EU Parliament backs higher targets on renewables and energy savings 16/9/2022

European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to raise the bloc's targets to expand renewable power and save energy, backing proposals that had been made more ambitious in a bid to quickly end Europe's reliance on Russian gas. ...more

Satellites now get full-year view of Arctic sea-ice 16/9/2022

Traditionally, spacecraft have struggled to determine the full state of the floes in summer months because the presence of surface meltwater has befuddled their instruments. ...more

EU limits subsidies for burning trees under renewable energy directive 16/9/2022

The European parliament has called to end public subsidies for the environmentally destructive practice of burning trees for fuel, but campaigners warned the plans risked being “too little, too late”. ...more

Increase in LED lighting ‘risks harming human and animal health’ 16/9/2022

Blue light from artificial sources is on the rise, which may have negative consequences for human health and the wider environment, according to a study. ...more

U.N. chief says big emitters intransigence hurting world's vulnerable 15/9/2022

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that the world's most vulnerable people are "paying a horrific price for decades of intransigence by big emitters." ...more

EU will double firefighting capacity to tackle climate impacts, von der Leyen says 15/9/2022

The European Union will double its firefighting capacity to help countries cope with increasingly devastating climate change impacts, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. ...more

Switching to renewable energy could save trillions - study 15/9/2022

Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy could save the world as much as $12tn (£10.2tn) by 2050, an Oxford University study says. ...more

Green hydrogen could counter energy crisis, says British firm 15/9/2022

The war in Ukraine and spike in the price of natural gas have underlined the benefits of switching to “green hydrogen” production as the only “net zero energy gas”, according to the British firm ITM Power. ...more

Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty 15/9/2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) and almost 200 other health associations have made an unprecedented call for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. ...more

Egypt climate champion calls for new metric on climate finance 14/9/2022

Developing country climate financing needs should start being reframed at the U.N. climate summit in November, in order to move beyond the outdated – and unfulfilled - $100 billion that rich nations had pledged to deliver each year, the U.N. high-level climate champion for Egypt said. ...more