LONDON( Reuters)-United Nations climate talks in November are a crucial catalyst for urgent action to keep a lid on global warming, a global coalition of 40 energy producers, industrial companies and financial institutions said on Thursday.An Energy Transitions Commission( ETC) report outlined six actions which need to be agreed at COP26 and implemented this decade to give the world a 50% chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius and a 90% chance of keeping it below 2C.In 2015, gov

The highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions in human history are set to be recorded in the next two years, the International Energy Agency( IEA) has warned. Forecasts newly released by the IEA on Tuesday predict carbon emissions will rise again this year and next, with the level in 2023 expected to surpass the record set in 2018. The grim projections come as governments were criticised for having failed to invest in green energy as part of efforts to rebuild economies after COVID-19. Europe m

Cop26 off to shaky start as queues and chaos mar first 24 hours Part of the plan is to provide new jobs for the thousands of people who work in coal mining across South Africa, and help the country roll out alternative renewable industries.... Jesse Burton, an energy policy researcher for E3G who focuses on the South African coal sector, tweeted that it was a “ first-of-its-kind agreement between a coal-intensive developing country and a group of donor governments to work together and fund a ju

By Wendell Roelf3 Min ReadCAPE TOWN( Reuters)-South Africa has started geological mapping at the country’s first carbon capture and storage( CCS) site, where it plans to inject vast quantities of CO2 deep underground from 2023, a senior Council for Geoscience official said. Slideshow( 3 images) The project will be based around the town of Leandra, Mpumalanga province, in South Africa’s north east, a carbon emissions hotspot and home to several coal-fired power stations as well as Sasol’s Secunda

“ Either leaders bridge the emissions gap, or we plunge headlong into climate disaster ”.... “ Every fraction of a degree avoided counts, ” she said....

JAKARTA( REUTERS)-Even as Indonesia wins cautious praise from some green groups for ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions, the world's biggest exporter of thermal coal shows no sign of weaning itself off the polluting fuel any time soon. Indonesia, the world's eighth-biggest carbon emitter, recently brought forward its goal for net zero emissions from 2070 to 2060 or sooner, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in November, and joined a US-led Global Methane Pledge.

At COP26 it is expected that the Prime Minister will give India a sovereign guarantee to secure a$ 1billion loan from the World Bank.... A sovereign guarantee would pledge to the World Bank that if India fails to repay the$ 1billion loan, then Britain will instead.------------------------------Scientists have urged rich countries to help developing countries with the financial burden of climate change.It is the poorest people who have the smallest carbon footprint yet are experiencing the worst

War costs only add to climate warming. The Brown University study showed that “ the US Department of Defence is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world and a key contributor to climate change.... Like the pandemic, we need a whole-of-government and whole-of-society to act decisively in the war on climate change. The European Union has got its act together with a Circular Economy Plan.... The first can only add to global carbon emission and more human and natural destruc

IN September 2021, at the unveiling of the 12th Malaysia Plan, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced Malaysia’s commitment to become carbon neutral as early as 2050.... We are in the real world, and pragmatism requires a great deal of “ suck it and see ”.... Michael James Platts is with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge....

SINGAPORE – As part of its efforts to tackle climate change, Singapore will be constructing the world’s largest facility to boost the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide( CO2) from the atmosphere.... Sign up By signing up, I accept SPH Media's Terms Conditions and Privacy Policy as amended from time to time.... Yes, I would also like to receive SPH Media Group's SPH Media Limited, its related corporations and affiliates as well as their agents and authorised service providers....