US sets new safety measures as deep sea oil drillers test new depths 31/10/2024

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) rolled out new rules for U.S. offshore drillers on Tuesday, as breakthrough technology enables them to operate under extreme subsea pressures and unlock billions in untapped oil reserves. ...more

UN COP16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in 30/10/2024

Countries were at an impasse over how to fund conservation and other key decisions as the U.N. COP16 biodiversity summit entered its second week on Monday, with nations pledging millions of dollars rather than the billions needed. ...more

Net zero target needs $3.5 trillion in annual green energy investment, Wood Mackenzie says 30/10/2024

Investment in the green energy transition needs to double to $3.5 trillion per year if the world is to meet the Paris Agreement's goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, a report by Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday. ...more

Climate crisis caused half of European heat deaths in 2022, says study 30/10/2024

Climate breakdown caused more than half of the 68,000 heat deaths during the scorching European summer of 2022, a study has found. ...more

Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction 30/10/2024

Scientists assessing dangers posed to the world’s trees have revealed that more than a third of species are facing extinction in the wild. ...more

Sceye partners with NASA, USGS to monitor wildfires, storms from the edge of space 30/10/2024

Aerospace startup Sceye has partnered with NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey to deploy climate management tools to monitor wildfires and storms from the edge of space, the company and the government agencies exclusively told Reuters on Tuesday. ...more

Current climate pledges still fall way short on Paris goals, UN body says 29/10/2024

National pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions still fall far short of what is needed to limit catastrophic global warming, the United Nations said on Monday as countries prepare for the next round of climate change negotiations in November. ...more

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 29/10/2024

The concentration of planet-heating pollutants clogging the atmosphere hit record levels in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said. ...more

Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam 29/10/2024

The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found. ...more

Pollutants from gas stoves kill 40,000 Europeans each year, report finds 29/10/2024

Gas stoves kill 40,000 Europeans each year by pumping pollutants into their lungs, a report has found, a death toll twice as high as that from car crashes. ...more