The company is looking at how to get some money back despite Gustavo Petro’s government looking to ban it from fracking in Colombia Exxon Mobil is in talks with Colombia’s…
Category: Earth
Reporting on climate adaptation is a mess
Information about projects to help adapt to climate change is scattered, hard-to-find and incomplete, making keeping track of them impossible More and more people are recognising that the world needs…
Despite Taiwan and spy baloon tensions, China invites US for climate talks
China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua invited his US counterpart to China to discuss cooperation on tackling climate change Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua has invited his American counterpart John Kerry…
US solar boom on hold as industry awaits subsidy rules
Solar installers are waiting to find out which solar panels are considered US-made and qualify for subsidies U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to challenge China’s dominance in solar panel manufacturing…
Carbon capture gets its day
Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events The world isn’t cutting emissions fast enough to avoid disastrous…
A massive cavern beneath a West Antarctic glacier is teeming with life
The coastal plain of the Kamb Ice Stream, a West Antarctic glacier, hardly seems like a coast at all. Stand in this place, 800 kilometers from the South Pole, and…
US pledges $1bn to Green Climate Fund after six-year hiatus
Joe Biden urged leaders of major emitting economies to step up efforts to roll out zero-emission vehicles, cut methane emissions and deploy carbon capture technologies The US will provide $1…
UN’s Green Climate Fund too scared of risk, finds official review
The UN’s flagship climate fund is struggling to clearly manage risks in its projects, an independent review has found, making it wary of taking on high-impact projects in developing countries…
China and Brazil to cooperate in stopping illegal deforestation
Brazil’s president, Lula da Silva, met with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping in China and announced new collaborations to control illegal deforestation. China and Brazil announced this Friday a new…
Saudi Arabia, Russia push for more World Bank money into carbon capture
At a meeting discussing the World Bank’s stronger focus on climate, Russia has also urged the lender to extend its support for gas projects. Saudi Arabia and Russia have called…
