MENA Climate Week 2023 to Discuss Progress, Solutions in Riyadh 3/10/2023

Saudi Arabia, in coordination and collaboration with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, is set to host the MENA Climate Week 2023 in Riyadh on October 8-12. ...more

IMF says private sector needs to shoulder most of climate investment burden 3/10/2023

Most of the $2 trillion in annual climate investments in developing countries needed by 2030 will have to come from the private sector, the IMF said, warning that governments risk high debts if they try to reach net-zero goals with public funds. ...more

Big Oil, heavy industry discuss emission curbs ahead of COP28 3/10/2023

Major oil and gas company chiefs held discussions with heavy industry bosses on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates in an effort to agree a firm commitment to reduce carbon emissions ahead of a United Nations climate summit next month. ...more

US finalizes plans to phase out single-use plastic on public lands 3/10/2023

The agency that oversees one-fifth of U.S. lands said on Thursday that it had finalized plans to phase out single-use plastics in public spaces like national parks and wildlife refuges within the next decade. ...more

Endangered Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia 3/10/2023

An endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Indonesia last week in a conservation area, the government said on Monday. ...more

EU launches first phase of world's first carbon border tariff 2/10/2023

The European Union launched on Sunday the first phase of the world's first system to impose CO2 emissions tariffs on imported steel, cement and other goods as it tries to stop more polluting foreign products from undermining its green transition. ...more

Ivory Coast deforestation rate rises as EU green imports law looms 2/10/2023

Deforestation in top cocoa producer Ivory Coast increased last year after declining for several years, a major report has found, raising questions about how the country will comply with a new EU law preventing commodity imports linked to forest loss. ...more

UK confirms zero-emission car timetable despite shift on target for hybrids 2/10/2023

Britain announced on Thursday it was sticking to a previous timetable to phase out cars that burn fossil fuels by 2035, limiting the impact of last week's five-year delay to a requirement that petrol and diesel cars have hybrid engines. ...more

IEA, ECB and EIB highlight importance of an accelerated clean energy transition for Europe’s industrial competitiveness and financial stability 2/10/2023

High-level conference in Paris addresses how setting Europe on the path to net zero emissions can unlock industrial potential and benefit energy consumers ...more

Cyprus releases endangered vultures to boost population 2/10/2023

Conservationists in Cyprus released griffon vultures into the wild on Friday, in the latest attempt to boost a critically endangered population of the scavenger birds. ...more