OPEC+ ministers plan to fly to Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, two OPEC+ sources said.

31/05 Mexico's Sheinbaum: from activist to climate scientist to presidential frontrunner

When Claudia Sheinbaum - the frontrunner to become Mexico's next president - was just six years old, her parents were active participants in protests during one of the darkest periods of the country's modern history.

31/05 Cleaner shipping fuel is contributing to ocean warming, scientists say

Shipping fuel regulations introduced in 2020 have led to a substantial cut in sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution, but may also have made the ocean warmer by reducing cloud cover, according to a modelling study in a paper published late on Thursday.

30/05 EU agrees to quit energy investment treaty over climate concerns

European Union countries agreed on Thursday to jointly quit an international energy treaty, over concerns that it protects fossil fuel investments and undermines efforts to fight climate change, the Belgian EU presidency said.

30/05 Global shift to renewables slowed in 2023, policy group says

The global shift to renewables in major energy-consuming sectors slowed in 2023, hindered by regulatory gaps, political pressures and a failure to set clear targets, a policy group said on Wednesday.

28/05 Momentum building behind global company climate disclosures, standards body says

More countries than initially expected are adopting international climate-related disclosure standards, a global rulemaking body said on Tuesday, but cautioned that significant departures from the norms would come at a cost.

27/05 Pakistan temperatures cross 52 C in heatwave

Temperatures rose above 52 degrees Celsius (125.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, the highest reading of the summer and close to the country’s record high amid an ongoing heatwave, the met office said on Monday.

27/05 Caribbean leader blasts 'empty' climate promises at small islands summit

The president of this decade's summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted "empty" and "grossly inadequate" climate pledges, saying wealthy nations have failed to meet obligations to limit damages from carbon emissions.

26/05 Experts warn of hail, whirlwinds in Mexico after new heat record in the capital

The third heat wave suffocating dozens of states in Mexico could give way on Sunday to torrential rains, hail and even whirlwinds during the afternoon in the center of the country, meteorologists said.

24/05 Mexico front-runner Sheinbaum aims to reform water-heavy agriculture sector

Claudia Sheinbaum, front-runner in Mexico's presidential race, aims to overhaul water governance in the agriculture sector, the top user of the country's scarce supply, with a potential investment of 20 billion pesos ($1.2 billion) per year.

23/05 Europe's battered Green movement tries to salvage climate agenda

Millions of young people took to the streets across Europe in 2019 demanding action to fight climate change, helping Green parties secure their best ever EU election results and giving them influence over climate policies Brussels has passed since.

22/05 Shell shareholders reject investor climate resolution

Shell shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a climate resolution filed by an activist group following a meeting punctuated by protests.

21/05 Half of world's pastures degraded by overuse, climate change, UN report says

Half the world's natural pasture land has been degraded by overexploitation and the impact of climate change, putting food supplies and livelihoods in peril, the United Nations body in charge of fighting desertification said on Tuesday.

19/05 Forty-seven dead in heavy rain, floods in northern Afghanistan, official says

At least 47 people have died after continued heavy rain and flooding in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday, a day after a similar number were killed in a central province.

18/05 Eight arrested after climate activists breach German airport

German police arrested eight climate activists who breached the grounds of Munich airport on Saturday, causing it to briefly close and leading to around 60 flight cancellations during a busy holiday weekend.

17/05 With hunger, climate cuts, US House farm bill proposal faces slim Senate odds

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft that includes provisions to reduce spending on food aid for the poor and efforts to help farmers fight climate change, drawing opposition from Democrats.

15/05 Brazil flooding will take weeks to subside, experts warn

Brazil's southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced to abandon their inundated homes.

14/05 West, Russia manage limited cooperation in Arctic despite chill in ties

When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took part - a rare sign of cooperation between Moscow and the West that highlighted the special status of the polar region.

13/05 Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration

Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground.

13/05 Renewable diesel glut hits US refiner profits, threatens nascent industry

A rush by U.S. fuel makers to recalibrate their plants to produce renewable diesel has created a supply glut for low-emissions biofuels, hammering profit margins for refiners and threatening to impede a young industry.