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Rich countries could learn from Bangladesh

5 Apr 2023

For anyone who has sweated through record-high temperatures or waded through floodwater, it will come as no surprise that Britain is “strikingly unprepared" for the effects of climate change. That’s the conclusion of a recent report published by the Climate Change Committee, the UK’s independent advisory body on climate policy to the government.

Sudan’s Nile fishermen worry as climate change means fewer fish

5 Apr 2023

Al-Nimeiry Musa Mohammad has spent 25 years fishing on the Nile River and he has never been so worried about the future. Catches are dwindling and more fishermen are seeking other sources of income.

Voluntary carbon markets give a pittance of the proceeds to global south

4 Apr 2023

The voluntary carbon market is under scrutiny once again. Follow the Money has written an expose on South Pole, the globe’s largest seller of carbon credits.

Here's what you need to know about positive climate tipping points

4 Apr 2023

A recent landmark report on the climate crisis pointed out some near-term tipping points that could mean the difference between a habitable planet and an uninhabitable one.

The push to reduce IT's carbon footprint

4 Apr 2023

Humans are facing an existential crisis in climate change. We are also facing a crisis of collective action. As a species, we have every reason to slow the rise of global temperatures, but taking steps to cut carbon emissions is generally not in the short-term interest of individuals, companies, or countries. Where does that leave IT organisations?

Climate activists turn landmark Rome fountain black

3 Apr 2023

Climate activists in Italy turned a Baroque-style fountain at the foot of Rome's Spanish Steps black on Saturday, in a protest they said evoked an "end of the world" scenario.

Biden’s landmark climate bill lures China’s clean energy giants

3 Apr 2023

China’s leading renewables firms are joining the rush to open factories in the U.S. after Washington passed a landmark climate bill that supports local clean energy manufacturing.

Global fisheries under threat from climate change

3 Apr 2023

A new study has found that the diet of fish worldwide could decline in quality by around 10% due to climate change.

Minister warns Canadians may pay more in carbon tax than they receive in rebate

3 Apr 2023

Canada’s environment and climate change minister acknowledged that the average household may eventually pay more for the carbon price than it gets back in rebate payments, but says the Liberal government has other programs to help Canadians lower their energy costs overall.

The media’s recent turn to “climate optimism” Is a cruel fantasy

3 Apr 2023

On March 20, the final installment of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) landed with all the force of a pebble hurled into the sea.

Torrents of Antarctic meltwater are slowing the currents that drive our vital ocean ‘overturning’ – and threaten its collapse

31 Mar 2023

The Conversation - Off the coast of Antarctica, trillions of tonnes of cold salty water sink to great depths. As the water sinks, it drives the deepest flows of the “overturning” circulation – a network of strong currents spanning the world’s oceans.

Legacy auto faces disaster in China with unsellable cars as pollution crunch looms

31 Mar 2023

We are currently witnessing a major disruption in the world’s largest car market, that will have massive implications for the biggest carmakers as they seek to manage the switch from fossil fuel vehicles to electric.

Australia caps major fossil fuel polluters

31 Mar 2023

Australia’s parliament has passed breakthrough climate laws targeting the nation’s worst polluters, forcing coal mines and oil refineries to curb emissions by about 5% each year.

Private jet flights in Europe soar to record levels — and most were ultra-short journeys

31 Mar 2023

A private jet aviation boom shows no signs of slowing.

Swedish right-wing government puts country on ‘wrong’ climate path

31 Mar 2023

Sweden has increased its greenhouse gas emissions while other EU member states are reducing them since the new right-wing government, in office for five months, changed its tack on climate policy.

Study highlights potential of Africa's 'forgotten' food crops for climate resilience and nutrition

31 Mar 2023

Scientists have identified several forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa that can be incorporated into the cropping system to support climate resilience and nutrition in the region. The study has been published in the journal PNAS.

UK Government backs first 20 green hydrogen projects

31 Mar 2023

Projects under development by Carlton Power, Octopus Hydrogen, ScottishPower, SSE Renewables and ERM Dolphyn are among those shortlisted for support under the UK Government’s electrolytic hydrogen scheme.

Taiwan diary: The e-scooter kingdom

30 Mar 2023

By Jeremy Rose | If I needed confirmation that Taiwan has morphed from the Bicycle Kingdom to the Scooter Kingdom I got it at the at the Net Zero City Expo that opened in Taipei this week.

Global energy transition “off-track” and needs $US35 trillion by 2030

30 Mar 2023

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has declared that the global energy transition is “off-track” and requires an influx of investment worth $US35 trillion by 2030 to ultimately be successful.

Push for decision at world’s top court

30 Mar 2023

The concerns of young people in the Pacific about climate change are set to be heard at the world's top court.

Swiss women launch landmark lawsuit in Europe claiming weak climate action breaches their human rights

30 Mar 2023

A group of older Swiss women are taking their government to Europe’s top human rights court, claiming its failure to act on the climate crisis is violating their human rights.

US to auction Gulf of Mexico oil under climate compromise

30 Mar 2023

The Biden administration will auction oil and gas leases across more than 114,000 square miles (295,000 square kilometres) in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in a sale mandated by last year's climate bill compromise.

Meat and dairy giants face $24bn of climate-related losses by 2030

30 Mar 2023

That is according to a new report from investor coalition FAIRR, which convenes members with more than $70trn of assets under management in a drive to improve sustainability-related engagement between investors and companies in the protein sectors.

Cop28 host UAE tried to weaken global shipping’s climate ambition

30 Mar 2023

The United Arab Emirates tried to weaken global shipping’s climate target last week, sparking fears that it will lack ambition as host of the Cop28 climate summit.

Taiwan diary: Renewable energy 101

29 Mar 2023

Yi-Ting Lu and Ching-Wen Huang both started out as activists in Taiwan’s environmental movement.

EU plans early carbon market auctions from July

29 Mar 2023

The European Union plans to conduct early carbon market auctions, starting from July, to raise extra funds to help countries quit Russian gas and cut emissions, the European Commission said on Monday evening.

Fear of climate lawsuits spreads beyond fossil fuel industry

29 Mar 2023

The fear of being sued for contributing to climate change was once confined to the boardrooms of oil and gas companies.

Finnish startup raises €1.8 million to make manufacturing concrete carbon negative

29 Mar 2023

Joensuu-based Carbonaide, a VTT spin-out company, has raised €1.8 million in seed funding, which will be used to integrate their CO2 curing technology into an automated production line in Hollola, Finland.

What role can citizens’ assemblies play in solving the climate crisis?

29 Mar 2023

Political scientist Rikki Dean has done research on climate assemblies. In his opinion, democracies are struggling to cope with global warming with these citizen panels alone.

Taiwan diary: The activists

28 Mar 2023

By Jeremy Rose | In 2018 climate activists in Taiwan occupied the site of a planned coal-fired power plant and stopped it being built.

Aussie climate deal struck after Labor and the Greens reach safeguard mechanism agreement

28 Mar 2023

The Australian government has secured the support it needs to implement its central climate change commitment, after reaching a deal with the Greens following months of safeguard mechanism negotiations.

Is climate change to blame for the 8,000km long seaweed blob floating toward Florida and Mexico?

28 Mar 2023

A massive 8,000km long blob of seaweed is floating towards Florida, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Brazilian Govt eyes permanent climate emergency for over 1000 cities

28 Mar 2023

Brazil's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva Sunday admitted that President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's administration was considering the possibility of declaring a state of climate emergency in 1,038 municipalities mapped as most vulnerable, Agencia Brasil reported.

Scientists have found which gender is likely to have the biggest carbon footprint

28 Mar 2023

Gender differences exist in most areas of life. But it's now been proven that your carbon footprint is also influenced by your sex.

Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animals

28 Mar 2023

Gray wolves, elephants, wildebeests and sea otters are a few of the species that can help keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C.

Berlin’s referendum on climate neutrality by 2030 fails

28 Mar 2023

A referendum in Berlin on making the German capital climate neutral by 2030 failed to garner sufficient support.

Taiwan diary: fast trains, slow bikes and silent scooters

27 Mar 2023

By Jeremy Rose | The fastest I’ve ever travelled in a car is 200km/h - hitch-hiking in Germany; my top speed on a bicycle is about 90km - hurtling down the Ngauranga Gorge; this weekend I smashed those records on Taiwan ’s High Speed Rail reaching nearly 300km/h travelling between Taipei and Taichung,

Berlin vote could turbocharge German capital’s climate plans

27 Mar 2023

A referendum on Sunday, which has attracted considerable financial support from U.S.-based philanthropists, calls for Berlin to become climate neutral by 2030.

Some UK lawyers vow to not prosecute climate activists

27 Mar 2023

Leading UK lawyers say they will refuse to prosecute climate protesters or represent new fossil fuel projects.

EU governments sued for violating human rights through climate inaction

27 Mar 2023

Citizens affected by climate change are suing the governments of more than 30 European countries in three separate cases before the European Court of Human Rights, alleging that state inaction has violated their human rights.

How China, the U.S. and others watered down a key U.N. climate document

27 Mar 2023

China, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are among countries that significantly altered a United Nations document that will shape global climate policy for years to come, according to an account of international negotiations preceding its release.

The temptation of high oil prices is shaking Norway’s climate commitments

27 Mar 2023

Offshore oil is booming. According to the research firm, Rystad, spending on offshore oil investments exceeded $100 billion in 2022 for the first time in a decade, and will do so again in 2023 and 2024.

China ahead in carbon capture race with 73% of patents, while UK filed just 1%

27 Mar 2023

Chinese scientists filed 73% of all carbon capture and storage (CCS) patents last year, new research shared exclusively with City A.M. by law firm Mathys and Squire shows.

Taiwan diary: Bicycle Kingdom

24 Mar 2023

Jeremy Rose | Just as the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan - formally known as the Republic of China - once competed for the title of Middle Kingdom the phrase Bicycle Kingdom has been liberally applied to both.

Climate freeloaders are destroying the planet

24 Mar 2023

Alaska isn't supposed to be an inferno—but its summers are now so warm that apocalyptic wildfires are almost inevitable.

ECB starts disclosing climate impact of portfolios on road to Paris-alignment

24 Mar 2023

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its first climate-related financial disclosures, which provide information on its portfolios’ carbon footprint and exposure to climate risks, as well as on climate-related governance, strategy and risk management.

A climate deal that could become a model for others

24 Mar 2023

Cape Verde is just one of many countries that are struggling under the effects of global warming. But a new approach could provide relief: Debt forgiveness in exchange for a climate fund.

Nations fight to be called climate vulnerable in IPCC report

24 Mar 2023

Government negotiators fought bitterly last week over which groups and regions are defined as particularly vulnerable to climate change in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

US bill could save buyers of bikes $1,500

24 Mar 2023

US lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would provide a tax break for those buying ebikes.

Slave to energy

23 Mar 2023

Carbon News editor Jeremy Rose wrote his first climate story close to to quarter of a century ago. Many of the issues remain the same today. Today we republish the story to accompany Jeremy's piece on the dilemmas of whether to travel as a climate journalist.