EU countries trying to find landing zone on green finance rules, French minister says 24/1/2022

European Union countries are trying to find an agreement on divisive rules concerning whether gas and nuclear energy should be labelled as green investments, France's environment minister said on Friday. ...more

Biodiversity talks in China's Kunming in April may be affected by COVID 24/1/2022

The schedule of the second phase of the COP15 global biodiversity talks in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming in April is "likely to be affected" by new COVID-19 risks, environment ministry spokesman Liu Youbin said on Monday. ...more

U.S. airs concerns over Mexico energy plan, points to economic risk 24/1/2022

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday flagged concerns about Mexico's plan to tighten state control of the electricity market, saying it could impede investment and economic development in North America. ...more

F1 bans pre-race military flypasts but Red Arrows are OK 24/1/2022

Formula One will ban pre-race flypasts by military aircraft this season but Britain's Red Arrows display team will be exempt along with passenger jets using sustainable fuels. ...more

World's first hydrogen tanker to ship test cargo to Japan from Australia 21/1/2022

A Japanese-Australian venture producing hydrogen from brown coal is set to start loading its maiden cargo on the world's first liquid hydrogen carrier on Friday, in a test delayed by nearly a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more

Lead EU lawmaker wants airlines to pay for their CO2 emissions sooner 21/1/2022

Airlines should pay for all of their CO2 emissions in Europe from 2026, a year earlier than initially planned by the EU, according to an early draft of the European Parliament's position on the policy. ...more

Nordic wind power output hits record high 21/1/2022

Wind power production in the Nordic countries hit a record high of 21.3 gigawatts (GW) on Thursday amid stormy weather in the region, Refinitiv Eikon data showed. ...more

Global energy transition to cause short-term economic pain -report 21/1/2022

The transition to clean energy required to prevent temperatures from rising swiftly could shave 2% off global GDP by 2050 but is likely recoverable before the end of the century, a report by natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday. ...more

Indonesia aims to get mangrove restoration back on track in 2022 21/1/2022

Indonesia aims to restore 150,000 hectares of degraded mangroves this year, after rehabilitating about a quarter of this total last year when funds had to be diverted from the state budget to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. ...more

Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi and ENGIE complete Phase II of the Mangrove Rehabilitation Project 20/1/2022

The Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD) and ENGIE, the global energy company, announced the success of the second phase of the "Blue Carbon" Environmental and Social Responsibility project, in partnership with Distant Imagery. Using highly innovative drone planting technology, more than 35,000 mangrove seeds were planted in the Mirfa lagoon in Abu Dhabi. ...more