EU countries cautious on Brazil’s push for new climate body
8 Apr 2025
Brazil’s idea to create a new multilateral body under the UN climate regime to fast-track implementation of COP decisions has triggered cautious responses from key developed countries, with Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden backing reform discussions but warning against weakening the core UNFCCC process.
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84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025
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Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
Around the globe governments are banning fossil fuel ads. What are Australian politicians waiting for?
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COMMENT: There is nothing democratic about the public realm being used to pressure us towards behaviours that are socially and environmentally destructive.
Rhine water level close to record lows, threatening cargo vessels
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Water levels on the Rhine river in Germany have again fallen in a heatwave and dry weather and are approaching record lows, the country’s inland navigation agency said on Thursday, but freight vessel operators said they are continuing sailings.
Burnham says he told Trump UK will be pragmatic about North Sea oil
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he told US President Donald Trump he would take a "pragmatic approach" to the issue of North Sea oil and gas.
Mideast war supercharges EV boom, with records set in 50 countries
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Soaring fuel prices due to the Mideast war have supercharged sales of electric cars in the second quarter, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Spain, France, UK warn megafires show climate change is ‘threatening our way of life’
Fri 31 Jul 2026
In joint statements, the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to fighting global warming.
Torres Strait leaders return to court in landmark climate case appeal
Fri 31 Jul 2026
Torres Strait Islander community leaders Uncle Pabai Pabai and Uncle Paul Kabai have returned to court as they continue their landmark legal fight over the threat climate change poses to their islands, culture and way of life.
One corporate emissions standard to rule them all
Fri 31 Jul 2026
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol released updates on its looming new emissions accounting rules. Here’s what they mean.
Mooted Aus oil refinery ‘dinosaur technology’ amid clean energy transition, experts say
Fri 31 Jul 2026
Leading Australian climate policy experts say a new oil refinery in Western Australia would be an investment in “dinosaur technology” that would require public subsidy and do little to solve the country’s fuel security.
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s hidden climate knowledge under scrutiny as court battle looms
Fri 31 Jul 2026
As the company faces a landmark climate lawsuit, confidential documents show how British scientist James Lovelock warned executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels in the 1960s.
