France has abandoned plans to phase out tax breaks on agricultural diesel in efforts to appease its increasingly disgruntled farmers At Cop28 last December, France’s former minister for the energy…
Category: Climate
Oil drilling while in the Energy Charter Treaty is economically reckless
The UK is considering a new law which would invite applications for new oil and gas production licenses in the North Sea every year. This Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill will…
Loss and damage must be a focus of IPCC’s reports
Without proper interventions anchored on the latest and best available science, even more people would be vulnerable to disastrous impacts of tremendous economic and non-economic costs. The reports of the…
Switzerland proposes an UN expert group on solar geoengineering
A draft resolution aimed at creating a space for discussion on sun dimming technologies will be debated at the annual summit of the UN’s environment body this month Switzerland wants…
The Sahara gas pipeline faces problems, risking Nigerian taxpayers
The Nigerian government is sinking billions into the long-delayed project but economic and security problems are mounting For over 20 years, Nigeria has been trying to build a pipeline that…
In Argentina, Milei’s plans to cut environmental programs hindered
Ultra free-market president Javier Milei has not so far been able to get cuts to environmental regulations through Congress Argentina’s new free-market president Javier Milei is pushing for a rollback…
Indonesia’s nickel industry threatens Indigenous peoples’ rights
Indonesia supplies the EV industry with critical battery materials but the sector’s rapid expansion is threatening the rights of Indigenous peoples In the biodiversity-rich forests of Indonesia lies a metal…
Ecuador’s oil drilling vote could be delayed by the new president
To fund a crackdown against gang violence, Ecuador’s recently elected president Daniel Noboa suggested a moratorium on a vote to ban an Amazon oil drilling project. Last August, Ecuadorians voted…
EU floats 90% emissions target but drops green farming measures
The European Commission has proposed a 90% cut to net emissions by 2040 but has dropped specific targets for farming The European Union’s executive arm has proposed a target to…
Poland forests take the centre stage in new pack of green laws
As the backlash against laws protecting nature intensifies across Europe, public pressure has helped push forests centre stage in Poland Not long ago Poland embodied Europe’s worst nature-destroying tendencies. Not…
