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Taiwan diary: Semiconductor manufacture drives emissions

4 May 2023

By Jeremy Rose | Taiwan is a superpower in two things, I confidently declared in my pitch for an Asia New Zealand Foundation Travel grant, bicycles and semi-conductors and both are crucial on the fight against climate change

Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay

4 May 2023

The US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing attention around the environmental impacts of its production.

Ireland commits €169 million for climate transition in peat-dependent "midlands"

4 May 2023

Ireland is committing €169 million to help the country’s so-called ‘midlands’ to transition away from the carbon-intensive fossil energy industry.

Where climate harms fisheries, piracy prospers: study

4 May 2023

A new study suggests that climate change is a key factor driving trends in maritime piracy off the coast of East Africa and the South China Sea. Rising sea surface temperatures affect regional fisheries differently, leading to changes in the timing and success of pirate attacks.

Wealthy nations could meet $100 billion climate finance target in 2023

4 May 2023

As climate change continues to wreak havoc with drought in one part of the world and deadly wildfires in the other, wealthy nations could be on track to meet the $100 billion climate finance pledge in 2023. The fund is to be given to underdeveloped countries to boost resilience against climate change.

Santos strikes deals to bury carbon dioxide under the Timor Sea

4 May 2023

Australian energy giant Santos has signed non-binding deals with four other gas producers to take their emissions and stash them in depleted gas reservoirs beneath the Timor Sea at its proposed Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage project.

Cop28 head backs fossil phase-out with carbon capture caveat

3 May 2023

The head of the Cop28 climate talks has called for “phasing out fossil fuel emissions”, teeing up a debate between governments over the role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in the fight against climate change.

Climate group hails 'productive' meeting with minister

3 May 2023

Climate activists from the Last Generation group say a meeting with German Transport Minister Volker Wissing was productive. However, there appears to be no end in sight to protests that have blocked Berlin's roads.

The surprising science of climate protests

3 May 2023

As an expected one billion people take part in Earth Day, the BBC's Jocelyn Timperley and Martha Henriques delve into the evidence behind protest as a force for change.

Oliver Stone makes the case nuclear power is the solution to climate change

3 May 2023

Oliver Stone’s new movie, “Nuclear Now,” makes an impassioned case that nuclear energy is a necessary and obvious solution to climate change.

Wind turbine recycling breakthrough delivers promise in a test tube

3 May 2023

Wind energy uptake is soaring,. But the wind sector has an oversized problem on its hands: its massive blades, made up of carbon or glass fibre-reinforced epoxy plastic composites, have until now proven almost impossible to recycle.

Irish SUV sales 'cancelling out' emissions benefits of EVs

3 May 2023

Increased sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have “not made a dent” in transport emissions, a leading expert has said, as he called for SUVs “to be phased out of the market”.

Eight hour battery trumps pumped hydro in NSW long duration storage tender

2 May 2023

A proposed big battery with eight hours storage has emerged as a surprise winner in the NSW state government’s first long duration storage tender, beating out pumped hydro projects that had been expected by some to emerge as a dominant force.

Torres Strait islanders forcing action on climate change

2 May 2023

Incorporating Indigenous knowledge systems and science is an effective way of addressing the impacts of climate change, and it's urgent in the Torres Strait.

Germany hopes to help climate with discount travel card

2 May 2023

Germany launches on Monday a new flat-rate public transport ticket valid across the country, but the €49 (NZ$87) price point has raised doubts about the pass's potential impact.

Climate change endangering Australian wine

1 May 2023

In 2008, the Brown family watched on helplessly as destructive bushfires ripped through the Victoria countryside. For them, it was a wakeup call.

Momentum grows over a 'just' climate transition in Japan

1 May 2023

It is perhaps fitting that April’s Group of Seven Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment was held in Sapporo, because the view on final approach to New Chitose Airport provides a good education on the trickier aspects of Japan’s climate challenge.

Could climate change fuel war in the Arctic?

1 May 2023

Climate change is warming the Arctic up to 7 times faster than the rest of the planet. And it’s threatening peace as well as the wildlife.

‘Phenomenal’ logjam in the Canadian Arctic stores millions of tonnes of carbon: study

1 May 2023

Researchers say they have mapped the world’s largest known cumulative logjam in the Canadian Arctic and it holds millions of tonnes of carbon, representing an important but understudied part of the carbon cycle.

How religious groups are fighting climate change

1 May 2023

Many people have lost faith in the ability of governments to fight climate change. Projects involving fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas, the main culprits for the climate crisis - are going ahead in violation of scientific warnings.

Supreme Court deals blow to oil companies by turning away climate cases

28 Apr 2023

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has allowed lawsuits brought by municipalities seeking to hold energy companies accountable for climate change to move forward in a loss for business interests.

How the world is spending $1.1 trillion on climate technology

28 Apr 2023

Big money — from the three biggest economies in the world, as well as scores of ambitious venture capitalists — is suddenly flying toward startups promising to help the world build a carbon-free future.

Victoria’s new public energy utility begins search for first renewables and storage deal

28 Apr 2023

Labor’s election promise to revive the SEC put forward a 10-year plan to invest “at least” $1 billion re-establishing the generation (and possibly retail) utility, based in the Latrobe Valley to give the state’s coal centre a key role in the energy transition.

Wall Street can help improve oceans: Belize minister

28 Apr 2023

“Belize has proven it can be done,” said Kevin Bender, senior director of sustainable debt at The Nature Conservancy. “We reduced debt burden overnight and there have been many successes in conservation so far. There were commitments to do things like move mangrove swamps to public lands and those have all been met.”

German climate activists disrupt traffic in central Berlin

28 Apr 2023

Climate activists continued their protests in Berlin on Thursday, blocking more than a dozen streets by gluing themselves to the ground.

What it takes for a volcano to impact Earth's climate

28 Apr 2023

By Erik Klemetti - Discover | Whenever images of giant ash plume show up in the news, one of the first questions that arrives in my inbox is whether that eruption will impact the Earth's climate.

Europe's ETS sets tougher target

27 Apr 2023

EU countries have given the green light to the biggest overhaul to date of the bloc’s carbon market, raising costs for polluting industries and increasing its emissions reduction target from 43% to 62% by 2030.

Germans willing to sacrifice for climate

27 Apr 2023

Two-thirds of people in Germany said they were willing to make personal sacrifices to fight climate change, according to a YouGov poll, further demonstrating the varied attitudes toward lifestyle changes for the environment among European Union countries.

Tesla’s carbon footprint is bigger than it let on

27 Apr 2023

Tesla released its 2022 Impact Report this week, and it gives the clearest picture yet of the electric car company’s carbon footprint. Tesla disclosed numbers on its supply chain emissions for the first time, which makes its overall carbon footprint much bigger than it has reported in the past.

Replacing methane with hydrogen to heat homes is a bad idea – here’s why

27 Apr 2023

Ran Boydell - The Conversation | Hydrogen is an energy-rich gas, which releases no carbon emissions when burned. It can be used in most equipment where fossil fuels such as natural gas (methane) or LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) are currently used. In your home, that might mean a gas boiler, heater, cooker or all three.

Wind farms and birds are learning to coexist

27 Apr 2023

The Fryslan wind farm in the Netherlands is a sprawling array of 109-meter turbines situated in the deep blue waters of Lake Ijssel, north of Amsterdam.

Europe’s biggest petrochemical plant in 30 years a ‘carbon bomb’, court to hear

26 Apr 2023

Environment groups challenge the decision to approve a £3.5bn Ineos facility in Antwerp, saying it will make the climate crisis worse.

EU, Norway to bolster clean energy ties, with focus on carbon and hydrogen

26 Apr 2023

The EU and Norway have established a Green Alliance to strengthen their joint climate action, environmental protection efforts and cooperation on clean energy.

Biden’s newest big climate rule will rest on rarely used technology

26 Apr 2023

The Biden administration will plunge into political and legal fights as soon as this week by proposing stringent requirements on utilities to reduce carbon emissions.

Border tax on carbon dioxide offers huge opportunity to fight climate change, say researchers

26 Apr 2023

A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming.

Blackout-beset South Africa may delay closing coal stations

26 Apr 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa may delay the timetable for shutting down many of its highly polluting coal-fired power stations as the nation deals with crippling daily electricity blackouts.

A Canadian businessman spent $1 million to offset his carbon footprint

26 Apr 2023

A globetrotting millionaire has calculated his carbon footprint — and then paid $1 million to offset it.

Report highlights climate change danger to children's education in Pacific

24 Apr 2023

Like many mothers, Janet Iaticknu gets up in the morning and helps her children get ready for school.

Why the debt ceiling debate is also a climate fight

24 Apr 2023

Congress is once again fighting over the nation’s debt ceiling, the legal limit on how much the United States can borrow.

Record breaking heatwaves cause 15,000 deaths in Europe

24 Apr 2023

Record-breaking heatwaves over the last few years, affecting the Europen continent and parts of China during the summer, have caused nearly 15,700 deaths, an analysis published by the United Nations Agency for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology, and Geophysics, claimed.

Earth Day — climate, protest and policy in 2023

24 Apr 2023

As activists mark Earth Day this Saturday, it feels like the climate coverage in the first months of 2023 has been dominated by extreme weather events including droughts, fires and floods, and by images of angry protesters demanding action. But some initiatives offer a glimmer of hope and possible ways to tackle climate emergencies.

World’s first carbon import tax gets green light

21 Apr 2023

The European Parliament has approved the world’s first “carbon tax” for imported goods, imposing tariffs based on the amount of emissions generated in their production.

Shell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growth

21 Apr 2023

Growth in oil and gas production ends immediately in Shell’s latest pathway for staying below 1.5C, new Carbon Brief analysis reveals.

Caribbean island's quest to become the world's first climate-resilient nation

21 Apr 2023

The Caribbean island of Dominica is one of the world's most at-risk places from climate change. Can it fulfil plans to become the world's first climate-resilient nation?

Austria's 'Climate Shakira' has come up with a novel way to try and escape deportation

21 Apr 2023

"It is sometimes quite painful. Especially when you have glued your hand already on several occasions as I did then the skin irritation gets greater each time."

Australia again tops global solar per capita, as world installs 240GW of PV in 2022

20 Apr 2023

Australia has once again claimed the title of having the most solar installed per capita of any country in the world, in the latest Snapshot of Global PV Markets published t by the International Energy Agency and Photovoltaic Power Systems Program.

UN court gets request for advisory opinion on climate change

20 Apr 2023

The United Nations’ highest court confirmed Wednesday that the General Assembly has asked for it to issue an advisory opinion on “the obligations of States in respect of climate change.”

The 'ninjas' fighting climate change denial on Twitter

20 Apr 2023

Secretive internet vigilantes have made it their mission to fight climate change denial on Twitter. But, as a vicious information war rages online, do they risk becoming the very trolls they claim to be targeting?

TikTok to remove climate change denial videos and direct users to 'authoritative information'

20 Apr 2023

TikTok is to start removing videos that deny the existence of climate change.

The global jet set feels the heat over climate change

20 Apr 2023

There was once a time when the global jet set aroused the admiration and envy of ordinary people when they boarded private jets for a pleasure trip to the latest in-vogue destination. These days, however, amid climate change, public attitudes have turned negative.