John Kerry Calls Trump the Biggest Loser on Climate Action
John Kerry told COP31 that Donald Trump's climate rollback cedes clean-energy leadership to China, while rising energy costs helped drive Democrats in the recent U.S. midterms.
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Climate Policy
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Climate Policy
COP31 Opens in Antalya With Narrower Agenda and a 67% Energy Shock
Nearly 200 countries opened COP31 in Antalya on Monday chasing a target to lift electricity's share of global energy use from 20%…
Fossil Fuel Emissions Set to Flatline in 2026, Scientists Say at Cop31
Fossil fuel CO2 will flatline in 2026 with oil emissions down 2%, scientists told Cop31 in Antalya — but deforestation gains offs…
Fossil Fuel CO2 Set to Flatline at 38.2bn Tonnes as War-Driven Oil Slide Bites
Fossil fuel CO2 will flatline at 38.2bn tonnes in 2026, down just 0.4%, as Iran war oil prices and renewables bite — but deforest…
COP31 Opens in Turkey With Plea to Electrify a Third of World Economy
COP31 opened Monday in Turkey with a push to electrify over a third of the global economy by 2035, as Stiell warned climate progr…
Cop31 in Antalya: Australia Presides, Trump Stays Home, Saudi Obstructs
Australia presides over Cop31 in Antalya while Turkey hosts, Xi and Trump sit out, Lula brings non-binding roadmaps, and Saudi Ar…
Labour MPs Warn of 'Blood' if Chancellor Forces Rosebank Approval
Labour backbenchers are lobbying No 10 and the Treasury to let Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh decide Rosebank's fate, warning…
Twenty years on, the Stern review's warning still beats GDP maths
Twenty years after Nicholas Stern's 700-page review reframed climate economics, traditional GDP models that discount future lives…
Campaigners Urge UK Chancellor to Cut £24bn Carbon Capture Budget
Chris Packham calls the UK's £24bn carbon capture plan a 'national embarrassment' and urges the chancellor to redirect funds to s…
UK heat pump installers brace for subsidy cuts in Wednesday's budget
Installers warn that expected cuts to the boiler upgrade scheme's £9,000 grants could collapse a nascent industry — one firm says…
Oxfam: World's Richest 0.1% Profit From Climate Causes and Costs
Oxfam says the richest 0.1% profit from both polluting industries and a disaster adaptation market set to reach $92bn by 2029, cr…