UN climate chief calls for 'exponential changes' to boost investment in Africa

Monday - Action on clean energy and adaptation can be the single greatest opportunity to lift up African people and economies, Simon Stiell says.

Volvo gives up plan to sell only EVs by 2030

Monday - Car company Volvo has abandoned its target to produce only fully electric cars by 2030, saying it now expects to be selling some hybrid vehicles by that date.

Broken temperature records are alarming but it is not too late to limit global warming

Monday - July 22, 2024 was the hottest day in recorded human history, with a global average temperature of 17.16 C.

Silver is being buried beneath the sea, and it's all because of climate change

Monday - For the first time, researchers have linked the amount of silver being buried in marine sediments to human-made climate change.

What a top-secret military site in Greenland tells us about the future of climate change

Monday - A new book uncovers the climate warnings hidden in ice cores from a US army base in Greenland.

Pope and Imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque make joint call to protect planet

Friday - Pope Francis and the grand imam of Southeast Asia’s largest mosque vow to fight religiously inspired violence and protect the environment.

Forest Stewardship Council suspends company logging in uncontacted South American peoples' territory

Thursday - The Forest Stewardship Council has “provisionally suspended” a logging company operating in the territory of the uncontacted Mashco Piro Indigenous People, who live in voluntary isolation in the rainforests of Peru. But why was it ever certified in the first place?

Tropical forests face increased soil carbon loss due to climate change

Thursday - Tropical forests account for more than 50% of the global terrestrial carbon sink, but climate change threatens to alter the carbon balance of these ecosystems.

We can power our future by breaking free from the tyranny of fossil fuels

Thursday - By Christiana Figueres | OPINION: The upcoming Summit of the Future is an opportunity to shift our path away from fossil fuels and build a better world for our children.

MARKET LATEST: NZUs $61.25

Wednesday - The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $61.25 yesterday - down $0.83 on the previous day's close.

Pacific Islanders need climate action – not greenwashing – from Azerbaijan

Wednesday - Comment: As host of the COP29 summit, Baku must stop fossil fuel expansion, cut its emissions further, and work to deliver an ambitious climate finance goal.

Supply of high-quality carbon credits must be a COP29 priority

Wednesday - Conversations about the role and integrity of carbon credits have increased lately, as governments and corporations around the world tackle the complex challenge of decarbonisation.

Australia sweats through hottest August on record with temperatures 3C above average

3 Sep 24 - The 2024 winter was the second hottest on record since weather data collection began in 1910.

‘These ideas are incredibly popular’: what is degrowth and can it save the planet?

3 Sep 24 - The post-growth movement says GDP is the wrong way to measure progress and we need a radical economic rewiring.

Looking for stability in a volatile stock market? Try green energy

3 Sep 24 - A novel statistical technique used to track global financial markets reveals the potential of clean energy investments to buffer against losses.

How ‘climate mainstreaming’ can address climate change and further development goals

3 Sep 24 - Canada’s first National Adaptation Strategy urges Canadians to consider climate change impacts in their everyday decisions.

Hempcrete: The green brick taking on the challenge of climate change

3 Sep 24 - Hempcrete is a bio-based building material helping to power the drive to net-zero, but how can a product developed a millennia ago help tackle today's environmental challenges?

Climate change as a moral trigger: Starbucks and corporate jets

3 Sep 24 - The Starbucks saga reminds us that we live in an era of heightened climate sensibilities, where corporate reputations are tarnished by small acts of CEO’s perceived climate transgressions.

Surging methane emissions could be a sign of a major climate shift

2 Sep 24 - New studies suggest global warming boosts natural methane releases, which could undermine efforts to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas from fossil fuels and agriculture.

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